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District Courts Disagree on Venue-Waiver Issues After TC Heartland

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At the end of May this year, the Supreme Court unanimously clarified the law on venue in patent infringement lawsuits (see here). For 27 years, litigants had relied on a Federal Circuit decision, VE Holding Corp. v. Johnson...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New Life for Venue Challenges under TC Heartland after Rule 12 Motions Are Concluded

In a May 23, 2017 Text Order, the District Court for the Central District of Illinois directed the parties sua sponte to brief the impact of the Supreme Court’s May 22, 2017 decision in TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group...more

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T.C. Heartland Leaves Open Patent Venue Questions

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The words “venue” and “headline news” are typically not found in the same sentence. Yet the United States Supreme Court’s decision in T.C. Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC, 581 U.S. ___ (2017) managed to achieve...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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Is the Eastern District of Texas’ Reign as the Busiest Patent Court in the Country About to End?

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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear argument in a case—TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Food Brands Group LLC, No. 16-341—that may lead to significant restrictions on where patent infringement cases can be filed. The Federal...more

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Supreme Court to Hear Patent Venue Case

The plot just thickened in the long-running debate over where patent cases should be litigated. Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review the Federal Circuit’s decision in TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods, in...more

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Federal Circuit Rejects Attempt to Limit Venue in Patent Cases

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With venue for patent cases being a subject of great debate across the nation, the Federal Circuit was asked to reconsider its position on the matter but ruled on April 29, 2016, to maintain the status quo. The current...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

In re TC Heartland (Fed. Cir. 2016)

"You Can Arrange the Menu, the Venue, the Seating" The above slightly-modified quote is from a lyric sung by Thomas Jefferson in the Tony-award nominated musical "Hamilton" (with apologies to Lin Manual Miranda) -- the...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Federal Circuit Denies TC Heartland’s Petition to Change the Venue Standard, Renewing Interest in Congressional Venue Reform

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Last week, a Federal Circuit panel rejected TC Heartland’s Petition for Mandamus to direct the United States District Court for the District of Delaware to either dismiss or transfer the patent infringement suit filed against...more

Morris James LLP

Court Construes Claims Regarding Beverage Concentrates And Packaging

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Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC v. TC Heartland, LLC, C.A. No. 14-028 - LPS, March 7, 2016 - Stark, C. J. Court considers 7 terms from 3 patents in Markman proceedings. A hearing was held on January 5, 2016 and post-hearing...more

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