holding that "a suit over patent ownership surely respects or affects rights under a patent” and that such suits will confer personal jurisdiction over a defendant under § 293
How later courts described this case
- holding that "a suit over patent ownership surely respects or affects rights under a patent” and that such suits will confer personal jurisdiction over a defendant under § 293
- dispute over patent ownership “falls comfortably within [the] boundaries” of statutory term “action respecting the patent or rights thereunder”
- regis tration of patent with United States Patent and Trademark Office by foreign national sufficient to constitute “purposeful availment” in this country
- "35 U.S.C. § 293 authorizes the assertion of personal jurisdiction by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia over a nonresident patentee in a suit over patent ownership."
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge RUTH BADER GINSBURG.
Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.