Federal Circuit May Have its Eye on West Texas Patent Hot Spot

A Federal Circuit venue order in a patent infringement case involving Adobe Inc. may signal that the court is recognizing the Western District of Texas is a magnet for such litigation.

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas’s Waco Division has become a popular forum for patent litigation as technology companies have started opening offices in Austin. The division’s one judge, Alan D. Albright, has put rules in place to speed up such cases.

Albright’s alleged ability to handle cases faster than other courts can’t be the main reason for rejecting defendants’ attempts to move cases to ...