Legal Opinion
BALLY GAMING, INC. v. Kappos
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 3, 2011No. Civil Action 10-1906 (JEB)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
JAMES E. BOASBERG, District Judge.
Defendants Betty Ringo and James Pearson, contending that this Court lacks personal jurisdiction over them, have moved to dismiss this patent infringement suit. Because the Court finds personal jurisdiction proper under 35 U.S.C. §§ 291 and 146, as well as under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment, their effort does not succeed. 1
I. Factual Background
Plaintiff Bally Gaming, Inc. owns United States Patent 5,816,918 (the “Kelly '918 Patent”). Compl., ¶ 6 (Background). Defendants Ringo and Pearson own United States Patent…
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