United States Federal Circuit
Warrior Sports, Inc. v. Dickinson Wright, P.L.L.C., 10-1091
In a patent owner's malpractice action against a law firm, arising from an underlying patent infringement litigation involving patents directed to lacrosse sticks and heads, district court's dismissal of the suit for lack of jurisdiction is vacated and remanded as, because at least one of plaintiff's malpractice claims requires the court to resolve a substantive issue of patent law, 28 U.S.C. section 1338, which grants district courts exclusive jurisdiction over cases arising under a statute relating to patents, invests the district court with subject matter jurisdiction over the plaintiff's claims in this case.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/11/2011
- Published 01/11/2011
Judges
Court
- United States Federal Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Andrew J. Kochanowski, Megan K. Cavanagh