&gt; Judge Gilstrap does not believe in the precedential validity of Alice v. CLS Bank<p>Surely the truth is a little more nuanced than a federal judge simply not believing in the precedential validity of binding precedent.<p>&gt; the law (still on the books but null and void) that required patent litigation to be brought in the district where a defendant was accused of infringing<p>What law is that? I thought the general rule was that (subject to certain constraints) the plaintiff has some latitude in this.