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Fifth Circuit Clarifies Standard for Venue Transfer: What it Means for Texas Patent Litigants

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Since the early 2000s, Texas district courts have been battling to maintain their status as the premier venue for filing patent lawsuits. At one point, 43% of all patent infringement cases in the United States were filed in...more

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Texas Patent Litigation Monthly Wrap-Up - October 2021

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This post summarizes some of the significant developments related to patent litigation in federal district courts of Texas for the month of October 2021....more

Locke Lord LLP

The Federal Circuit Issues Multiple ‎Orders Directing Transfer of Venue out of the Western ‎District ‎of Texas

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On November 15th, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit entered orders granting ‎three separate petitions for writ of mandamus in the cases styled In re Apple Inc., In re Atlassian Corp. ‎PLC, Atlassian,...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Federal Circuitry

Last Week in the Federal Circuit (September 20-24): Venue, Venue, Venue

Although the Federal Circuit didn’t issue a lot of precedential decisions last week, it continued the recent trend of venue transfer decisions out of the Western District of Texas. Below we provide our usual weekly statistics...more

Knobbe Martens

The Location of Witnesses and Relevant Evidence Still Reigns Supreme in Venue Decisions

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In Re: Juniper Networks, Inc. Before Lourie, Bryson, and Taranto. Per Curiam. On Petition for Writ of Mandamus to the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. Summary: A party’s relatively...more

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Characterizing Plaintiff’s Actions as Attempts to “Manipulate Venue,” Federal Circuit Orders Transfer of Cases to More Convenient...

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IN RE: SAMSUNG ELECS., CO., LTD. Before Lourie, Dyk, and Reyna.  On Petitions for Writs of Mandamus to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. Summary:  Manipulation of venue through...more

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CAFC Patent Cases, 10/26/20 – 11/09/20

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Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions: In Re NITRO FLUIDS L.L.C. [ORDER] (2020-0142, 10/28/28) (REYNA, WALLACH, and CHEN)  - Reyna, J.  The Court considered a petition for a writ of mandamus seeking transfer from the...more

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Federal Circuit Directs Transfer Out of the Western District of Texas Finding Clear Abuse of Discretion in Judge Albright's Denial

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Since Judge Alan D. Albright took the bench in the Western District of Texas in September 2018, the number of patent litigation cases in that district has risen exponentially....more

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Federal Circuit Review - September 2019

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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

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Federal Circuit Declines to Alter Alien Venue Rule in Patent Cases Post-TC Heartland

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On Wednesday, May 9, 2018, the Federal Circuit settled another question raised by last year’s TC Heartland decision and reaffirmed the long-standing rule that foreign defendant corporations may be sued for patent infringement...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Judge Oetken “Shelves” Case For Lack of Venue

On March 26, 2018, United States District Court Judge J. Paul Oetken granted a motion to transfer venue in Peerless Network, Inc. v. Blitz Telecom Consulting. The focus of the opinion was on whether venue was proper in the...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Defendants Waived Venue Challenge After Waiting Four Months After TC Heartland Decision to Move

In a recent development from the Eastern District of Texas, Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne concluded that defendants Globalfoundries, Qualcomm, and Samsung waited too long prior to moving to dismiss or transfer the case due to...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Federal Circuit Concludes that TC Heartland Was a Change in the Law, Reviving Venue Transfer Motions for Defendants Previously...

On November 15, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit resolved a split among district courts on the question whether the United States Supreme Court’s TC Heartland decision constituted a change in...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Fresh From the Bench: Precedential Patent Cases From the Federal Circuit

In In Re Cray, the panel grants Cray’s petition for a writ of mandamus, ruling that the district court’s handling of the case is not consistent with its case law regarding what is “a regular and established place of...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Federal Circuit Vacates Judge Gilstrap’s Controversial Venue Test

The Eastern District of Texas has been the hotbed of patent ligation for years, and that is undoubtedly threatened in light of the Supreme Court’s decision on venue in TC Heartland.  But the Eastern District clearly won’t go...more

Snell & Wilmer

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

Proskauer - New England IP Blog

Massachusetts Court Decides to Transfer Case in View of TC Heartland Venue Standard

Less than two months ago, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in TC Heartland v. Kraft Food Group Brands LLC—which significantly changed the way that venue in patent infringement cases would be determined. Under TC...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

How to Get Out Of Dodge: Winning Patent Venue Transfer Strategies and the Federal Circuit

Proper venue is important in U.S. district court litigation; you can’t live without it. But successfully changing venue to a different district court can be even more important because transfer can seriously disrupt...more

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