Company Tells High Court To Keep Interpretation On Venue Statutes In Patent Suit

(February 14, 2017, 11:50 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A producer and supplier of liquid water enhancers and zero calorie sweeteners argues in a Jan. 30 brief to the U.S. Supreme Court that its interpretation of the statutory phrase “the judicial district where the defendant resides” “mean[s] the state of incorporation only” and that the venue is “not to be supplemented” by other provisions (TC Heartland LLC d/b/a Heartland Food Products Group v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC, No. 16-341, U.S. Sup.)....