Forum-shopping for favorable jurisdictions in which to try or defend a case is second nature to patent litigators. This post analyzes the dissonance between how that practice is sometimes disparaged legislatively and judicially and how such conduct is evaluated through the ethical lens of the Rules of Professional Conduct. Patent legislative history and cases refer… Continue Reading
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