Patent Venue for Method Claims: The “One-Step Rule” at a Crossroads

Key Takeaway: Comcast has asked the Federal Circuit to weigh in on how patent venue applies to method claims. The company’s recent mandamus petition challenges how the Eastern District of Texas applied the patent venue statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1400(b), and could reshape where tech companies face suit when their products rely on distributed software or cloud-based systems….
By: Baker Botts L.L.P.