Apple Inc., known worldwide for its iPhones, holds another, less favorable distinction: The company ranks as one of the most popular targets for patent infringement plaintiffs nationwide and particularly in the Eastern District of Texas, where more of these cases have been filed than in any other federal district, and where courts, lawyers and even former judges have big stakes in the litigation.

“Apple is the perfect poster child,” says Brian Howard, a legal data scientist for Lex Machina, who previously worked as an IP litigation attorney for Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Durie Tangri.

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