Legal Opinion
CLS Bank International v. Alice Corp. Pty.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 13, 2009No. Civil Action 07-974 (RMC)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REDACTED MEMORANDUM OPINION 1
ROSEMARY M. COLLYER, District Judge.
CLS Bank International (“CLS”) seeks a declaration that it is not infringing patents owned by Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. (“Alice”) and that the patents are invalid and unenforceable. Alice counterclaims that CLS Bank is infringing its patents and seeks damages. A threshold issue is whether the U.S. patent laws reach the acts of CLS that Alice alleges constitute infringement. Because resolution of that issue could potentially dispose of the case, the Court ordered initial discovery limited in scope to CLS’s operations. See Dkt.…
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