The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas had come under fire and review because:

• Judge Alan Albright of the Waco division has been said to solicit patent cases to be heard in his court;

• Judge Albright appears to be sympathetic to patent plaintiffs; and

• Patent plaintiffs have been abusing venue shopping to have cases heard in Judge Albright’s court, resulting in a quarter of all currently pending patent litigation being scheduled to be heard there.

Read about a judiciary committee review into claims of patent litigation venue shopping in the US District Court of the Western District of Texas.