28 U.S.C. § 1400 — Patents and copyrights, mask works, and designs
submitted 78 years ago by ch. 646 to r/title-28-JUDICIARY-AND-JUDICIAL-PROCEDURE · 77 words · no verdicts yet
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Civil actions, suits, or proceedings arising under any Act of Congress relating to copyrights or exclusive rights in mask works or designs may be instituted in the district* in which the defendant or his agent resides or may be found.
Any civil action for patent infringement may be brought in the judicial district* where the defendant resides, or where the defendant has committed acts of infringement and has a regular and established place of business.
Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 936; Pub. L. 100–702, title X, § 1020(a)(5), Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 4671; Pub. L. 105–304, title V, § 503(c)(1), (2), Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2917; Pub. L. 106–44, § 2(a), Aug. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 223.)
- 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 646 · 62 Stat. 936
- 1988Amended · Pub. L. 100-702 · 102 Stat. 4671
- 1998Amended · Pub. L. 105-304 · 112 Stat. 2917
- 1999Amended · Pub. L. 106-44 · 113 Stat. 223
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