U.S. top court tightens patent suit rules in blow to ‘patent trolls’ | Reuters and PDF.
“The justices ruled 8-0 that patent suits can be filed only in courts located in the jurisdiction where the targeted company is incorporated.
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The ruling is likely to lessen the steady flow of patent litigation filed in a single federal court district in rural East Texas because of its reputation for having rules and juries that favor plaintiffs bringing infringement suits.”
It’s cool that despite having a ‘split’ court, they decided *8 to 0* that suits should only be filed in the target jurisdiction. So it appears if someone wants to bring a patent suit, they need to come to where the targeted company is incorporated.
We asked a friendly lawyer what they thought of this decision, they say “This is good.”
In the video above, Ladyada asked for patent reform in a video with the President of the USA at the time “Ladyada Talks To President Obama About Patent Reform.“
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