Legal Opinion
Commc'ns Test Design, Inc. v. Contec LLC
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 15, 2019No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 18-4077PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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The Declaratory Judgment Act provides in pertinent part:
In a case of actual controversy within its jurisdiction ... any court of the United States, upon the filing of an appropriate pleading, may declare the rights and other legal relations of any interested party seeking such declaration, whether or not further relief is or could be sought.
28 U.S.C. § 2201(a) (2000). The purpose of a declaratory action is to allow a party "who is reasonably at legal risk because of an unresolved dispute, to obtain judicial resolution of that dispute without having to *355await the commencement of legal action…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Communications Test Design v. Contec, LLCCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2020
- Contec, LLC v. Communications Test Design, Inc.District Court, N.D. New York · 2019
- Roku, Inc. v. AlmondNet, Inc.District Court, D. Delaware · 2021
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