RADIO SYSTEMS CORP. v. ACCESSION, INC.

No. 2010-1390.

638 F.3d 785 (2011)

RADIO SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ACCESSION, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

April 25, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Bradford Brittian , Pitts & Brittian, P.C., of Knoxville, TN, argued for the plaintiff-appellant. With him on the brief were Robert E. Pitts , Paul A. Forsyth and Matthew J. Stark .

Robert J. Basil , Collier & Basil, PC, of New York, NY, argued for the defendant-appellee.

Before BRYSON, LINN, and DYK, Circuit Judges.


BRYSON, Circuit Judge.

This is another in a series of cases presenting us with the question whether a patentee's activities directed at the forum state were sufficient to give the forum court personal jurisdiction over the patentee in a declaratory judgment action. The district court in this case held that the defendant's activities were not sufficient to give it personal jurisdiction over the defendant, and we agree.

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