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05-23-2017, 07:25 AM
The Supreme Court of the United States today decided (https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/16pdf/16-341_8n59.pdf) that U.S. companies may only face patent infringement lawsuits in the jurisdiction in which they are incorporated, which in Apple's case would be California.
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The decision is significant for Apple, as the iPhone maker faces several patent infringement lawsuits in a single district court in Eastern Texas that is considered friendly to patent holding entities (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_holding_company), or so-called "patent trolls (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_troll)."
That very court in Tyler, Texas has, for example, ordered Apple to pay $532.9 million to patent licensing firm Smartflash LLC (https://www.macrumors.com/2015/02/25/apple-vs-smartflash-lawsuit/) in 2015, and $22.1 million to Acacia Research (https://www.macrumors.com/2016/09/16/apple-ordered-to-pay-22-million-acacia/) last September for infringing upon patents it acquired from **kia.
By limiting where patent infringement lawsuits can be filed, the Supreme Court's decision means that Apple will likely be able to battle patent infringement lawsuits in **rthern California, and finally put East Texas behind it.
The Supreme Court's decision today relates to a Delaware-based lawsuit between Heartland Food Products Group and The Kraft Heinz Company, but it extends to all domestic companies across the United States.
Update: The appears to be considerable confusion throughout media coverage of this ruling. The ruling narrowly limited a company's "residence" to the place of incorporation, but patent lawsuits may still be filed anywhere "the defendant has committed acts of infringement and has a regular and established place of business." As a result, it appears patent lawsuits can still be filed against Apple in many jurisdictions, including the Eastern District of Texas.
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The decision is significant for Apple, as the iPhone maker faces several patent infringement lawsuits in a single district court in Eastern Texas that is considered friendly to patent holding entities (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_holding_company), or so-called "patent trolls (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_troll)."
That very court in Tyler, Texas has, for example, ordered Apple to pay $532.9 million to patent licensing firm Smartflash LLC (https://www.macrumors.com/2015/02/25/apple-vs-smartflash-lawsuit/) in 2015, and $22.1 million to Acacia Research (https://www.macrumors.com/2016/09/16/apple-ordered-to-pay-22-million-acacia/) last September for infringing upon patents it acquired from **kia.
By limiting where patent infringement lawsuits can be filed, the Supreme Court's decision means that Apple will likely be able to battle patent infringement lawsuits in **rthern California, and finally put East Texas behind it.
The Supreme Court's decision today relates to a Delaware-based lawsuit between Heartland Food Products Group and The Kraft Heinz Company, but it extends to all domestic companies across the United States.
Update: The appears to be considerable confusion throughout media coverage of this ruling. The ruling narrowly limited a company's "residence" to the place of incorporation, but patent lawsuits may still be filed anywhere "the defendant has committed acts of infringement and has a regular and established place of business." As a result, it appears patent lawsuits can still be filed against Apple in many jurisdictions, including the Eastern District of Texas.
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