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Re:Appeals Court: Judge Can't Ignore the Supreme Court to Ke... by tyingq on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @09:49AM (#15338576)
It says he was a judicial clerk through 2013. And I assume both he and his father would be aware of the potential issues with optics.

Edit: Optics meaning the appearance of bias, nepotism, etc. I don't dispute the judge is supporting patent trolls. There is, though, no evidence it's for personal financial gain, and I suspect there's been significant digging. It is perhaps just ego driven.

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Re:Appeals Court: Judge Can't Ignore the Supreme Court to Ke... by Sir_Cmpwn on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @09:56AM (#15338635)
What is "optics"? And I offer these guys very little trust, given that the father is the shadiest and most notorious patent troll player in the country.
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Re:Appeals Court: Judge Can't Ignore the Supreme Court to Ke... by floatingatoll on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @01:53PM (#15341006)
The “optics” of a situation are “how it would be perceived in a critical evaluation”, especially in the press. So the optics of having a son bring patent case to his father’s patent-friendly district are very poor.
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