- Business owners have less risk than before of being sued for patent infringement in a distant, potentially unfriendly court.
- A patent dispute involving supercomputers led to a ruling that limits where companies can be forced to travel to defend a patent infringement charge.
- All patent infringement suits are governed by federal law and can only be heard in federal court, since federal courts have exclusive subject matter jurisdiction over patent cases.
Summary: Good news! You could be sued in fewer places!
Business owners will be relieved to know that their risk of being sued for patent infringement in some far away and unfriendly court just went down! Find out how a patent spat over supercomputers can keep you from traveling so far to defend against a charge of patent infringement.
All patent protection suits are a matter of federal law, and may only be heard in federal court because only federal courts have exclusive subject matter jurisdiction.
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