Mandamusing an Alternative Service of Process Order
Practitioners in Texas patent courts see orders granting or denying motions to permit alternative service all the time. What we see less often is the Federal Circuit weighing in on a request by an alternatively-served defendant for mandamus relief from such a motion. Here the Federal Circuit affirmed Judge Albright’s decision, providing some useful guidance on what’s permissible and the standard for review (with an Easter egg on mandamus standards).