Tag: tc heartland
Federal Circuit: Server Is Not A Regular And Established Place Of Business
Today, the Federal Circuit granted a writ of mandamus, ordering the Eastern District of Texas to dismiss or transfer a case for lack of venue. This order is the latest in a series of Federal Circuit...
TC Heartland’s Effects: A Bang Or A Whimper?
Since tomorrow we’re celebrating Independence Day here in D.C., I thought I’d go back and revisit the Independence From Eastern Texas case, TC Heartland, to see how big of an effect it has really ...
The Special Nature Of Venue In Patent Law
TC Heartland continues to impact the world of patent litigation. I haven’t run the numbers yet on what’s happened since the decision came down, but just having read through the list of cases fil...
Uniloc-ing Defendants Into The Eastern District of Texas
Yesterday, Uniloc sued Google in the Eastern District of Texas. Uniloc is a Luxembourg based company, not a Texas company.[1. They incorporated in Luxembourg for tax reasons. There are a number of...
How TC Heartland May Affect District Court Filings: A Quantitative Assessment
This guest post was authored by Shawn Ambwani and Robert Jain. Shawn Ambwani is the COO and co-founder of Unified Patents. Robert Jain is an attorney at Unified Patents. This post provides a qua...