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This "documentary" is a defamatory hit job by someone who (rightfully or wrongfully) was on the receiving end of a patent infringement suit. It needs to go away
by fncypants 9y ago
This "documentary" is a defamatory hit job by someone who (rightfully or wrongfully) was on the receiving end of a patent infringement suit. It needs to go away. There is much more serious discussions that need be had about the patent system than the theories and falsities raised by this guy.
The judges and other professionals working in the district are just that--professionals. There is no secret cabal of lawyers conspiring to screw tech companies there. The judges and courts are not biased against defendants and trying to screw them.
There may be a tendency of to protect the district (e.g., avoid transfers of cases out), since the judges see themselves as stewards of the community in which they serve. But that has no bearing on the merits of the case or who wins. And recent changes in the law have significantly mitigated this. The judges are very knowledgeable at patent law, being very experienced in the domain.
Source: Am a lawyer that has practiced over a decade there, represented both sides of the "v.", also appears in numerous other courts around the country, and has obtained multiple decisions from different EDTX judges forcing patent trolls to pay my clients' attorneys' fees for frivolous lawsuits.