Litigators who represent patent owners suing foreign companies, and who normally must navigate the exacting requirements and slow pace of service of process under the Hague Convention, may welcome the result in In re OnePlus Technology, (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., No. 2021-165, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 27282 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 10, 2021), a patent case in which the Federal Circuit let stand an order that permitted service on a foreign entity by a method that is easier than service that complies with the Convention. However, the decision seems at odds with the clear language of Fed. R. Civ. P. 4, and its holding might be re-examined, eventually.
