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Oh please. The fact that you don’t like patents doesn’t mean that judges who disagree are corrupt.

mattnewton 8y ago
This district is a notorious harbor for patent trolls. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2017-05-25/the-texas-town-that-patent-trolls-built-j34rlmjc https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2017-05-25/the-te... https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/patently-unfair/ https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/patently-unfair/ https://boingboing.net/2017/09/26/judge-rodney-gilstrap-2.html https://boingboing.net/2017/09/26/judge-rodney-gilstrap-2.ht... http://www.judicialhellholes.org/2015-2016/u-s-district-court-for-the-eastern-district-of-texas/ http://www.judicialhellholes.org/2015-2016/u-s-district-cour...
- monochromatic 8y ago
  I’m aware that patent trolls bring a lot of cases there. That’s hardly the same as the judges being corrupt.
  - macintux 8y ago
    The steady influx of business has brought significant financial benefits to the area. It's not hard to suspect the correlation has a negative impact on the court's impartiality. In the case of Gilstrap's predecessor, there's a direct connection. > The top judge for patent cases in East Texas used to be John Ward, until he "retired" to join his son in a local law practice representing patent trolls. From https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151101/00440632686/court-has-opportunity-to-finally-end-east-texas-patent-troll-docket.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151101/00440632686/court...
hnbroseph 8y ago
goodness me. i always chuckle at these kinds of reductive strawmen.
- monochromatic 8y ago
  In between chuckles, maybe you can explain the corruption charges to me.
  - hnbroseph 8y ago
    seems like a question for the other person, unless you're not really interested.
  - mfarris 8y ago
    Dozens if not hundreds of articles have been written about corruption around patent trolling in the Eastern District of Texas. You have everything you need to seek those articles out. Asking others to do simple tasks for you indicates a desire to waste their time. It could fairly be interpreted as... trolling.
    - zazen 8y ago
      Offhand accusations of extremely serious charges like corruption breed lazy cynicism. It's not only fair but a good idea to ask people to support their claims: a little bit of intellectual rigor could make the difference between a valuable forum and an echo chamber where _everyone knows_ that outgroup x is just _so corrupt_. It's really not good to say "just go and google it and you'll see how right I am". Antivaxxers, for example, say the same thing.
      - CamperBob2 8y ago
        It's self-evident. To the extent a court is biased, it's corrupt. And if they weren't biased, they wouldn't be a nationally recognized haven for patent trolls, would they?
        monochromatic 8y ago
        Having local rules that expedite patent cases isn’t evidence of bias. It’s evidence of efficiency.

This district is a notorious harbor for patent trolls. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2017-05-25/the-texas-town-that-patent-trolls-built-j34rlmjc https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2017-05-25/the-te... https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/patently-unfair/ https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/patently-unfair/ https://boingboing.net/2017/09/26/judge-rodney-gilstrap-2.html https://boingboing.net/2017/09/26/judge-rodney-gilstrap-2.ht... http://www.judicialhellholes.org/2015-2016/u-s-district-court-for-the-eastern-district-of-texas/ http://www.judicialhellholes.org/2015-2016/u-s-district-cour...

monochromatic 8y ago
I’m aware that patent trolls bring a lot of cases there. That’s hardly the same as the judges being corrupt.
- macintux 8y ago
  The steady influx of business has brought significant financial benefits to the area. It's not hard to suspect the correlation has a negative impact on the court's impartiality. In the case of Gilstrap's predecessor, there's a direct connection. > The top judge for patent cases in East Texas used to be John Ward, until he "retired" to join his son in a local law practice representing patent trolls. From https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151101/00440632686/court-has-opportunity-to-finally-end-east-texas-patent-troll-docket.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151101/00440632686/court...

hnbroseph 8y ago

goodness me. i always chuckle at these kinds of reductive strawmen.

monochromatic 8y ago
In between chuckles, maybe you can explain the corruption charges to me.
- hnbroseph 8y ago
  seems like a question for the other person, unless you're not really interested.
- mfarris 8y ago
  Dozens if not hundreds of articles have been written about corruption around patent trolling in the Eastern District of Texas. You have everything you need to seek those articles out. Asking others to do simple tasks for you indicates a desire to waste their time. It could fairly be interpreted as... trolling.
  - zazen 8y ago
    Offhand accusations of extremely serious charges like corruption breed lazy cynicism. It's not only fair but a good idea to ask people to support their claims: a little bit of intellectual rigor could make the difference between a valuable forum and an echo chamber where _everyone knows_ that outgroup x is just _so corrupt_. It's really not good to say "just go and google it and you'll see how right I am". Antivaxxers, for example, say the same thing.
    - CamperBob2 8y ago
      It's self-evident. To the extent a court is biased, it's corrupt. And if they weren't biased, they wouldn't be a nationally recognized haven for patent trolls, would they?
      - monochromatic 8y ago
        Having local rules that expedite patent cases isn’t evidence of bias. It’s evidence of efficiency.