Knobbe Martens attorneys Nicholas Zovko and Brandon Smith co-authored "Shifting Venue for Patent Infringement Lawsuits" for the Orange County Business Journal Intellectual Property Law Supplement.
Excerpt: The U.S. Supreme Court recently made a significant change to the geographic location where patent infringement lawsuits may be filed. In TC Heartland v. Kraft Food Groups, decided on May 22, 2017, the Supreme Court unanimously limited the venue for patent suits against domestic corporations to either (1) the defendant's state of incorporation, or (2) where the defendant has a regular place of business and committed allegedly infringing acts. This decision represents a break from 30 years of precedent that allowed patent owners to sue essentially anywhere in the U.S. that the defendant sold the allegedly infringing products.
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