There's no better measure of how far out of line this guy is than the fact that the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which is about as pro-patent ho

There's no better measure of how far out of line this guy is than the fact that the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which is about as pro-patent holder as any court can get, so much so that the Supreme Court has routinely been reversing its ruling... is overturning this guy's rulings. I actually don't understand what this guy's motivation is, however. The article doesn't really address it. I kind of get the sense he is a True Believer [tm] in patent holder "rights" and is using his position to advance that view. It's kind of scary that a big part of why patent litigation is so out of hand comes down to just 2-3 people who happen to be Federal judges. I really thought by now that this situation would've been so out of hand that the Supreme Court would've been forced to put a stop to it but no, the Supreme Court has done everything it can to avoid taking a stand on patent issues despite the glaring evidence that they need to. It's kind of disappointing that the Oracle Google case wasn't decided in the last term when RBG sat on the bench. Who knows what will happen now? And yes I know that's a copyright case (now) not a patent case but it fits into the whole IP nonsense. Other commenters have mentioned random assignment of judges. That already happens. In this district this just happens to be the only guy. In the Eastern District at a certain time there were two judges. Patent holders preferred one. I remember reading that they would employ a law firm that employed the son of the judge they didn't like so he'd have recuse himself and they could get the judge they want. This forum shopping crap has to stop.