United States Federal Circuit
Futurewei Technologies, Inc. v. Acacia Research Corporation, 2013-1090
The district court's dismissal of plaintiffs' complaint seeking a declaratory judgment of non-infringement and invalidity of defendants' five patents, as well as enforcement of third party beneficiary rights and alter ego claims, is affirmed, where: 1) defendants filed a patent infringement action in another federal court prior to plaintiffs' filing of the instant action; and 2) plaintiffs' action was properly dismissed based on the "first to file" rule.
Appellate Information
- Decided 12/03/2013
- Published 12/03/2013
Judges
- TARANTO
Court
- United States Federal Circuit