A long line of cases in the EDVA demonstrates that defendants seeking to transfer venue out of the EDVA under 28 U.S.C. 1404(a) face an uphill climb if the plaintiff is a Virginia resident....more
2/2/2024
/ Airlines ,
Aviation Industry ,
Business Litigation ,
Choice-of-Law ,
Choice-of-Venue ,
Class Action ,
Forum ,
Forum Selection ,
Jurisdiction ,
Misleading Statements ,
Motion to Transfer ,
Principal Place of Business ,
Venue ,
Virginia
More than 16 months ago, the two ranking members of the Senate Judiciary Committee asked Chief Justice John Roberts to direct the Judicial Conference of the United States to study forum shopping in patent litigation,...more
From the mid-1990s until the mid-2010s, the EDVA typically ranked among the top 10 federal districts for patent litigation. See Gugliuzza, Paul R. and Anderson, Jonas, Why Do Judges Compete for (Patent) Cases? at 24-25...more
6/20/2023
/ Business Litigation ,
Forum Selection ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Jurisdiction ,
Motion to Transfer ,
Out-of-State Companies ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Transfer of Venue ,
Virginia