Welcome to Skilled in the Art. I'm Law.com IP reporter Scott Graham. Here's what's shaking this week:

 Another Western District of Texas transfer fight is brewing at the Federal Circuit, with Sidley's Carter Phillips leading the charge this time.

• Synopys and Orrick Herrington accuse the University of Rhode Island of violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act 135,000 times. And they're looking for – you guessed it – statutory damages.