Erin Knese

is an associate in Husch Blackwell LLP’s St. Louis office. Erin focuses her practice on commercial litigation. She has experience conducting discovery and drafting pretrial motions in patent infringement cases, and in briefing before the Federal Circuit. She also has experience in other forms of IP litigation, including trademark, copyright, and trade secrets cases under both state-law and the DTSA.

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Recent Articles by Erin Knese

TC Heartland Update: Federal Circuit decides ZTE and Bigcommerce

Of the many lingering issues left in TC Heartland’s wake for domestic corporations, a Federal Circuit panel resolved several of them recently. In In re ZTE (USA), No. 2018-113, the court addressed two of the most common issues dogging appeals over the application of § 1400(b): whose law governs burden, and where does that burden lie. In In re Bigcommerce, No. 2018-120, the court addressed the territorial bounds mapped by the phrase “judicial district” in § 1400(b). Judge Linn authored both.

June 1, 2018

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