United States Federal Circuit

Dismissal of claims of tortious interference, unfair competition, and declaratory judgment of non-infringement against defendant-patent holder, and grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant-exclusive licensee for a vitamin product are reversed where the district court erroneously concluded that it lacked personal jurisdiction over the patent holder, and there were genuine disputes of material fact with respect to the state law claims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/07/2006
• Published 04/07/2006

Judges

• MICHEL, Chief Judge., Before MICHEL, Chief Judge, FRIEDMAN, Senior Judge, and LINN, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert E. Pershes, Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, L.L.P., of Boca Raton, Florida, argued for plaintiff-appellant.   With him on the brief were L.A. Perkins and H. Michael Muñiz.


• For Appellees:
  
• Glenn K. Beaton, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, of Denver, Colorado, argued for defendants-appellees.   With him on the brief was Amanda Tessar.