I'm a jury consultant who regularly works on patent cases in both east Texas and Delaware. The judges in Delaware are definitely more friendly to defendants tha

I'm a jury consultant who regularly works on patent cases in both east Texas and Delaware. The judges in Delaware are definitely more friendly to defendants than in East Texas but that doesn't say much. From what I've observed, they're fine. They're actually not any worse on average than judges in notoriously defense friendly venues like Northern California San Jose division. On the jury side, I'd say Delaware is fine for either a plaintiff of defendant. They're pretty even-keeled juries. You might expect Delaware to have fewer defense jurors than some venues because of the area demographics, but most Delaware jurors who would prove to be really bad for a defendant will be dismissed during hardship qualification and never make it onto the jury. There is definitely going to be a shift away from east Texas but it's not happening as quickly or precipitously as we (in the industry) thought it would be.