Morgan Lewis partners Tim Powell, Hiroshi Sheraton, and Alexander Ritter authored a LexisNexis Litigation Report about a ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in BSH Hausgeräte v. Electrolux.The decision expands the ability of EU courts to hear cross-border patent infringement cases—even involving non-EU states—as long as the defendant is domiciled in the location of the EU court.
The ruling could impact intellectual property (IP) enforcement strategy by allowing more centralized litigation and may increase jurisdictional competition between national courts and the Unified Patent Court as venues for cross-border IP litigation.