Guest Post by Professor Tun-Jen Chiang of George Mason University. Patent litigators are all familiar with the Eastern District of Texas. The reason that this otherwise-unexceptional district is able to dominate patent litigation comes down to a little known case, VE Holding Corp. v. Johnson Gas Appliance Co., 917 F.2d 1574 (Fed. Cir. 1990), which … Continue reading Guest Post: The Problematic Origins of Nationwide Patent Venue.