Having just addressed several, important patent venue issues on mandamus in a trilogy of cases (see our prior posts here, here, and here), the Federal Circuit recently issued a terse opinion denying mandamus on yet another venue-related petition, stating that mandamus was unwarranted.… Continue Reading
In the third important patent venue decision it has issued in the past week (In re: BigCommerce, No. 2018-122 (May 15, 2018)), the Federal Circuit has clarified the proper location for patent infringement suits against U.S. corporations whose state of incorporation is large enough to have multiple federal judicial districts. According to the Court, a … Continue Reading