Xilinx, Inc. v. Papst Licensing Gmbh & Co. Kg

DYK, Circuit Judge.

Xilinx, Inc., (“Xilinx”) appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California dismissing Xilinx’s declaratory judgment action against Papst Licensing GmbH & Co. KG (“Papst”) for lack of personal jurisdiction. Because we hold that the district court has specific personal jurisdiction over Papst with respect to Xi-linx’s declaratory judgment action, we reverse and remand.

Background

Xilinx is a Delaware corporation that is headquartered in San Jose, California. Xi-linx designs, develops, and markets pro grammable logic devices for…