Legal Opinion
Tegic Communications v. Bd. Of Regents of the Univ. Of Texas System
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 10, 2006No. 2005-1553PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Tegic Communications Corporation appeals the decision of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, dismissing a declaratory judgment action against the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (herein “the University”) on the ground that this suit is barred by the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution. 1 We affirm the dismissal.
BACKGROUND
The University had filed suit in the Western District of Texas, charging forty-eight cellular-telephone companies with infringement of U.S. Patent No. 4,674,112 (“the ’112 patent”).…
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