It feels like the opposite of jury nullification. It grants more power to the state to protect patents than the law has ever been used for. Nullification is historically used as a check on the state, rather than a tool to make the law mean something completely different and much farther reaching. And, of course, it's generally used in criminal cases.

But I don't know how the appeals process will go. I have no idea what makes an appeal possible in a civil case.