Texas court order reshapes patent venue strategy after Albright pullback
By Steve Scherer ( May 20, 2026, 20:19 GMT | Insight) -- The Western District of Texas has curbed the judge-shopping that once drove patent filings to Waco, but a new assignment order makes Midland-Odessa and US District Judge David Counts an option for venue certainty.The Western District of Texas has dismantled the judicial predictability that once fueled a torrent of patent filings in its Waco division, but a new assignment order opens a pathway to venue certainty....
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