BREED v. HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO.

No. 99-56130.

253 F.3d 1173 (2001)

Ben R. BREED; Breed and Harvel Associates, Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellants, v. HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY; HE-Holdings Inc., Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 14, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald L. Sauer, Sauer & Wagner LLP, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiffs-counter-defendants-appellants.

Stephen H. McClain, Kirkland & Ellis, Los Angeles, California, for the defendants-counter-claimants-appellees.

Before: FRANK J. MAGILL, M. MARGARET McKEOWN and RAYMOND C. FISHER, Circuit Judges.


Argued and Submitted May 8, 2001, Pasadena, California.

Opinion by Judge McKeown.

OPINION

McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:

This case requires us to draw the line between the jurisdiction of our court and the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. It also illustrates the relationship between pleading in the district court and federal appellate jurisdiction and serves as a reminder that pleading a patent claim in the complaint will...

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