Legal Opinion
stc.unm v. Intel Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided June 6, 2014No. 2013-1241PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge RADER.
Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge NEWMAN.
RADER, Circuit Judge.
The United States District Court for the District of New Mexico dismissed STC.UNM’s (STC) suit against Intel Corp. for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,042,-998 (’998 patent) for lack of standing. The district court held that STC could not maintain its suit because non-party Sandia Corp. is a co-owner of the patent, had not voluntarily joined as a co-plaintiff, and could not be involuntarily joined. Because, “as a matter of substantive patent law, all co-owners must…
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