Supreme Court Messes With East Texas ‘Patent Troll’ Hotbed

“The Supreme Court on Monday delivered a major blow to so-called patent trolls—shell companies whose business revolves around acquiring patents and then suing others for infringing on them—by making it much harder to bring lawsuits in friendly venues like East Texas.  In a unanimous ruling written by Justice Clarence Thomas, the court overturned a lower court’s interpretation of federal venue rules and said that patent owners must sue companies in the districts where they are incorporated.”

Read more: http://fortune.com/2017/05/22/texas-patent-supreme-court/

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