Intellectual property lawyers are reporting an upswing in motions to transfer patent infringement cases out of the plaintiff-friendly Eastern District of Texas in the wake of two U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decisions that chastised the Texas federal court for not transferring cases.
The Eastern District of Texas is a magnet for patent cases because its juries have been known to grant eye-popping monetary judgments for plaintiffs. It’s also considered one of several rocket dockets because cases move quickly through the system.
