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0 pointsdragonwriter10y ago0 comments

Federal judges are not created with deep and intimate practical knowledge born of experience of the ins and outs of every area of federal law; they get educated by experience like anyone else.

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monochromatic10y ago

Well, sure. But this is the Eastern District of Texas, where it's a reasonable guess that the judges are pretty patent-savvy.

dragonwriterOP10y ago

Its EDTX, where the judges (and everyone else, including the local jury pool) have over time gotten more patent savvy, because of the propensity to file patent cases in that district.

Which is kind of the point of the "educating everyone" statement, as I understand it.

monochromatic10y ago

I guess. I dunno, I just always see lots of comments about how the EDTX judges are awful/pro-patent/getting kickbacks/whatever. So the idea that, hey, they just needed to be educated by presiding over a few cases... it's odd.

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0 pointsdragonwriter10y ago0 comments

Federal judges are not created with deep and intimate practical knowledge born of experience of the ins and outs of every area of federal law; they get educated by experience like anyone else.

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monochromatic10y ago

Well, sure. But this is the Eastern District of Texas, where it's a reasonable guess that the judges are pretty patent-savvy.

dragonwriterOP10y ago

Its EDTX, where the judges (and everyone else, including the local jury pool) have over time gotten more patent savvy, because of the propensity to file patent cases in that district.

Which is kind of the point of the "educating everyone" statement, as I understand it.

monochromatic10y ago

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