Valve Corp. Suit Against Inventor, Entities Stays in Washington

Valve Corp.’s agreement with a Leigh M. Rothschild affilated company doesn’t require its lawsuit denying patent infringement and accusing the prolific inventor of violating a Washington state patent troll prevention law to be filed in Texas instead of the Evergreen State, a federal judge ruled in denying a venue change.

Rothschild, his three affiliated non-practicing entities, and his lawyer Samuel Meyler ignored “the distinction between choice of law and choice of venue” when they argued the video game developer’s lawsuit must be brought in the Eastern District of Texas, according to Judge Jamal Whitehead’s order filed May 10 in ...