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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, June 07 2012 @ 09:11 AM EDT |
Ummm, just what *IS* the geographic span of EDoT?
I mean, more specifically, does it include the metro Houston area?
If so, we're talking about a fairly significant metropolitan area, which would
include the Compaq portion of HP, and possibly Dell's HQ as well. So, it's
not as if we're talking about the eastern district of Montana or Wyoming,
which frankly have very low population densities and aren't that significant
to the high-tech industry. (Don't worry - I do enjoy my steaks, so MT and
WY are appreciated in many other ways!)
OK, it ain't Silicon Valley, but maybe "Silicon Plains" perhaps... or
Swamps...[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, June 07 2012 @ 11:16 AM EDT |
One other thing that I seem to remember, is that one of the local
lawyers in the town where the courthouse is located, who is hired by a lot of
patent holders when filing patent law suits, is the son of one of the district
court judges that handles a lot of patent lawsuits...
If that is
true, would there not be a conflict of interests
Especially
as:
...Nothing has ever been formally alleged, but rumors abound
that the judge is favorable to his son's clients, and so more favorable rulings
come down as a result.
To prevent such possible rumours and
accusations, it would be in the judge's interest not to accept cases filed by
his son.
Could anyone [defendant] who gets an unfavourable ruling in that
case use that as a basis for appeal: "the judge was [potentially] biased towards
the plaintiff as his son was the filing lawyer"? [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, June 07 2012 @ 11:24 AM EDT |
Nothing has ever been formally alleged, but rumors abound that the
judge is favorable to his son's clients, and so more favorable rulings come down
as a result.
To stifle such rumours, can I suggest someone (who
can) look into the cases the son lawyer filed, the percentage with his father
and each of the other judges, and the percentage won by plaintiff when father,
and each of the others, judge.
Similarly for the other filing
lawyers.
Only armed with those figures can a true allegation be made - if
there is a significant increase in the percentage of father-son favourable
judgements, it could look like a case of conflict of interests and bias, and, to
be frank, the appropriate authorities ought to be made aware.
Until such time
as the stats are done, it is a dangerous topic to discuss. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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