Pretty sure Amazon is pro-patent (see "one click")
You hit on a more important point: the real issue is the patent law. In East Texas there's a certain ideological slant, and it sucks for legitimate companies. But in the end, they're merely implementing the law. Pretty sure punishing a municipality because of verdicts in a federal court there would result in a fist in the mouth from the FTC. Marshall, Texas, or Boston, or San Francisco, or wherever, results in zero change - the real effort needs to take place in Washington DC.
You hit on a more important point: the real issue is the patent law. In East Texas there's a certain ideological slant, and it sucks for legitimate companies. But in the end, they're merely implementing the law. Pretty sure punishing a municipality because of verdicts in a federal court there would result in a fist in the mouth from the FTC. Marshall, Texas, or Boston, or San Francisco, or wherever, results in zero change - the real effort needs to take place in Washington DC.