Actually no, it isn't. The only time the paper even alludes to him going on some tour, the only citation is to the same article I mentioned above. Which, like I said, doesn't really have any information about the alleged tour.
The "hundreds of references" don't have anything to do with what I asked.
What's your thinking about the case count moving from 90 per year to 800 per year and now carrying most patent cases in the US? Do you suppose there is a West Texas Patent Case Mystery Spot Attractor?
Not at all. Judge Albright was well-known and respected as a patent litigator before he became a judge. It's no mystery why patent litigants would want their cases before a judge who understands patent law.
It's like the Court of Chancery in Delaware being the place where a lot of corporate governance issues get litigated. It's not because of bribery, it's because that's where the expertise is.
Plaintiff attorneys don't want a competent judge, they simply want to win. An incompetent judge is fine if the incompetence is to their benefit.
What I wrote earlier, that plaintiffs choose which district to sue under, so they pick the district that they feel will have the strongest likelihood of ruling in their favor-- should not be controversial. This is Law school 101 type stuff.
I believe you when you say you are a patent attorney, but I also fear you are posting misinformation here.
I believe a competent law professor would talk about "plaintiff friendly" courts and what you've posted here, about "respected" judges, suggests you are an untrustworthy poster.
It’s funny that you call it law school 101 stuff, because your analysis (and tone) is indeed about what I’d expect from a 1L.
Judge Albright’s record does not show him to be patent-troll-friendly, or even patentee-friendly. It shows him to be smart, knowledgeable, and principled. His is exactly the kind of court a plaintiff or a defendant should be happy to be in. Efficiency in disposing of cases cuts both ways, you know.
Your job as an attorney is to serve your client, not the truth. A law school professor would seem to have no such incentive to deceive people- so I would not trust a word you've written here over the linked paper by the law professors.
> Immediately upon his appointment as a district judge in 2018, Judge Albright went on a media blitz, letting everyone know that his court would welcome patent litigation.[149] The Waco Tribune-Herald reported that Judge Albright “let it be known in no uncertain terms that he would like his Waco courtroom to become a hub for IP cases.”[150] He attended dinners for patent litigators and patent owners to extoll the virtues of trying patent cases in Waco.[151] Judge Albright stated that he took the position in Waco because he “‘thought it was the perfect place to try and establish a serious venue for sophisticated patent litigation.’”[152] Most tellingly, he gave a presentation at the 2019 annual meeting of the American Intellectual Property Law Association titled, “Why You should File Your Next Patent Case Across the Street from the ‘Hey Sugar,’” referring to a candy store near his Waco courthouse.[153]
[151] See Scott Graham, Skilled in the Art: How Far Can Judges Go in Touting Their Districts?, LAW.COM(Sep. 3, 2019), https://www.law.com/2019/09/03/skilled-in-the-art-viasat-dem... (describing a dinner hosted by Ocean Tomo (a patent evaluation company) and featuring Judge Albright in which the judge “spread the word far and wide about how his Waco court would be a great place to try IP cases”).
The "hundreds of references" don't have anything to do with what I asked.