This is somewhere between incomplete and inaccurate. The collusion aspect is far overstated, see other comments in this thread. And the idea that defendants settle because EDTX is too far away may account for some small litigants, but large companies can buy plane tickets. The real reason was a set of local rules that promoted expediency (to the point of being biased some may say), a docket not as inundated with drug cases as some other districts, a judge who was very pro patent owner, and a local jury pool comprised of people who were statistically ‘dumber’ than average and really liked patent owners. And a local cottage industry of sorts set up to support this type of litigation (shell corporation headquarters, local counsel, jury consultants, etc,) I’m not defending any of it, but it’s inaccurate to just say it was all a conspiracy
They don’t the sue the bigger than certain size company exactly for that reason! Hence the lawsuit is never against Google, but against makers of successful paid apps on Google Play Store.
Sure the movie borders on conspiracy / fact . But it certainly is believable for me, who has no idea how patent system or the litigation machinery works in the US.
