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`sufficient for personal jurisdiction. But she abandoned the Red Wing Shoe rule without acknowledging
`it even existed.
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`In Jack Henry, the plaintiffs (a group of banks) brought a declaratory judgment action in the
`Northern District of Texas against Plano Encryption Technologies LLC after the Eastern District of
`Texas-based limited liability company sent the banks letters accusing patent infringement. The U.S.
`district court dismissed the case for improper venue, holding that PET’s infringement letters by
`themselves did not create personal jurisdiction, citing the Federal Circuit’s bright-line Red Wing Shoe
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`The Federal Circuit reversed. In concluding venue was proper, the court found PET’s letters both
`supported declaratory judgment jurisdiction and established minimum contacts. Judge Newman,
`stating the decision was “guided by precedent,” concluded that as the source of the minimum
`contacts, the burden fell on PET to make a “compelling case” that exercising jurisdiction was
`unreasonable and unfair. Because PET did not argue that jurisdiction in the Northern District was
`“inconvenient or unreasonable or unfair,” Judge Newman found PET did not meet its burden.
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`Importantly, the court emphasized that PET’s sole business was enforcing its intellectual property.
`The court also noted that PET was subject to general jurisdiction in Texas and was registered to do
`business throughout the state. Judge Newman maintained that precedent did not establish “the
`generalization that letter charging infringement can never provide specific jurisdiction.”
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`Judge Kara Farnandez Stoll, joined by Judge Evan Wallach, concurred in the judgment but explicitly
`acknowledged the bright-line rule and argued the court should revisit it. The concurrence reasoned it
`was inappropriate to apply “unique” policy considerations to the patent context. In their view, “[o]nce
`it has been decided that a defendant purposefully established minimum contacts within the forum
`State, these contacts may be considered in light of other factors to determine whether the assertion
`of personal jurisdiction would comport with ‘fair play and substantial justice."’[9]
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`Judge Newman’s decision appears to animate her position in Avocent that a single commercial-type
`contact with the forum, plus an accusatory letter to the plaintiff in the forum, is sufficient for
`personal jurisdiction. Although letters accusing infringement and offering to license patents are not
`generally considered commercial-type contacts, when an entity’s sole business is attempting to
`commercialize its patents, demand letters look much closer to a commercial-type contact.
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`The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent opinion regarding venue in patent suits in TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft
`Foods Group Brands LLC, signaled a policy change against allowing patentees to forum shop.[10]
`Allowing a nonpracticing entity to manipulate venue through calculated strikes from its forum unfairly
`impacts accused infringers and tilts the field in favor of nonpracticing entities by allowing them to
`forum shop under the guise they are not “conducting business.” In fact, their accusatory actions are
`the sole business they conduct.
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`Jack Henry seems broadly consistent with recent Supreme Court cases overturning bright-line rules.
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`Practice Tips After Jack Henry
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`Jack Henry’s abandonment of the bright-line rule favors a fairness inquiry. While the court’s
`statement that a due process analysis involves a “diversity of facts” suggests that infringement
`letters should merely be considered when assessing whether the plaintiff met its burden of proof, the
`decision appears to shift the burden to the patentee to make a “compelling case” why exercising
`jurisdiction over it is not reasonable or fair.
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`A declaratory judgment plaintiff, seeking to support the exercise of personal jurisdiction in its home
`forum, should emphasize the breadth and detail of infringement letters sent into the forum. Under
`the court’s precedent, this should satisfy the plaintiff’s burden to show minimum contacts. Under Jack
`Henry, this shifts the burden to the patentee. The patentee should emphasize the inconvenience,
`unreasonableness, or unfairness resulting from the court exercising personal jurisdiction over it.
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`Dismissal of a case for lack of personal jurisdiction triggers the right to appeal, while refusal to
`dismiss requires either the Federal Circuit to grant mandamus relief or the district court to certify an
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