Agreed. As a fellow Texan, I'm embarrassed that this relatively small town has become the de facto venue for patent battles... especially those involving patent trolls.
How would we go about changing this? Surely the rest of the nation is taking note at the bias afforded to patent trolls by Marshall. I just don't understand how, especially in this case, they could have sided with the troll. Is there an economic benefit for the people of Marshall to side with the trolls or are they just completely oblivious when it comes to technology cases? I am completely dumbfounded by this Texas court.
Judges are elected in Texas, but I don't think that applies in the case of federal judges. The infamous T. John Ward retired a couple years back, but it seems like the tradition continues with whoever is hearing these cases now.
I think, in the end, there needs to be patent reform...which just got shot down before it ever really even got any traction. So, I don't know. Educating people about the harmful effects of software patent law and patent trolls might be a useful start. This is pretty obscure stuff to most people.
How would we go about changing this? Surely the rest of the nation is taking note at the bias afforded to patent trolls by Marshall. I just don't understand how, especially in this case, they could have sided with the troll. Is there an economic benefit for the people of Marshall to side with the trolls or are they just completely oblivious when it comes to technology cases? I am completely dumbfounded by this Texas court.