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Knobbe Martens

It Is Not Controversial: Factual and Legal Specificity Needed in Standing Dismissals

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MITEK SYS., INC. V. UNITED SERVS. AUTO. ASS’N - Before Dyk, Taranto, and Cunningham.  Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Summary:  Declaratory judgment plaintiffs must identify...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Action Seeking Judgment of Compliance with FRAND Obligations Survives Only Insofar as it Relates to U.S. Patent Rights

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Optis Wireless Technology, LLC filed a declaratory judgment action in the Eastern District of Texas seeking judgment that it complied with its fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) obligations when it offered a...more

Shutts & Bowen LLP

Do You Need To Threaten Litigation To Trigger Declaratory Judgment Subject Matter Jurisdiction?

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No. Erbaviva, LLC, a California LLC, sent a demand letter to Era Organics, a Florida company. The letter identified a number of Erbaviva federal trademark registrations, and “request[ed]” Era Organics: 1. Request the...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Sued Customers Insufficient to Prove a Supplier’s Actual Case or Controversy Against Patentee

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In an interesting order issued recently in BroadSign International, LLC v. T-Rex Property AB, Judge Swain of the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed the Plaintiff’s declaratory judgment of...more

Proskauer - New England IP Blog

Future and Unreleased Products Can’t Drive Litigation

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In a recent decision out of the District of Massachusetts, Judge Talwani provided litigants with insights into patent subject matter jurisdiction in declaratory judgment actions. Here the patent owner, US Carburetion, had...more

Alston & Bird

Delaware District Court Sets Up Another Marathon Unclaimed Property Battle

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On September 23, 2016, the Delaware federal district court granted the state’s motion to dismiss in Marathon Petroleum Corp., et al. v. Cook, et al., ending (for now) the plaintiffs’ claims that Delaware’s audit of the...more

Morris James LLP

Declaratory Judgment Action Is Dismissed For Lack Of Subject Matter Jurisdiction

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Robinson, J. Defendant’s motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction is granted. This is a declaratory judgment action. Defendant has asserted infringement against various customers of plaintiff on their...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Thinking of Sending a Cease and Desist Letter? Judge Rakoff Has Some Advice About the Declaratory Judgment Risk

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A recent decision in federal court in New York serves both as a cautionary tale to companies looking to defend their trademarks and an important reminder to any company about to launch a new product under threat of an...more

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