>It's a Texas court. It's a US Federal circuit court that just happens to be in Texas. The federal circuit judges are appointed by the President, not Texas. >

>It's a Texas court. It's a US Federal circuit court that just happens to be in Texas. The federal circuit judges are appointed by the President, not Texas. > Texas courts routinely side with software patent holders Again, wrong. It's the federal courts in the Eastern District of Texas that are the problem in particular. Not any Texas court that has meaningful de jure associations to the state itself.