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Law, economics professors urge US Supreme Court to review law on venue selection in patent litigation

( October 17, 2016, 22:49 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Fifty-six US professors of law and economics urged the US Supreme Court to review a decision from the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit declining to limit venue choice in patent litigation. The Federal Circuit's rule on venue selection "has fundamentally shaped the landscape of patent litigation in ways that harm the patent system, by enabling extensive forum shopping and forum selling, supporting opportunistic patent litigation by patent trolls, and creating undue case concentration," the professors wrote. Please see brief below: ...

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