Avoiding Patent Venue Rules In Multiclaim Cases

By Tim Rechtien, Victoria Webb and Kim Devine (April 1, 2019, 12:42 PM EDT) -- The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC[1] set off a seismic shift in patent litigation by limiting where patentees can sue most infringers. But there may be an important exception to TC Heartland: cases in which the patent infringement claim is just one of the pleaded claims in the case. If there is such an exception, patentees that can legitimately assert other claims along with their patent infringement claims may be able to avoid TC Heartland's grasp....

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