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EFF Asks Appeals Court To "Shut Down the Eastern District of Texas" (arstechnica.com)

Posted by timothy on from the at-least-as-a-haven-for-trolls dept.

An anonymous reader writes: The Electronic Frontier Foundation and Public Knowledge have asked a federal appeals court to make big changes to the rules governing venue in patent cases. The two public interest groups are seeking to file an amicus brief (PDF) which attacks the Eastern District of Texas as being one of the "most notorious situations of forum shopping in recent history." This district has made quite a few appearances on Slashdot; this is one of my favorites.

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  1. Not just Texas by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The whole justice system should be shut down. It's pretty redundant anyway since the outcome is given by the amount of money spent.