Legal Opinion
International Medical Prosthetics Research Associates, Inc., D/B/A Impra, Inc. v. Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc., and W.L. Gore and Associates, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided April 1, 1986No. Appeal 85-2744PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARKEY, Chief Judge.
International Medical Prosthetics Research Associates, Inc. (IMPRA) appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona dismissing IMPRA’s complaint as not within its subject matter jurisdiction. The judgment was entered in response to a motion filed under Rule 12(b) by Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc. and W.L. Gore Associates, Inc. (Gore), challenging IMPRA’s complaint for declaratory judgment of invalidity of Gore-owned Patent No. 3,953,566 (’566 patent) for failure of IMPRA to establish existence of an actual controversy. We vacate and…
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