Decided May 4, 2011 In the prior district court case, Gary Odom asserted that his patent was infringed by Microsoft software. Odom owned a U.S. patent, involving a method for manipulating groups of “tools” in “toolbars” found in computer software applications. In its holding, the United States District Court for the District of Oregon ruled [...]
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Decided: April 25, 2011 The question before the CAFC was whether a patentee’s activities directed at the forum state were sufficient to give the forum court personal jurisdiction over the patentee in a declaratory judgment action. The district court in this case previously held that the defendant’s (Accession) activities were not sufficient to give the [...]
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