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Good points.

Don't forget the Court in Eastern Texas which is a popular place for patent lawsuits. Popular because the court is friendly to patent trolls due to the revenue the court generates. [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_District_Court_f...



And the frequent charitable donations Samsung makes to causes in Marshall, TX, home of many of the the court's jurors.

https://ipcloseup.wordpress.com/2015/02/25/for-samsung-chari...


> And the frequent charitable donations Samsung makes to causes in Marshall, TX, home of many of the the court's jurors.

I'd love to be a fly on the wall when an East Texas jury convenes: They all know what their verdict will be going in so I imagine they just hold out for one last free lunch and chit chat to fill up the time while they "deliberate".




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