No. 18-849
HTC Corporation v. 3G Licensing, S.A., et al.
Response Waived
Experienced Counsel
Tags: 28-usc-1391 28-usc-1400b federal-circuit foreign-defendant patent-infringement statutory-construction statutory-interpretation venue venue-statute
Latest Conference:
2019-02-22
Question Presented (from Petition)
This patent infringement case squarely presents a question acknowledged by the Court but left unanswered in TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Grp. Brands LEC, 137 S. Ct. 1514 (2017) (Heartland'): whether an atextual "foreign defendant" exception exists to 28 U.S.C. § 1400(b), even though the statute, by its terms, provides for venue in "[a]ny civil action for patent infringement," and thus, on its face, provides "the sole and exclusive provision controlling venue in patent infringement actions." Heartland, 137 S. Ct. at 1519 and 1520 n.2.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether an atextual 'foreign defendant' exception exists to 28 U.S.C. § 1400(b)
Docket Entries
2019-02-25
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/22/2019.
2019-01-31
Waiver of right of respondents 3G Licensing, S.A., et al. to respond filed.
2019-01-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 4, 2019)
2018-11-29
Application (18A559) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until January 4, 2019.
2018-11-21
Application (18A559) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 5, 2018 to January 4, 2019, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Attorneys
3G Licensing, S.A., et al.
Andres Christopher Healy — Susman Godfrey L.L.P., Respondent
HTC Corporation
Stephen Blake Kinnaird — Paul Hastings LLP, Petitioner