Supreme Court limits 'venue shopping' for patent cases

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A Supreme Court decision on Monday will limit the controversial practice of “venue shopping” — where plaintiffs pick court locations that they believe will be favorable to the cases they’re arguing. The court reversed a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decision from last year that had been used as justification for bringing cases to venues wherever the companies involved happened to conduct business -- More...