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Intellectual Property

Dec. 16, 2011

Ruling calls into question Delaware's status as a popular patent venue

The District of Delaware's status as a place for plaintiffs to file patent infringement lawsuits without fear of the cases being moved to the defendant's choice of venue, is no longer secure.


By Craig Anderson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN JOSE - The District of Delaware's status as a place for plaintiffs to file patent infringement lawsuits without fear of the cases being moved to the defendant's choice of venue, is no longer secure.


More defendants are seeking transfer out of Delaware in the wake of a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decision earlier this month overruling a denial of a defendant's motio...

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