Intellectual Property
Apr. 10, 2014
Properly pleading inventorship disputes in federal court
Recently, the Federal Circuit highlighted the importance of pleading sufficient facts to establish a federal court's subject matter jurisdiction. By Craig Countryman and Kevin Kantharia
Recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit highlighted the importance of pleading sufficient facts to establish a federal court's subject matter jurisdiction. Since federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction, a plaintiff must show that a federal court has both personal jurisdiction over the litigants and subject matter jurisdiction over the case. Federal courts can exercise subject matter jurisdiction where the complaint shows federal-question jurisdiction or dive...
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