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2 June 2017Patents

Patent filings could fall 69% in East Texas after TC Heartland ruling

The US Supreme Court’s recent decision in TC Heartland v Kraft Foods could drive a 69% drop in patent filings in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in 2017, according to Unified Patents.

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