Legal Opinion
EMC Corp. v. Norand Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided July 11, 1996No. 95-1540PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYSON, Circuit Judge.
EMC Corporation filed an action in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts seeking a declaratory judgment against Norand Corporation. EMC requested that the court declare certain patents owned by Norand to be invalid and to declare that EMC did not infringe those patents. The district court dismissed the action, exercising its discretion to decline jurisdiction under the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201(a). Because we conclude that the district court did not abuse the broad discretion accorded it by the Act, we affirm.
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