Venue Act introduced in US Senate to change patent venue law

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Venue Act introduced in US Senate to change patent venue law

March 21 2016
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Days after a Federal Circuit judge commented that changing patent case venue rules feels like “something a legislature should do”, the Venue Equity and Non-Uniformity Elimination Act has been introduced in the US Senate “to ensure that venue in patents cases is fair and proper”

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