Legal Opinion
The Akro Corporation v. Ken Luker
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 20, 1995No. 94-1229PublishedCited by 241 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MICHEL, Circuit Judge.
Akro Corporation (Akro) appeals from the February 9, 1994 judgment of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, No. 5:93CV2207, dismissing Akro’s action for declaratory judgments of noninfringement, invalidity, and unenforeeability. The trial court entered judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(2), dismissing Akro’s action for want of personal jurisdiction over Ken Luker (Luker), the defendant patentee. Because the trial court erred in concluding that its exercising personal jurisdiction over Luker would transgress the boundary Fifth…
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