NATIONAL PATENT DEV. CORP. v. T.J. SMITH & NEPHEW LTD.

No. 88-7062.

877 F.2d 1003 (1989)

NATIONAL PATENT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Appellant v. T.J. SMITH & NEPHEW LIMITED.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

June 16, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Frederick Leydig, Jeffrey S. Ward, and John P. Bundock were on the suggestion for rehearing en banc of appellant.

Albert L. Jacobs, Jr., Mark H. Sparrow, and Stephen M. Haracz were on the reply to the suggestion for rehearing en banc.

Before WALD, Chief Judge, ROBINSON, MIKVA, EDWARDS, RUTH BADER GINSBURG, SILBERMAN, BUCKLEY, WILLIAMS, D.H. GINSBURG, and SENTELLE, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge RUTH BADER GINSBURG.

Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.

ON SUGGESTION FOR REHEARING EN BANC.

RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

This appeal calls on us to decide whether a federal long-arm statute, 35 U.S.C. § 293 (1982), authorizes the district court to exercise personal jurisdiction over a foreign holder of United States patents...

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