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Intellectual Property

Dec. 6, 2022

DocuSign accused of appropriating 3 signature-signing patents

Counsel for DocuSign — Michael J. Sacksteder of Fenwick & West LLP in San Francisco — argued that the case had to be dismissed for improper venue because the assertion that some of DocuSign’s workers were residents of Washington, D.C. did not mean that the company had “regular and established business” in the area sufficient to conduct discovery.

A patent infringement lawsuit filed by an internet security professional against DocuSign Inc. — claiming the company’s online signature technology appropriated three of his patents — was transferred to U.S. District Judge William Orrick on Monday.

The lawsuit originated in the District Court of Columbia but DocuSign successfully transferred the case to California’s Northern District court on Nov. 14 where U.S. District Judge Haywood S. Gi...

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