caribguy - 8:55 pm on Aug 13, 2009 (gmt 0)

Wasn't the eBay suit filed in Texas too? If I recall correctly, there is one specific county where a lot of patent battles are fought out.

Edit: it's probably the Federal District Court in Marshall TX. Apparently, according to a 2006 NYT article: "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 [..]"