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dschuler on Sept 14, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Cost of the Uniloc Lawsuit

Presumably, judges need to assume that granted patents are valid and defensible. On the other hand, Eastern Texas probably gets a good amount of revenue from allowing this sort of nonsense to be litigated.

caf on Sept 15, 2012 [–]

Is the court system really a profit centre for the state?

andreasvc on Sept 15, 2012 | [–]

That's about the only reason I can think of for why they handle such a striking amount of patent lawsuits.

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