Legal Opinion
Nartron Corp. v. Schukra U.S.A., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 5, 2009No. 2008-1363PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOURIE, Circuit Judge.
Nartron Corporation (“Nartron”) appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan granting summary judgment of dismissal of its patent infringement complaint because of Nar-tron’s failure to join an alleged co-inventor on U.S. Patent 6,049,748 (“the '748 patent”) as a plaintiff. See Nartron Corp. v. Borg Indak, Inc., No. 06-10683, 2008 WL 896060 (E.D.Mich. Mar. 31, 2008). Because Joseph Benson, the alleged co-inventor, provided only an insignificant contribution to the invention of claim 11 of the '748 patent by…
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