Patent Venue at the Supreme Court -

If TC Heartland has its way, patent venue law is about to fundamentally change.

Factual Background -

Kraft sued TC Heartland, a limited liability company organized under Indiana law, in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Heartland is not registered to do business in Delaware and does not have any regular or established place of business there. However, a relatively small number of the allegedly infringing products (roughly 2% of Heartland’s total sales) were shipped into Delaware at the instruction of one of Heartland’s customers, a customer based in Arkansas.