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Well, he is actually right that the town is essentially funded by patent lawsuits. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/24/business/24ward.html?_r=0

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Doesn't that make the trial unfair? Isn't "no associated interest" a basic marker of a fair trial?

Thats a tough one for an appeal though, showing the jury was unfair.

It's very hard to show actual jury bias.

Though i bet if the anti-patent groups got together and bought marshall a new football stadium, the win rates would go down ....

Well, are the claimants buying them a new football stadium? The Lemley paper I posted below certainly seems to indicate no great preference for plaintiffs over defendants.

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