Munck Wilson Mandala partners Mike Wilson, left, and Wiliam Munck. Courtesy photos

It might be courts in Austin, San Antonio and El Paso. It might be courts in Delaware and California. But someone is going to be getting more patent cases soon.

That's the anticipated fallout from Western District of Texas Chief Judge Orlando Garcia's shocking-but-not-surprising order Monday that the hundreds of patent cases filed in Judge Alan Albright's Waco courtroom each year will henceforth be parceled out among 12 judges of the district.