United States Federal Circuit

Defendant, a Taiwanese company, did not purposefully submit itself to jurisdiction in Alabama by sending three letters asserting infringement, and sales of its products in Alabama stores do not constitute "other activities" that will support a claim of specific personal jurisdiction. Plaintiffs' complaint, seeking declaratory judgment of non-infringement and invalidity of Defendant's patents, was properly dismissed for lack of personal jurisdiction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/16/2008
• Published 12/16/2008

Judges

• Before NEWMAN, SCHALL, and LINN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James D. Berquist, Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey, LLP, of Arlington, VA, argued for plaintiffs-appellants.   With him on the brief were J. Scott Davidson and Donald L. Jackson.


• For Appellees:
  
• Steven D. Hemminger, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP, of Palo Alto, CA, argued for defendant-appellee.  E. Robert Yoches, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, of Washington, DC, and Ming-Tao Yang, of Palo Alto, CA, for defendant-appellee.