The increasing importance of venue?

The National Law Journal reports on the recent transfer of part of a patent case and wonders whether it is indicative of the "federal courts' shifting approach to patent litigation venue battles" prompted by the Federal Circuit's decision in In re TS Tech USA Corp. 551 F.3d 1315 (Fed. Cir. 2008), which held that a district court abused its discretion by denying a defendant's transfer motion.

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