Patent cases are handled in federal court, so they are appointed, just like in other federal courts. This is the infamous East Texas court: http://en.wikipedia

Patent cases are handled in federal court, so they are appointed, just like in other federal courts. This is the infamous East Texas court: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_Texas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_District_Court_fo...