Dec 4, 2009
Federal Circuit Transfers Patent Infringement Case out of the Eastern District of Texas
The Federal Circuit ruled Wednesday that the chief judge of the Eastern District of Texas abused his discretion in refusing to transfer Novartis’ patent infringement case against Hoffmann-La Roche out of his jurisdiction. Novartis’ purported Texas justifications, wrote Judge Arthur Gajarsa for the panel, were red herrings at best