United States Federal Circuit

In an action seeking a declaratory judgment of noninfringement of patents for mobile folding stretchers for transporting injured animals, dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction is reversed where the presence of defendant-patent owner in the State of Washington and her activities there relating to the enforcement of her patents were sufficient to allow a federal district court in that state to exercise in personam jurisdiction over the defendants, a California corporation and a California resident.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/18/2008
• Published 09/18/2008

Judges

• BRYSON, Circuit Judge., Before BRYSON, ARCHER, and PROST, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kurt M. Rylander, Rylander & Associates PC, of Vancouver, WA, argued for plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• F.T. Alexandra Mahaney, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, of San Diego, CA, argued for defendants-appellees.