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mendax [soylentnews.org] writes:

Who says there aren't some sensible people in Texas? Ars is reporting [arstechnica.com]:

The most prolific patent troll of last year, eDekka LLC, has had its patent wiped out. [...] The ruling comes from a surprising source: US District Judge Rodney Gilstrap, the East Texas judge who has been criticized [arstechnica.com] for making life extra-difficult for patent defendants. Gilstrap, who hears more patent cases than any other US judge, will eliminate about 10 percent of his entire patent docket by wiping out the eDekka cases.

But more importantly:

The judge also invited the defendants to submit a joint brief as to why they should get attorneys' fees. Just the invite is a sign of changing times: in his four years on the bench, Gilstrap has never granted attorneys' fees to a defendant in a patent case, according to Texas Lawyer. It became easier to get such fees after the Supreme Court's Octane Fitness decision [arstechnica.com] last year.

The judge's ruling can be found here [archive.org]. Let's hope that eDekka now follows Prenda Law into patent troll hell.

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