United States Federal Circuit

In patent infringement suits, claiming that the defendants' manufacturing, use, testing, and importation of computer chips, motherboards, computers, and other products directly infringe plaintiffs' patents and that the defendants knowingly and intentionally induce and contribute to others' infringement, district court's dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction is affirmed, as in adhering to the Beverly Hills Fan line of cases, a position on the stream-of-commerce theory need not be taken as the result is clear and would not change under any articulation of that theory, as the paltry allegations in the complaint cannot support the exercise of personal jurisdiction in Wyoming.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/24/2012
• Published 08/24/2012

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• United States Federal Circuit

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