To Threat or Not to Threat, That is the DJ Question: Judge Rakoff Dismisses DJ Action and Finds the Court Does Not Have Jurisdiction to Address Request for Declaratory Relief
By EsqSocial Corporation 23/04/25
On April 1, 2025, United States District Judge Jed S. Rakoff granted Defendants Marut Enterprises LLC and Brett Marut’s (collectively, “Defendants”) motion to dismiss and entered final judgment against Foto Electric Supply Co., Inc. (“Plaintiff”). Plaintiff filed a declaratory judgment action, asserting that its back-shaver device products do not infringe certain of Defendants’ patents and trade-dress rights, and that the patents are invalid....
By: Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP