Patent Attorneys in Texas

If you are a patent attorney in Texas, particularly the East Texas area, then you are having no trouble finding work. Patent trolls from all over the country, even states away, travel to cities in Texas like Tyler and Marshall to file their lawsuits. While this is definitely considered by many to be unfair and abuse of the system, no law exists that prohibits it.

Patent attorneys in Texas usually work alongside patent trolls or form a patent troll firm, then find companies that are infringing on certain patents that the entity owns and threaten to sue them for copyright infringement. Not only is this a hassle for the company, but it also stands a chance of losing and still paying millions to defend itself in court. This is what patent trolls count on. In most cases, patent trolls don’t want to go to court and instead push the company they are threatening to award them a lump sum in exchange for dropping the case. No matter the outcome, the patent troll almost always wins, while the business almost always loses.

The above paragraph is especially true in Texas. The state is well known for being a great place to file patent infringement cases thanks to the fact that the judges and jurors of the state tend to side with the patent holder. Though it is obvious that the system of intellectual property law wasn’t designed to work this way, patent trolls are taking advantage of the loophole and milking it for all it’s worth!