The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Venue Transfers and Section 1400(b) -- After Heartland" on June 13, 2017 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). Kenneth Adamo of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Brett Johnson of Winston & Strawn LLP, and Bill Sigler of Fisch Sigler LLP will consider the implications of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Heartland. Taking the latest developments into account, the panelists will consider:
• Pending cases: the options, as defined by timing, waivers, judges' discretion, the declaratory judgment option for defendants in new venues, whether plaintiffs should file in a new proper venue, mandamus petitions to the Federal Circuit and the appellate court's likely solutions;
• New cases: the renewed emphasis on the second prong of Section 1400 -- "where the defendant has committed acts of infringement and has a regular and established place of business" -- now that the first prong (where the defendant "resides") is limited by Heartlandto the defendant's place of incorporation. This will include a quick look at the frequent legal fights over venue that took place in the decades between the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Fourco (1957) and the Federal Circuit's now-discredited liberalization of venue in VE Holding (1990).
The registration fee for the webinar is $135 (government and academic rates are available upon request). Those interested in registering for the webinar can do so here.
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