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3 November 2015Patents

Time for Federal Circuit to ‘shut down’ Eastern District of Texas, says EFF

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has asked a US appeals court to change the rules surrounding where patent cases can be filed in a bid to limit the number of lawsuits being filed at the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

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