Fed. Circ. Abandons Jurisdiction Rule For IP Demand Letters

By Karen Boyd and Joshua Rayes ( March 14, 2019, 3:08 PM EDT) -- For decades, patentees could create declaratory judgment jurisdiction by sending accused infringers cease-and-desist letters, but they did not create personal jurisdiction over themselves in the forum where the accused infringer resided. That changed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's recent decision in Jack Henry & Associates Inc. v. Plano Encryption Technologies LLC.[1]...

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