(May 6, 2024, 2:15 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The initiation of an evaluation under the Amazon Patent Evaluation Express (APEX) system — which triggers the potential removal of an allegedly infringing product listing from Amazon.com if a seller fails to respond — constitutes a purposeful direction of activities at the seller’s forum state sufficient to confer specific personal jurisdiction, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled. ...