Legal Opinion
Hewlett-Packard Co. v. ACCELERON LLC
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided December 4, 2009No. 2009-1283PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MICHEL, Chief Judge.
Hewlett-Packard Company (“HP”) sued Acceleron LLC (“Acceleron”), the owner of U.S. Patent No. 6,948,021 (“'021 patent”), in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, seeking declaratory judgment of non-infringement and invalidity of the '021 patent. The district court granted Acceleron’s motion to dismiss for lack of declaratory judgment jurisdiction. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse.
I. BACKGROUND
Acceleron is a patent holding company. It is incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in Tyler, Texas. Acceleron acquired the '021 patent on May…
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