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Public Law 54–395
Defining the jurisdiction of the United States circuit courts in cases brought for the infringement of letters patent.
Approved March 3, 1897
Statutory text
An Act
Defining the jurisdiction of the United States circuit courts in cases brought for the infringement of letters patent.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Ho use of Representatives of the United, States of America in Congress assembled,
That in suits brought for the
Patents.
Suits for infringements to be brought in district of defendant.
infringement of letters patent the circuit courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction, in law or in equity, in the district of which the defendant is an inhabitant, or in any district in which the defendant, whether a person, partnership, or corporation, shall have committed acts of infringement and have a regular and established place of business. If such suit is brought in a district of which the defendant is not an inhabitant, but in which such defendant has a regular andFIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 395–397. 1897. established place of business, service of process, summons, or subpoena upon the defendant may be made by service upon the agent or agents engaged in conducting such business in the district in which suit is brought.
Approved, .