Legal Opinion
University of West Virginia, Board of Trustees v. Vanvoorhies
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 3, 2003No. 02-1533PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLEVENGER, Circuit Judge.
Kurt L. VanVoorhies (“VanVoorhies”) appeals from the denial of his motion pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 59 and 60 for relief from an order requiring the assignment of certain patents to the University of West Virginia Board of Trustees (the “University”). Because the district court abused its discretion in denying VanVoorhies’s motion for relief, we reverse.
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This appeal has its roots in an ownership dispute which was previously before this court. See Univ. of W.Va. v. Vanvoorhies, 278 F.3d 1288 (Fed.Cir.2002) (“UWV /”). That dispute originated in the…
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