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>The justices sided 8-0 with beverage flavoring company TC Heartland LLC in its legal battle with food and beverage company Kraft Heinz Co, ruling that patent i
by drzaiusapelord 9y ago
>The justices sided 8-0 with beverage flavoring company TC Heartland LLC in its legal battle with food and beverage company Kraft Heinz Co, ruling that patent infringement suits can be filed only in courts located in the jurisdiction where the targeted company is incorporated.
This no-name company probably just saved the tech industry from its own greed and short-sightedness. I imagine most lawsuits will happen in Delaware where it might be harder to find a radicalized pro-IP jury like they have in that East Texas district which has bizarrely turned itself into something of a cottage industry based on fees and fines patent abusers pay. Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours it seems.
Perhaps regular verdicts of hundred(s) of millions of dollar settlements over trivial patents are behind us. Some sanity in patents would be a welcome change.
- yeukhon 9y agoAll companies are vulnerable to patent lawsuits and many are really just lawsuits created by this multi-million dollar industrial parasite called "patent troll". So this is not just a battle for the big coproations but also a battle many small businesses are fighting to win. I suggest you do an Interent to get a list of patent troll cases. The gist is someone can sue you for a workflow like authentication. Yeah that's pretty ridiculous right? Often patent trolls just want a settlement. Many businesses don't qant to deal with patent trolls they go for a settlement. US patent is easy to file in case you aren't aware.