Supremes might shut down East Texas
 

Patent troll hunting might be a thing of the past

A Supreme court appeal could mean an end to East Texas’s control of patent trolling is going to be heard soon.

For those who came in late, for the last decade East Texas is a popular home for patent trolls who like the fact that its juries lack opposable thumbs and are easy to convince. Trolls have set up “offices” in the town so that they can have their cases heard locally.

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