Mealey's (December 4, 2018, 2:24 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Nov. 29 mandamus petition seeking reversal of a decision by U.S. Judge J. Rodney Gilstrap of the Eastern District of Texas that denied dismissal of a patent case for improper venue was itself denied Nov. 30 by the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (In re: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG and BMW of North America LLC, No. 19-108, Fed. Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 33970)....