Patent owners are being forced to head into less-friendly courts to sue for infringement, after the popular Western District of Texas moved to make patent case assignments more random.
Any new patent cases filed in Waco will now be “equitably distributed” among the 12 judges in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas through random case assignments, according to a Monday order from Chief Judge Orlando L. Garcia.
The move ends the popular practice of judge shopping for US District Judge Alan Albright, whose quick trial times, patent litigation experience, and personal advertising for more patent cases ...
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