This American Life did a show recently (in the past year) about patent trolls (focusing on Intellectual Ventures): http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archiv

This American Life did a show recently (in the past year) about patent trolls (focusing on Intellectual Ventures): http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/441/when-patents-attack/ http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/441/w... Their explanation of the venue choice was that the other federal courts were choked with drug-related cases and going to East Texas was a way to get a speedier trial.