I spent most of 2007 in Judge Ward's court room, all I can say is if you have never been a part of one the patent cases involving him you have missed out on quite a bit of humor.

Though he was known for being plaintiff friendly I can happily say we came out on the other side of a few of his judgements and I have known him to be mostly fair given the proper arguments. Sadly, the trolls win all too often because more often than not they have more money than the guy they are suing, good attorneys do not come cheap and the patent trolls do not mind paying for them