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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
Navigating patent infringement claims requires a deep understanding of both the legal landscape and the specifics of the technology at stake, especially in the fast-evolving cybersecurity sector. Creative litigation...more
As part of proposed legislation intended to address several procedural issues related to judicial proceedings, a recent section titled the Venue Equity and Non-Uniformity Elimination Act of 2024 (VENUE Act) seeks to expand...more
Kilpatrick’s Alton Absher and Andie Anderson recently presented “Updates in Standard Essential Patent Licensing and Litigation” at the firm’s annual 2024 Advanced Patent Law Seminar. This full-day seminar featured discussions...more
In our PTAB Spotlight Series, attorneys will share their valuable insights on PTAB practice today, the challenges and opportunities clients face, and the trends practitioners should follow....more
In 2023, pharmaceutical patent owners filed nearly 250 infringement complaints against generic drug manufacturers. More than 90% of those cases were filed in the Districts of Delaware or New Jersey. This year's filings...more
In a recent webinar sponsored by ChIPs, Venable associate Kaitlyn Rodnick moderated a panel that included Venable partners Megan Woodworth and Sarah Brooks, as well as Amanda Dittmar, in-house counsel at VIAVI Solutions....more
Since 2020, the two most popular venues for patent litigation in the United States have been the Western District of Texas (averaging roughly 900 cases per year from 2020-2022) and the District of Delaware (averaging roughly...more
The update for December 2022 summarizes three patent decisions that issued from the Western District of Texas. These three decisions all evaluated challenges to venue in patent suits. In the end, the court transferred two of...more
The Federal Circuit recently denied a mandamus petition seeking relief from a district court order denying a motion to dismiss a patent case for improper venue under 28 U.S.C. § 1400(b). Bel Power Solutions, Inc. sued...more
This post reviews three recent Texas district court opinions regarding venue under 28 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq....more
IN RE: MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC. - Before Lourie, Chen, and Stark. Per Curiam, Lourie Dissenting. On Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas....more
Patent cases are complex and often challenging undertakings because they frequently involve innovative technology, unique litigation procedures and unusual legal issues. Additionally, because patents are depreciating assets,...more
On July 20, 2022, Magistrate Judge Failla (S.D.N.Y.) found venue to be improper and transferred the TrackThings LLC v. Netgear, Inc. case to the United States District Court for the District of Delaware based on facts as they...more
On July 25, 2022, Chief Judge Orlando Garcia of the Western District of Texas effectively stripped the Waco Division of its dominance in patent cases by randomizing the judge assignment of patent cases filed in that division....more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded the dismissal of a declaratory judgment action because the district court failed to sufficiently support its decision. Mitek Systems, Inc. v. United...more
The Federal Circuit has further narrowed the scope of patent venue statute in In re Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., holding that the requisite control a defendant must exercise over an in-district agent to establish patent...more
Mitek Systems, Inc. v. United Services Automobile Association, Appeal No. 2021-1989 (Fed. Cir. May 20, 2022) - Our Case of the Week this week is a declaratory judgment action brought against USAA. In a 27-page opinion,...more
This post summarizes two recent Texas District Court opinions regarding venue under 28 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq. Zilker Cloud Technologies, LLC v. RingCentral, Inc., No. 3:21-CV-2807 (NDTX Apr. 12, 2022) (Karen Gren...more
There are two options when it comes to enforcing a patent against an accused infringer: (1) a U.S. district court or (2) the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). This begs the inevitable question of which venue is...more
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has recently clarified the law concerning whether patent venue is proper under agency law, specifically in the context of whether the presence of a franchisee in a given fora is...more
Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - BASF PLANT SCIENCE, LP. v. COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC[OPINION] (2020-1415, 2020-1416, 2020-1919, 2020-1920, 3/15/2022) (NEWMAN, TARANTO, and CHEN) - Taranto, J. The Court...more
Premier forum which shapes the law, policy, and proceedings of Paragraph IV Litigation is back to New York City on April 26-27! Pharmaceutical patent practitioners from across the globe attend this flagship conference to...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s determination of proper venue, finding that the patent venue statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1400(b), does not apply to a third-party counterclaim defendant and...more
BASF Plant Sci., LP v. Commonw. Scientific and Indus. Research Org., Appeal Nos. 2020-1415, -1416, -1919, -1920 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 15, 2022) - Our Case of the Week, an appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern...more