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With the recommendation and consultation of the representative for the district and the two Senators for the state. Who clearly have something to do with this.

• saryant 13y ago
  A friend of mine who's a patent lawyer explained it to me once. Some time back the chief judge started putting patent cases at the top of his docket so his district became known as a having "rocket docket" and began attracting patent cases from across the country. A cottage industry sprung up in the area and the rest is history.
  • Natsu 13y ago
    It's a rather small jurisdiction, so there are only a few judges there and not very many cases aside from patent cases. The fact that there are a number of very pro-patent precedents there only tended to drive it further, as the plaintiffs usually get to decide where to litigate and will seek every advantage.
  • kyrra 13y ago
    One suggestion was that the court was the least busy federal court around (all the other federal courts were swamped with drug cases). So patent cases started appearing there. Once the judges in the area became so-called "experts" on it, more and more companies started to file their cases there. NPR (well, technically This American Life) did a special on it a couple years ago[0]. It's fun to listen to. It may not tell the whole story, but it at least paints a decent picture. [0] http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/441/when-patents-attack http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/441/w...