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9 Yale J.L. & Tech. 193 (2006-2007)
Of Fire Ants and Claim Construction: An Empirical of the Meteoric Rise of the Eastern District of Texas as a Preeminent Forum for Patent Litigation

handle is hein.journals/yjolt9 and id is 193 raw text is: OF FIRE ANTS AND CLAIM CONSTRUCTION: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF THE METEORIC RISE OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AS A PREEMINENT FORUM FOR PATENT LITIGATION YAN LEYCHKIS* 9 YALE J. L. & TECH. 193 (2007) ABSTRACT Forum shopping by patent litigants is nothing new. However, in recent years, there has been an increase in forum shopping by patentee plaintiffs. Because of this forum shopping phenomenon, the Eastern District of Texas, a technological backwater, is on pace to become the leading patent docket in the United States. This Article empirically analyzes the reasons for the popularity of the Eastern District among patentee plaintif and considers a number of possible legislative solutions to the problem of forum shopping gone awry. J.D. Candidate, UCLA School of Law, 2007; M.S., University of California San Diego, 1998; B.S., Carnegie Mellon University, 1995. The author is infinitely grateful to his wife Tamila and son Daniel for their patience and support and to Professor Stephen Munzer for his guidance and helpful comments.

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