Red Hat and Rackspace face down a patent troll

Considering more than half the West Texas patent trials focus almost 90% of their time on arguing in front of the jury the location of the company (whether it's a Texas company) rather than the merits of the case your concerns are valid.

The town holding the courthouse where these West Texas cases take place employees almost 1/3 of their population working for the legal system with almost 100% of the citizenry either working for or having relatives working for the law firms that prosecute these cases, IMO the jury pools are tainted resulting in lawyers spending all their time discussing whether the company is a Texas based company or not.