Legal Opinion
Global Touch Solutions, LLC v. Toshiba Corp.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided June 15, 2015No. Civil Nos. 2:14CV346, 2:14CV391, 2:14CV347, 2:15CV17, 2:14CV390PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
MARK S. DAVIS, District Judge.
I. Introductory Statement
The joinder provision of the America Invents Act (“AIA”) has had an evident impact on the procedural handling of patent infringement actions in scenarios where a plaintiff seeks to hold multiple defendants liable based on similarly designed consumer products. 35 U.S.C. § 299. To the extent joinder of alleged infringers was previously permitted in a patent case under Rule 20 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the AIA eliminated a patent holder’s ability to file a single civil action against multiple industry…
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