United States Supreme Court
TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC, 16-341
In a patent infringement action filed in the District Court for the District of Delaware against petitioner, a competitor that is organized under Indiana law and headquartered in Indiana but ships the allegedly infringing products into Delaware, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals' decision that, because petitioner resided in Delaware under the general venue statute, 28 U.S.C. section 1391(c), it also resided there under the patent venue statute, 28 U.S.C. section 1400(b), is reversed where: 1) as applied to domestic corporations, 'reside[nce]' in section 1400(b) refers only to the State of incorporation; and 2) the amendments to section 1391 did not modify the meaning of section 1400(b) as interpreted by Fourco Glass Co. v. Transmirra Products Corp., 353 U.S. 222.
Appellate Information
- Published 2017/05/22
Judges
- THOMAS
Court
- United States Supreme Court