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Federal Circuit issues two patent venue mandamus rulings

May 16 2018
Federal Circuit 165

The plaintiff bears the burden of proving venue in patent cases and venue is only proper for a corporation registered in a multiple district-state in the district where it has its principal place of business, the Federal Circuit ruled in ZTE and BigCommerce

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