U.S. Supreme Court,
Civil Litigation,
Intellectual Property,
Corporate
Dec. 15, 2017
Ruling begins to explore the new patent venue landscape
Following the U.S. Supreme Court's groundbreaking decision narrowing venue in patent infringement cases, unanswered questions still remained around whether this decision qualified as a change in the law and whether it could be retroactively applied to cases where the improper venue defense had been waived.
Jeffrey M. Fisher
Partner
Farella, Braun & Martel LLP
Intellectual Property Litigation
235 Montgomery St Fl 20
San Francisco , CA 94104
Phone: (415) 954-4912
Fax: (415) 954-4480
Email: jfisher@fbm.com
Univ of Illinois COL; Champaign IL
Jeff Fisher is in the firm's Intellectual Property Litigation Department in San Francisco
Nadia C. Arid
Associate
Farella Braun & Martel LLP
Email: narid@fbm.com
Nadia is in the firm's Intellectual Property Litigation Department in San Francisco.
Following the U.S. Supreme Court's groundbreaking TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC decision narrowing venue in patent infringement cases, unanswered questions still remained around whether this decision qualified as a change in the law and whether it could be retroactively applied to cases where the improper venue defense had been waived. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit answered these questions in
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