Legal Opinion
Innovative Therapies, Inc. v. Kinetic Concepts, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided April 1, 2010No. 2009-1085PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Innovative Therapies, Inc. (“ITI”) appeals the judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, dismissing ITI’s declaratory judgment action against Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (“KCI”) based on absence of an actual controversy within the contemplation of the Declaratory Judgment Act. 1 We affirm the dismissal.
DISCUSSION
The five patents at issue are United States Patent Nos. 4,969,880; 5,645,081; 5,636,643; 7,198,046; and 7,216,651, all owned by the defendant KCI or exclusively licensed to KCI from the assignee Wake Forest University. The patents…
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