Second Patent Case in a Year Ordered Transferred from E.D. Texas By Stephanie Weiner – Edited by Jad Mills In re Hoffman-La Roche Inc., et al., No. 911 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 2, 2009) Slip Opinion On December 2, 2009, a Federal Circuit panel granted Hoffman-La Roche’s petition for a writ of mandamus ordering the District Court for the Eastern District of Texas to transfer a patent infringement suit brought by Novartis to the Eastern District of North Carolina.  The Federal ... Read More...