Legal Opinion
Mogens Gjerlov and Jacob Verschoor v. Schuyler Laboratories, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided December 29, 1997No. 19-1968PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MICHEL, Circuit Judge.
This case concerns choice of law between federal patent law and state contract law regarding the measure of damages for breach of a settlement agreement and related attorney fees and costs. We hold that while patent law provides the basis for federal jurisdiction, here state contract law provides the grounds for decision.
In this appeal, Schuyler Laboratories, Inc. (“Schuyler”) challenges orders of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa: (1) holding Schuyler had breached its Settlement Agreement and Release (the “Agreement”) with Mogens…
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