Federal Circuit Undoes Transfer, Grants Patent Owner Mandamus Relief

Mealey's (January 10, 2023, 1:19 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A decision by a Texas federal judge to transfer a patent case to California federal court was reversed Jan. 9 by the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, which said that a defendant’s “unilateral, post-suit consent” to suit in another state does not serve as a bar to the satisfaction of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(k)(2)(A), Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(k)(2)(A)....