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Here's some other primary accounts of the action.

http://www.monroeworld.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-609.html

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/maney/2004-11-23-maney_x.htm

http://news.com.com/Patent+suits+target+games+industry/2100-1030_3-5456632.html?part=rss&tag=5456632&subj=news.1030

http://www.monroeworld.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-609.html

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/maney/2004-11-23-maney_x.htm

http://news.com.com/Patent+suits+target+games+industry/2100-1030_3-5456632.html?part=rss&tag=5456632&subj=news.1030

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20041105-4374.html

http://biz.gamedaily.com/features.asp?article_id=8236§ion=feature&email=

And, last but not least:

http://www.legalpr.com/7-21-03sambaxtermckooltexlaw.html

An interesting selection from the article:

Every October, the townsfolk of Marshall gather for a festival honoring a pesky and ubiquitous local nuisance -- the fire ant. But another wave of critters with a potentially irritating bite has been invading this East Texas town of 25,000: patent lawyers. Marshall is one of the hottest venues in the country for patent litigation. And although residents may not be holding a festival in their honor, patent lawyers are finding the city -- or more accurately, the federal courthouse there -- a fast and efficient venue for high-stakes litigation.

In the past decade, a series of big cases involving corporate giants from Cisco Systems Inc. to Intel Corp. have landed in the city, which serves as the focal point for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

"It's a lawyer's dream," says K.T. "Sunny" Cherian, a San Francisco partner in Washington, D.C.-based Howrey Simon Arnold & White who has tried several cases in Marshall. The town has a "fair, fast court, a knowledgeable court. The kind of things that are a luxury."

A few ingredients are making Marshall a tasty location for the patent bar: U.S. District Judge T. John Ward, who appears to have an affinity for patent cases; Ward's set of patent rules, which helps get cases to trial quickly; and a jury pool that tends to favor plaintiffs.



The answer lies with a Lone Star State corporate icon. Texas Instruments Inc. started the trend in the late 1980s and early 1990s when it began filing infringement suits in Marshall and other courts in the district against competitors. The venue gave Texas Instruments a home-court advantage. And the region has a reputation for plaintiff-friendly juries, who some lawyers believe enjoy the business that the litigation brings to the region.

Oops, my mistake...looks like I'd have to go to Marshall, TX (about 4 hour's drive) to get the filing copy. Apparently, they've filed at the federal courthouse in their own backyard (how convenient!). Which only makes sense, because as the article points out, the jurists in Marshall tend to favor local companies.

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