Patent Law Alert:SUPREME COURT REVERSES FEDERAL CIRCUIT’S DEFINITION OF CORPORATE RESIDENT FOR PURPOSES OF PATENT VENUE

(May 22, 2017)  The U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous (8-0) decision in TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC, 581 U.S. __ (May 22, 2017) addressing venue in patent infringement cases.  The patent venue statute, 28 U. S. C. §1400(b), provides that:   “[a]ny civil action for patent infringement may be brought in […]