It should go without saying, but I&#x27;ll say it anyway--nothing I write here should be construed as legal advice. Anyway...<p>&gt; The EDTX judges have a tradition of making millions for themselves and their families through patent abuse in their courtrooms.<p>If there were even the appearance of impropriety here, the judges would be facing consequences. If you don&#x27;t like the way they rule on things and manage their dockets, that&#x27;s fine. But it doesn&#x27;t make them corrupt. If you have any evidence for the judges &quot;making millions for themselves and their families through patent abuse in their courtrooms,&quot; I&#x27;d love to see it.<p>&gt; That is the general rule, but it leads to abuse in IP cases, so Congress set a different rule.<p>&gt; By law, IP cases must be brought where the defendant resides. (28 USC §1400) The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit -- the patent appeals court, as is its usual practice, nullified the law in the service of growing the patent troll court in Eastern Texas.<p>Your memory is essentially backwards here. <i>Congress</i> expanded the language of § 1391 (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;patentlyo.com&#x2F;patent&#x2F;2007&#x2F;04&#x2F;patent_jurisdic.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;patentlyo.com&#x2F;patent&#x2F;2007&#x2F;04&#x2F;patent_jurisdic.html</a>) and the Federal Circuit then interpreted that new statutory provision, along with § 1400, according to its plain language in VE Holding (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;scholar.google.com&#x2F;scholar_case?case=3729998940644656498" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;scholar.google.com&#x2F;scholar_case?case=372999894064465...</a>).