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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rejected the arguments of a state university in support of sovereign immunity and affirmed the district court’s decision to transfer the case to the District of Delaware. Board...more
State Sovereignty Principles Do Not Allow a State to Bring a Patent Infringement Suit in an Improper Venue - In Board of Regents v. Boston Scientific Corp., Appeal No. 2018-1700, the Federal Circuit ruled that the patent...more
PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK - Board of Regents of the University of Texas Sys. v. Boston Scientific Corp., Appeal No. 2018-1700 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 5, 2019) - This week’s case of the week involves issues relating to venue...more
BOARD OF REGENTS v. BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP. Before Prost, Reyna, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. Summary: The patent venue statute governs actions filed by a...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has held that state sovereign immunity does not apply to inter partes review (IPR) proceedings. Regents of the Univ. of Minn. v. LSI Corp., Case No. 18-1559 (Fed. Cir. June 14,...more