Legal Opinion
Urquhart v. American-La France Foamite Corporation
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 7, 1944No. 8645PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Associate Justice.
Plaintiffs brought this action in the District of Columbia against the defendant, a non-resident corporation, for the infringement of two patents. The sole question involved in this appeal is whether the District Court had jurisdiction. Section 48 of the Judicial Code, 28 U.S.C.A. § 109, has been held by the Supreme Court to be the only statute which confers jurisdiction over a non-resident in an infringement suit. The statute reads as follows:
“In suits brought for the infringement of letters patent the district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction, in…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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