A Delaware federal judge on Jan. 12 denied TC Heartland’s bid to stay a patent infringement suit, as the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether to effectively limit the number of jurisdictions in which patent cases can be brought.
In a Dec. 20 filing, Heartland argued that case-dispositive issues in the case should be put on hold after the nation’s high court last month accepted its request to review a broad interpretation of patent-venue rules, which allows plaintiffs latitude to file in friendly jurisdictions.
