West Texas Still Tops Patent Venues, Even After Cases Randomized

The Western District of Texas remains the nation’s busiest federal court for patent lawsuits, despite a July rule change that divvied up filings that would’ve gone to Judge Alan D. Albright, and resulted in a drop in overall patent litigation in the district.

Before the July 25 case randomization order, plaintiffs who filed in Waco, Texas, could count on having their case given to Albright, the only active judge for the division. Albright was appointed to the bench in 2018 after a career as a patent litigator, and made Waco a patent mecca by adopting patent rules designed to ...