No High Court Eye on Order Sending Adobe Patent Case Out of Waco

The U.S. Supreme Court won’t wade into an ongoing dispute between the Federal Circuit and a Western District of Texas judge over the proper venue for patent infringement suits.

SynKloud Techologies LLC asked the high court to review a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decision ordering Judge Alan Albright to send its patent infringement suit against Adobe Inc. to a federal court in California. Albright, the sole judge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Waco Division, put too much emphasis on his ability to move the case to trial fast when other ...