Legal Opinion
Avocent Huntsville Corp. v. Aten Intern. Co., Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided December 16, 2008No. 2007-1553PublishedCited by 204 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge LINN.
Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge NEWMAN.
LINN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal concerns the personal jurisdiction of a U.S. district court over a Taiwanese company in a suit for declaratory judgment of non-infringement and invalidity of two U.S. patents owned by that Taiwanese company. Because the plaintiffs failed to allege that the Taiwanese company purposefully directed any activities beyond merely sending notice letters at residents of the forum and that the declaratory judgment action arose out of or related to those activities, we…
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