November 15, 2017
The Federal Circuit's decision Wednesday that TC Heartland was a change in the law provides much-needed clarity on a question that has split lower courts and should give some hope to companies whose bids to transfer their cases were thwarted because it was decided they waived their venue argument.
November 15, 2017
Resolving a question that has sharply divided district courts, the Federal Circuit on Wednesday ruled the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision restricting where patent suits can be filed was a change in the law — a ruling that could give more defendants a chance to argue their cases should be transferred.