Federal Circuit Clarifies Specific Personal Jurisdiction in Declaratory Judgment Actions

On May 12, in Trimble Inc. v. PerDiemCo LLC, the Federal Circuit reaffirmed that there is no general rule preventing patent enforcement letters from providing the basis for jurisdiction in a declaratory judgment action. The court reversed and remanded the dismissal of a declaratory judgment action in an appeal from the Northern District of California....
By: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP

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