Legal Opinion
Celgard, LLC v. Sk Innovation Co., Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided July 6, 2015No. 2014-1807PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REYNA, Circuit Judge.
Celgard, LLC appeals the dismissal of its patent infringement suit by the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina for lack of personal jurisdiction. The district court determined it lacked personal jurisdiction over SK Innovation Co., Ltd. (“SKI”) under either a purposeful-direction theory or a stream-of-commerce theory. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the dismissal.
I. BACKGROUND
A. The PaRties and TheiR Businesses
Celgard is a developer and manufacturer of battery membranes. The membranes Celgard develops are used to separate…
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