The patent law community is extremely insular, partly because patent law is so esoteric and only gets more esoteric as time goes on. I would imagine that especi

The patent law community is extremely insular, partly because patent law is so esoteric and only gets more esoteric as time goes on. I would imagine that especially at the district court level it's not uncommon for a judge with patent law experience to be preferentially assigned patent cases. Indeed, after some quick Googling, it seems such an approach is mandated by law in some district courts under the Patent Pilot Program: https://uclajolt.com/articles/933/ https://uclajolt.com/articles/933/