AIA Section 299 Does not Prohibit Transfer for Pretrial Proceedings | Practical Law
On May 2, 2012 in In re Bear Creek Technologies, Inc., the US Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) found that Section 299 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) does not prohibit it from centralizing multiple related patent infringement claims for pretrial proceedings.