T. John Ward

T. John Ward
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
In office
July 15, 1999 – October 1, 2011
Appointed byBill Clinton
Preceded byWilliam Wayne Justice
Succeeded byAmos Mazzant
Personal details
Born (1943-04-17) April 17, 1943 (age 81)
Bonham, Texas, U.S.
EducationTexas Tech University (B.A.)
Baylor University (LL.B.)

Thomas John Ward (born April 17, 1943)[1][2] is a retired United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.[3] He is best known for the large number of patent infringement cases brought before his court in Marshall, Texas.[4][5]

  1. ^ Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. 1998. p. TX932B.
  2. ^ Judicial Yellow Book. Leadership Directories. 2009. p. 463.
  3. ^ Creswell, Julie (2006-09-24). "So Small a Town, So Many Patent Suits". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-06-12.
  4. ^ Nazer, Daniel and Vera Rainieri. Why Do Patent Trolls Go to Texas? It's Not for the BBQ. Electronic Frontier Foundation, July 9, 2014. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/07/why-do-patent-trolls-go-texas-its-not-bbq
  5. ^ When Patents Attack! July 22, 2011. http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/441/when-patents-attack