The Defendant just responds to the complaint by not submitting to the Court Rules of the Small Claims Court (varies if by state) and the case must be moved to the normal courts with competent jurisdiction ...

There is no appeal in most states of Small Claims Court Judgements. You have to agree to forfeit that constitutional right to have the case proceed against you in the Small Claims Court's jurisdiction

A new division of the US Federal Circuit Courts -- "the Copyright Courts" -- could be established in theory and allow its judgements to be appealed to the superior federal courts, circumventing this legal maneuver ...