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You can just skim this. It is meant to familiarize you with all the possible venue rules that we could have, including some that are actually the law in state courts.
In the following case, the Second Circuit interpreted the meaning of the general venue statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1391. In addition to this provision, Congress has also enacted a number of specialized venue statutes for claims involving specific subject-matter areas. For example, 28 U.S.C. § 1400, which you just read, governs lawsuits for copyright or patent infringement.
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