The single question we reach in this opinion is whether there is federal jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1338(a) over an action by a patent licensor against his licensee for infringement, when the license agreement is shown by the complaint to be in effect and the wrongful conduct alleged is refusal to pay royalties.
A prior action between the parties for infringement of the same patent was...
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