United States Federal Circuit

In a patent action involving microarray technology, district court's grant of defendant's motion to dismiss is affirmed where: 1) the court properly ruled that it lacked general personal jurisdiction over defendant as it did not have contacts with the forum state that qualified as continuous and systematic general business contacts; 2) the court did not have specific personal jurisdiction over defendant as plaintiff failed to allege sufficient activities relating to the validity and enforceability of the patent; and 3) the court did not abuse its discretion in denying jurisdictional discovery as no formal motion was made.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/18/2009
• Published 05/18/2009

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• United States Federal Circuit

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