Petition of the day
By Kate Howard
on Oct 18, 2016
Thepetition of the day is:
16-341
Issue:Whether the patent venue statute, 28 U.S.C. 1400(b), which provides that patent infringement actions may be brought in the judicial district where the defendant resides[,] is the sole and exclusive provision governing venue in patent infringement actions and is not to be supplemented by the statute governing [v]enue generally, 28 U.S.C. 1391, which has long contained a subsection (c) that, where applicable, deems a corporate entity to reside in multiple judicial districts.
Posted in Cases in the Pipeline
Cases: TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC
Recommended Citation:
Kate Howard,
Petition of the day,
SCOTUSblog (Oct. 18, 2016, 12:00 AM),
https://www.scotusblog.com/2016/10/petition-of-the-day-1013/