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Author Topic: Good News! US Supreme Court disallows jurisdiction shopping in patent disputes  (Read 3329 times)

40hz

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abt.pngGood News! US Supreme Court disallows jurisdiction shopping in patent disputes

Something that absolutely had to happen has finally happened. The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has effectively barred "jurisdiction shopping" where anyone alleging a patent infringement was free to file in East Texas or Delaware - where certain courts had developed an almost cottage industry of being friendly to patent holders - no matter how dubious the the claims being made.

The patent trolls are already whining...

More on that story here.

Great news for the real innovators in the tech sector. At least now they have a far better chance a getting a fair decision next time a predatory patent infringement suit gets filed against them.

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Now that is good news!

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