PRASCO, LLC v. MEDICIS PHARMACEUTICAL CORP.

No. 2007-1524.

537 F.3d 1329 (2008)

PRASCO, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MEDICIS PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION and Imaginative Research Associates, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

August 15, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Rakoczy, Rakoczy Molino Mazzochi Siwik LLP, of Chicago, IL, argued for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the brief were Deanne M. Mazzochi and Amy D. Brody.

Matthew D. Powers, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, of Redwood Shores, CA, argued for defendants-appellees. On the brief were Barry J. Coyne, Reed Smith LLP, of Pittsburgh, PA, and William J. McNichol, Jr., of Philadelphia, PA. Of counsel were Elizabeth S. Weiswasser and Jennifer H. Wu, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, of New York, NY.

Before GAJARSA, Circuit Judge, CLEVENGER, Senior Circuit Judge, MOORE, Circuit Judge.


GAJARSA, Circuit Judge.

This is a patent case concerning the scope of our jurisdiction over declaratory judgment actions. Plaintiff-appellant Prasco, LLC ("Prasco") brought a declaratory judgment action against defendants-appellees Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. and Imaginative Research Associates, Inc. (collectively "the defendants"), seeking a declaration that one of its products did not infringe various patents owned by the defendants. The district court dismissed...

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