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Samantha Kuhn

is an attorney with the Austin office of Baker Botts. Her principal area of practice is intellectual property, with a focus on patent litigation. She also has experience with due diligence, freedom to operate analyses, inventorship disputes, validity and infringement opinions, and trade secret litigation. Samantha is also a registered patent attorney and has experience with patent drafting and prosecution in multiple fields. For more information or to contact Samantha please visit her firm bio page.

Recent Articles by Samantha Kuhn

In re TC Heartland: Asking the Federal Circuit to ‘Fix’ Patent Venue Law

Twenty-five years ago, the Federal Circuit decided a case that transformed where (and how) patent infringement cases can be litigated.[1] By expanding the scope of where a corporate defendant “resides” for venue purposes, the court in VE Holding Corp. v. Johnson Gas Appliance greatly increased the number of states and courts in which many corporations can be sued for infringement. This decision has contributed to the development of forum-shopping and related litigation issues over the past several years. One company, TC Heartland, LLC, is now urging the Federal Circuit to overturn that precedent and restore more stringent venue restrictions through a writ of mandamus, and dozens of others are joining the debate.