Russ August & Kabat attorneys Brian D. Ledahl and Marc A. Fenster submitted an amicus brief on behalf of a number of patent holders to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in connection with an important patent case addressing venue for patent suits. The case, In re TC Heartland, LLC, raised the issue of where patent infringement suits could be brought. Russ August & Kabat submitted an amicus brief arguing that the relevant federal statute provided that such cases could be brought in any district where the defendant was subject to personal jurisdiction, a position that the Federal Circuit adopted in its precedential opinion. The case drew significant interest from many other amici, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Google, Ebay, HP, and many others. Russ August & Kabat submitted the only amicus brief supporting patent holders in the case and advocating the position ultimately adopted by the Federal Circuit.
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