Tag: venue
One Week of TC Heartland
It’s been one week since TC Heartland was decided. I thought I’d take a preliminary look at how the decision has changed case filing strategies. In order to do so, I looked at at how many new ...
Opposition to Venue Reform Misses Target
Note: The original version of this post first appeared at IPWatchdog.
A group of 28 law professors just sent a letter to Congress opposing patent venue reform. As I’ll explain below, however, thei...
Venue Reform Seems Like Something Nearly Everyone Can Agree On
I was on a panel the other day discussing patent reform, and a funny thing happened. While we disagreed about a number of aspects of patent reform, basically everyone on the panel agreed that it’s r...
Why the Innovation Act Needs To Freeze Out the Eastern District of Texas (Part 2 of 2)
[caption id="attachment_5222" align="alignleft" width="300"] The ice rink in Marshall, TX[/caption]
In my last post, I told you about the Eastern District of Texas and why it’s such a popular venue...
Why We Need to Fix Venue: E.D. Texas
I (and others) have written about the Eastern District of Texas. It’s a judicial district that handles more patent cases than any other district in the country. In fact, one judge, Judge Rodney Gils...