Judge Gilstrap hears among the highest number of patent-infringement cases in the
U.S. His disqualification notices could throw the docket of the small Texas courthouse
into disarray, according to legal-ethics and patent experts.
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In 134 other cases, the notices involved high-profile companies including Microsoft.
and International Business Machines Corp., medical-device maker Medtronic PLC,
financial services giant JPMorgan, and retailers Walmart, Target Corp. and Home
Depot Inc.
This should impact Big Bleu's patent trolling approach and may upend some already decided cases.
By: Coulter Jones , Joe Palazzolo and James V. Grimaldi
Nov. 2, 2021 1:58 pm ET
https://www.wsj.com/articles/federal-judge-files-recusal-notices-in-138-cases-after-wsj-queries-11635875891
Rodney Gilstrap initially argued he didn’t violate financial-conflicts law
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