There is still a lot individual venues can do, a big part of why EDTX became a thing is that the jury pool was so unsophisticated and would often give lots of d

There is still a lot individual venues can do, a big part of why EDTX became a thing is that the jury pool was so unsophisticated and would often give lots of deference to an inventors personal story over the technical details of the case. That, and judges are given wide latitude in how they run their court and those judges all adopted plaintiff friendly policies in general. There is a good reason why it became a go to destination, there is a lot to a patent trial - or any trial - beyond what 'the law' is. Edit: and above all of that, the EDTX had developed a cottage industry of sorts to support and maintain the high level of patent litigation. Did you ever see the story of Samsung sponsoring the skating rink accross from the court house?