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TC Heartland And The (Maybe) Changing Patent Venue Rules
22 March 2016
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
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On March 11, 2016, a panel of Federal Circuit judges (Kimberly
Moore, Richard Linn and Evan Wallach) heard oral argument in the
TC Heartland case, which could dramatically affect venue
choices in patent infringement litigation. TC Heartland, the
accused infringer, argues that current patent infringement venue
analysis is wrong. Instead of venue being proper in forums having
personal jurisdiction over the defendant, a 2011 amendment to the
U.S. Code means that venue in patent infringement actions is only
proper only where: (1) a defendant is incorporated; or (2) it
has committed acts of infringement and has a regular and
established place of business. In this article, Finnegan
attorneys
Doris J. Hines and
Andrew G. Strickland discuss the oral argument in the TC
Heartland case.
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