,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bgcc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ag1    
#bjaf ,mr4 ,flake 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,gardner1 and ,mr4 ,lee7 introduced the 
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to ensure that  
venue in patents cases is fair and      
proper1 and for other purposes4  #a4    
,short title  ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,venue ,equity and ,non-,uniformity
 ,elimination ,act of #bjaf4  #b4 ,venue
  7a7 ,amendment ,section #adjj of title
 #bh1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended 
by striking subsection 7b7 and inserting
 the following3  7b7 ,notwithstanding   
subsections 7b7 and 7c7 of section      
#acia1 any civil action for patent      
infringement or any action for a        
declaratory judgment that a patent is   
invalid or not infringed may be brought 
only in a judicial district--  7#a7     
where the defendant has its principal   
place of business or is incorporated2   

7#b7 where the defendant has committed  
an act of infringement of a patent in   
suit and has a regular and established  
physical facility that gives rise to the
 act of infringement2  7#c7 where the   
defendant has agreed or consented to be 
sued in the instant action2  7#d7 where 
an inventor named on the patent in suit 
conducted research or development that  
led to the application for the patent in
 suit2  7#e7 where a party has a regular
 and established physical facility that 
such party controls and operates1 not   
primarily for the purpose of creating   
venue1 and has--  7,a7 engaged in       
management of significant research and  
development of an invention claimed in a
 patent in suit prior to the effective  
filing date of the patent2  7,b7        
manufactured a tangible product that is 
alleged to embody an invention claimed  
in a patent in suit2 or  7,c7           
implemented a manufacturing process for 
a tangible good in which the process is 
alleged to embody an invention claimed  

in a patent in suit2 or  7#f7 in the    
case of a foreign defendant that does   
not meet the requirements of paragraph  
7#a7 or 7#b71 in accordance with section
 #acia7;c77#c74  4  7b7 ,mandamus relief
 ,for the purpose of determining whether
 relief may issue under section #afea of
 title #bh1 ,united ,states ,code1 a    
clearly and indisputably erroneous      
denial of a motion under section        
#adjf7;a7 of such title to dismiss or   
transfer a case on the basis of section 
#adjj7;b7 of such title shall be deemed 
to cause irremediable interim harm4  7c7
 ,teleworkers ,the dwelling or residence
 of an employee or contractor of a      
defendant who works at such dwelling or 
residence shall not constitute a regular
 and established physical facility of   
the defendant for purposes of section   
#adjj7;b77#b7 of title #bh1 ,united     
,states ,code1 as added by              
subsection7a74