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The Supreme Court Limits Where Patent Owners May File Infringement Actions – With Some Guidance from Applicable District Court...

The Supreme Court recently decided TC Heartland v. Kraft Food Group, 581 U. S. ____ (2017), which has changed the rules concerning where patent infringement lawsuits may be brought. Specifically, patent infringement actions...more

Genova Burns LLC

Supreme Court Narrows Choice of Court to File Patent Infringement Actions

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The Supreme Court used a dispute over flavored drink mix to settle a question regarding the proper venue for patent infringement actions, unanimously ruling in TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC, No. 16-341,...more

Proskauer - New England IP Blog

Supreme Court Restricts Patent Venue

In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court unanimously overturned the Federal Circuit’s VE Holding opinion, which had permitted patent defendants to be sued in any forum in which they were subject to personal jurisdiction....more

Saul Ewing LLP

Supreme Court Limits Forum Shopping Options in Patent Litigation

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On Monday, May 22, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC, that limits a patentee’s choices of venue in patent infringement litigation. Specifically, the Supreme...more

Burr & Forman

Supreme Court Reins in Venue for Patent Cases

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For nearly three decades, patent owners have been able to file patent infringement lawsuits in any court that had personal jurisdiction over the accused infringer. This broad approach to venue led to the rise of remote...more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

Intellectual Property Update: U.S. Supreme Court: Patent Infringement Lawsuits Should Be Filed in Defendant’s State of...

On May 22, 2017, the United States Supreme Court unanimously reversed a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which had held that a claim for patent infringement could be brought in nearly any federal...more

Porter Hedges LLP

IP Alert: "Supreme Court Restricts Where Patent Suits May Be Filed"

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Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court tightened the reins on where patent infringement lawsuits may be filed. In a closely watched case, the Court reversed the decades-old Federal Circuit interpretation that permitted patent...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

There's No Place Like Home: SCOTUS Rules on Patent Venue Issue

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The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday upended the status quo for venue in patent cases. For nearly three decades, with some limitations, corporate patent infringement defendants were deemed to "reside"—and thus venue was proper—in...more

Hogan Lovells

In Landmark Decision, U.S. Supreme Court Limits Patent Venue

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On May 22, 2017, the Supreme Court issued a decision in TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC on the hotly contested issue of patent venue reform. The patent venue statue provides two grounds for laying venue....more

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