United States Federal Circuit

Where all of Colorado inventor's documented contacts with Ohio were for the purpose of warning two manufacturers there of their potential infringement of his pending patent and to suggest possible licensing agreements, Ohio district court erroneously concluded it had personal jurisdiction over inventor; thus, court's orders dismissing inventor's patent infringement lawsuit for want of prosecution and entering default judgment against inventor in declaratory judgment action reversed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/07/2002
• Published 02/07/2002

Judges

• MAYER, Chief Judge., Before MAYER, Chief Judge, LOURIE and DYK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael R. Henson,Timothy J. Martin, P.C., of Lakewood, CO, argued for plaintiff-appellant.   With him on the brief was Timothy J. Martin.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles F. Shane, Bieser, Greer & Landis, LLP, of Dayton, OH, argued for defendants-appellees.   With him on the brief for Steck Manufacturing Company, Inc., et al., was David C. Greer., David R. Metzger, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, of Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee Lock Technology, Inc. With him on the brief were Shashank S. Upadhye and Edward H. Rice.