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So Small a Town, So Many Patent Suits

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  • 23-08-2007 9:31pm
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    Capt'n Midnight
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    if you are a big multinational you can get better odds, faster from these guys.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/24/business/24ward.html?ex=1316750400&en=65001ada21beb03a&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
    More patent lawsuits will be filed here this year than in federal district courts in San Francisco, Chicago, New York and Washington. Only the Central District of California, in Los Angeles, will handle more patent infringement cases.

    ...
    What sets Marshall apart from its neighbors is a red-hot patent docket. Four years ago, 32 patent lawsuits were filed in the Federal Eastern District of Texas, which includes Tyler, Texarkana and Marshall. This year, an estimated 234 cases will be filed in the district, a majority of them in Marshall.

    What’s behind the rush to file patent lawsuits here? A combination of quick trials and plaintiff-friendly juries, many lawyers say. Patent cases are heard faster in Marshall than in many other courts. And while only a small number of cases make it to trial — roughly 5 percent — patent holders win 78 percent of the time, compared with an average of 59 percent nationwide, according to LegalMetric, a company that tracks patent litigation.


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