It was originally the Eastern District Court in Tyler, Texas. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/08/deep-dive-why-we-need-venue-reform-restore-fairness-patent-

It was originally the Eastern District Court in Tyler, Texas. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/08/deep-dive-why-we-need-venue-reform-restore-fairness-patent-litigation https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/08/deep-dive-why-we-need-... However, it was finally neutered by the TC heartland Supreme Court ruling in May 2017: 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... 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... After this though, as an adjacent commenter posted, Alan Albright, a judge in Waco, took on the responsibility of being a patent troll because he could direct all the tech company cases to him due to Austin being in the western district.