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<b><i>BREAKING NEWS</b></i><br>Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Blockbuster Patent Venue Case

By Jan Wolfe
December 15, 2016

In a win for the tech industry, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Dec. 14 to hear a case that could move patent cases out of the Eastern District of Texas.

The justices said they will hear an appeal filed by drink flavoring company TC Heartland LLC, which is facing patent infringement claims brought by Kraft Food Brands Group LLC. A ruling for TC Heartland could limit patent infringement suits to venues where defendants have a “regular and established place of business” like California, Delaware and New York.

Kraft Foods sued TC Heartland in federal court in Delaware in 2014. Heartland sought to have the litigation moved to Indiana, where it's based, arguing it does virtually no regular business in Delaware.

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