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From The Newsroom: East Texas Is Patent Lawsuit Central; Interviews At The Dinner Table

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The top local stories this morning from the KERA Newsroom: More patent infringement cases are brought to courts in East Texas than anywhere else in the country. In Texas alone, more than 600 companies have been hit with a patent infringement lawsuit since 2005. The rise of “patent trolls” is partially to blame.       

Other stories this morning:

High school kids across the country will be bringing their phones to family dinners this holiday weekend. They’ll be interviewing family members, StoryCorps-style for The Great Thanksgiving Listen.

You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:20 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on KERA 90.1 FM. 

Former KERA staffer Krystina Martinez was an assistant producer. She produced local content for Morning Edition and KERANews.org. She also produced The Friday Conversation, a weekly series of conversations with North Texas newsmakers. Krystina was also the backup newscaster for the Texas Standard.