I've been reading lately that the East Texas "Rocket Docket" now has so much experience with patent lawsuits that it's no longer easy for undeserving plaintiffs to win.
This isn't about experience, but ideology. Conservative districts look very favorable on plantiffs in IP trials as they equate IP with real property and are largely non-technological.
Rather obviously if you believe, correct or not, that someone is stealing your properly, you're not going to seek out districts infested with liberals who believe that property is theft. They're also more likely to respect the rule of law embodied in our Constitution, which of course has an intellectual property clause.
As for "largely non-technological", at this level I think pretty much every district is going to be the same, especially after each side rejects any domain experts or thereabouts that might be in the pool.
It's a little extreme indeed---I mean, it was a rhetorical flourish, something hopefully signaled with the weighted "infested"---but I've heard it from non-anarchists and not extremely radical friends in times past. And look at how many on this site deny the legitimacy of intellectual property.
But perhaps my wording wasn't clear: I meant to limit it to "liberals" who are of the "property is theft" persuasion, or at least fairly strong in that direction.
I think this article (in which mainstream economists prove themselves the most "disruptive" of all) also makes that point very well
'supporters of free market like private property, and patents and copyright are intellectual “property”. Hence, strengthening them is ideologically and politically consistent with the general principle that “private property is good for growth” ... [But patents are] not a “property” right but rather a “monopoly” right'
I haven't heard of anything that made it sound defense-friendly to me, what were your sources on that? The closest I can come were some win rate statistics where the settlement rate was not factored in, making the figures potentially misleading.
Lead to this first article: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/01/east-texas-courts... from the beginning of the year that adds a lot of details and nuance to the story. E.g. it's not a Rocket Docket anymore, not defense friendly in that summary judgement is seldom granted, trials are quick which can present difficulties in multi-defendant cases, but plenty of plaintiffs are losing big, like in the Eolas case. 4 day trial, found invalid, game over.
