brian fung wrote about it for "the washington post" and joins us tonight. brian, thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> as i understand it, when a company would bring a patent lawsuit, the plaintiff could choose the venue where the suit would be heard, and they most often chose portions of texas and delaware that were considered more friendly to the plaintiffs. the supreme court ruling changes this, but how does it change it? >> so the supreme court ruling interprets the law such that a new patent lawsuit can only be filed in a jurisdiction where the company that's on the receiving end of the lawsuit is actually incorporated. so before patent lawsuits could be filed basically in any state because, you know, the law was interpreted such that the lawsuit can be filed in any state where the company that was on the receiving end of the lawsuit actually had business. now, those lawsuits are limited to only those states where the company is actually incorporated. that would have the effect of limiting were patent lawsuits actually get filed, potentiall