fourco glass transmirra argued april decided april venue patent infringement actions governed exclusively provides action may brought judicial district defendant resides defendant committed acts infringement regular established place business application actions stonite products melvin lloyd pp patent infringement action may brought corporation judicial district shown committed alleged acts infringement outside state incorporated though regularly established place business judicial district pp revision recodification judicial code stat made substantive change judicial code recodified pp reversed remanded edward irons argued cause petitioner brief harold birch hulbert argued cause respondents brief william rymer justice whittaker delivered opinion question presented whether sole exclusive provision governing venue patent infringement actions whether section supplemented section titled patents copyrights subsection reads civil action patent infringement may brought judicial district defendant resides defendant committed acts infringement regular established place business corporation may sued judicial district incorporated licensed business business judicial district shall regarded residence corporation venue purposes start considerations stonite case question legally distinguishable question whether venue statute applying specifically patent infringement litigation judicial code ed sole provision governing venue cases whether section supplemented judicial code ed authorized recodified counterpart action local nature two defendants residing different judicial districts within state brought either district supplementation permissible fixed venue stonite products company inhabitant eastern district pennsylvania district western district pennsylvania suit brought codefendant inhabitant district reviewing history reasons purposes adoption congress venue statute applying specifically patent infringement suits ground wholly unnecessary replow held exclusive provision controlling venue patent infringement proceedings congress intend act become judicial code ed dovetail general provisions relating venue civil suits rather alone control venue patent infringement proceedings soundness stonite case assailed unless substantive change judicial code time stonite case decided march evident statute still constitute exclusive provision controlling venue patent infringement proceedings question simply whether substantive change statute since stonite case change occurred revision recodification judicial code time stonite case venue provisions statute judicial code ed read suits brought infringement letters patent district courts shall jurisdiction law equity district defendant inhabitant district defendant whether person partnership corporation shall committed acts infringement regular established place business statements made several persons importantly revision uniformly clear changes law policy presumed changes language revision unless intent make changes clearly expressed change arrangement placed portions originally single section two separated sections regarded altering scope purpose enactment inferred congress revising consolidating laws intended change effect unless intention clearly expressed ryder lebris logan mason anderson pacific coast main thrust respondents argument clear unambiguous terms include actions including patent infringement actions corporations therefore statute read supplementing patent infringement actions argument persuasive merely points question nothing answer seen equally clear also deals specially specifically venue patent infringement actions moreover remembered old judicial code ed likewise clear generally embracive yet stonite case held supplement specific patent infringement venue section judicial code ed question whether clear general rather pointedly whether supplements words whether latter complete independent alone controlling sphere held stonite measure dependent force upon former think clear general corporation venue statute whereas special venue statute applicable specifically defendants particular type actions patent infringement actions circumstances law settled however inclusive may general language statute held apply matter specifically dealt another part enactment specific terms prevail general another statute otherwise might controlling ginsberg sons popkin macevoy hold sole exclusive provision controlling venue patent infringement actions supplemented provisions judgment appeals must therefore reversed cause remanded pass upon district ruling showing acts infringement district suit reversed remanded footnotes third circuit ackerman hook seventh circuit fire equipment barnes tenth circuit ruth company well numerous district courts held alone controls venue patent infringement cases hand fifth circuit dalton shakespeare guiberson garrett oil tools several district courts held provisions read supplementing second circuit held case hence corporation may sued patent infringement district merely business stat contains statement appended report revisers notes section together accompanying tables explain great detail source law changes made course codification revision contains statement reviser notes keyed sections revision explain detail every change made text william barron chief reviser code article judicial code revision pointed pp changes law policy presumed changes language revision unless intent make changes clearly expressed mere changes phraseology indicate intent work change meaning merely effort state clear simpler terms original meaning statute revised professor james william moore yale university special consultant revision stated venue provisions altered revision hearings subcommittee house judiciary committee judge albert maris third circuit member committee judicial conference collaborate congressional committees carrying forward work revision stated taken make changes existing laws meet substantially unanimous approval