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"The Texas jury" This was another one of those fraudulent patent cases from the patent rocket docket in Texas. Expect the award to be overturned. It's very li

"The Texas jury" This was another one of those fraudulent patent cases from the patent rocket docket in Texas. Expect the award to be overturned. It's very likely the underlying patents will be thrown out at the appellate level as they cover a number of things that are not patentable. (In a nutshell, doing something and adding "on a computer" does not make it patentable, but that is precisely what the underlying patents in this case try to claim.)

runjake 4y ago
This is a federal case in Austin. I don’t think you’re talking about the same thing (Eastern District).
- lotsofpulp 4y ago
  The Eastern TX patent trolling should not be a thing anymore due to this Supreme Court ruling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TC_Heartland_LLC_v._Kraft_Foods_Group_Brands_LLC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TC_Heartland_LLC_v._Kraft_Food...
  - runjake 4y ago
    This is good to know. Thanks.
  - pyuser583 4y ago
    “Filings in the district of Delaware have increased.” The situation in East Texas sucked, but how is that better than the fact that the State of Delaware is the nations de fact merchant court?
    - lotsofpulp 4y ago
      I do not agree that the state of Delaware is the nation’s de facto merchant court, but even if true, in this case it would be because businesses choose to incorporate there, which is a legal right in the US. If I recall correctly, the reason patent trolls used East Texas is because a judge there has sons that have law firms and coincidentally come up with favorable patent rulings. There is a completely different reason to use Delaware, explained in the linked Wikipedia source. https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/patent_lawsuits_drop_21_percent_in_the_eastern_district_of_texas_as_scotus https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/patent_lawsuits_drop... >The ruling said the word “resides” requires suits filed under that prong of the statute to be filed in the state where the company is incorporated. The patent law also allows businesses to file patent suits in a district where a company being sued has a regular and established place of business. >In the first half of 2017, patent lawsuits filed in the Eastern District of Texas dropped 21.3 percent from the same period last year, according to data from Lex Machina cited by Texas Lawbook. In the same period, patent cases in the District of Delaware, where many companies are incorporated, jumped 71 percent.
- gamblor956 4y ago
  All patent cases are federal cases...
  - runjake 4y ago
    Right but last I checked, Austin was in the Southern District not the notorious Eastern District.
    - gamblor956 4y ago
      Yes, but "the Texas jury" point of my comment still stands.

runjake 4y ago

This is a federal case in Austin. I don’t think you’re talking about the same thing (Eastern District).

lotsofpulp 4y ago
The Eastern TX patent trolling should not be a thing anymore due to this Supreme Court ruling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TC_Heartland_LLC_v._Kraft_Foods_Group_Brands_LLC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TC_Heartland_LLC_v._Kraft_Food...
- runjake 4y ago
  This is good to know. Thanks.
- pyuser583 4y ago
  “Filings in the district of Delaware have increased.” The situation in East Texas sucked, but how is that better than the fact that the State of Delaware is the nations de fact merchant court?
  - lotsofpulp 4y ago
    I do not agree that the state of Delaware is the nation’s de facto merchant court, but even if true, in this case it would be because businesses choose to incorporate there, which is a legal right in the US. If I recall correctly, the reason patent trolls used East Texas is because a judge there has sons that have law firms and coincidentally come up with favorable patent rulings. There is a completely different reason to use Delaware, explained in the linked Wikipedia source. https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/patent_lawsuits_drop_21_percent_in_the_eastern_district_of_texas_as_scotus https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/patent_lawsuits_drop... >The ruling said the word “resides” requires suits filed under that prong of the statute to be filed in the state where the company is incorporated. The patent law also allows businesses to file patent suits in a district where a company being sued has a regular and established place of business. >In the first half of 2017, patent lawsuits filed in the Eastern District of Texas dropped 21.3 percent from the same period last year, according to data from Lex Machina cited by Texas Lawbook. In the same period, patent cases in the District of Delaware, where many companies are incorporated, jumped 71 percent.
gamblor956 4y ago
All patent cases are federal cases...
- runjake 4y ago
  Right but last I checked, Austin was in the Southern District not the notorious Eastern District.
  - gamblor956 4y ago
    Yes, but "the Texas jury" point of my comment still stands.