UPDATE 1-U.S. top court considers changing where patent cases may be filed
March 27, 2017 at 14:35 PM EDT
WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struggled over whether to upend nearly 30 years of law governing patent lawsuits that critics say allows often-baseless litigants to sue in friendly courts, giving them the upper hand over high-technology companies such as Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google.