VPATAPP Alert_Disputes Over Venue in Patent Litigation in USA

https://www.law.com/texaslawyer/2018/04/01/disputes-over-venue-in-patent-litigation/

By Michael Bittner, an intellectual property litigation partner in the Dallas office of Winston & Strawn. He can be reached at mbittner@winston.com

From the outset, it was unclear to what extent the Supreme Court’s recent holding in TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Groups Brands LLC, 137 S. Ct. 1514 (2017), would change the landscape of patent filings in Texas—and more particularly the Eastern District of Texas. Some initial news reports following the decision claimed that the Eastern District of Texas was finished as a patent venue, while others cautioned patience and counseled against premature reports of the Eastern District’s demise.