XILINX, INC. v. PAPST LICENSING GMBH & CO. KG

2015-1919.

848 F.3d 1346 (2017)

XILINX, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PAPST LICENSING GMBH & CO. KG, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: February 15, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MATTHEW J. SILVEIRA , Jones Day, San Francisco, CA, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by PATRICK THOMAS MICHAEL.

NICOLE E. GLAUSER , DiNovo, Price, Ellwanger & Hardy LLP, Austin, TX, argued for defendant-appellee. Also represented by ANDREW DINOVO , JAY D. ELLWANGER.

CHARLES DUAN , Public Knowledge, Washington, DC, for amici curiae Public Knowledge, Electronic Frontier Foundation. Also represented by VERA RANIERI , Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA.

STEVEN MOORE , Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, San Francisco, CA, for amici curiae for AO Kaspersky Lab, Limelight Networks, Inc., QVC, Inc., SAS Institute Inc., Symmetry LLC, Vizio, Inc.

HARRISON J. FRAHN, IV , Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP, Palo Alto, CA, for amici curiae Thirty-Four Law Professors.

Before Prost, Chief Judge, Newman, and Dyk, Circuit Judges.


Xilinx, Inc., ("Xilinx") appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California dismissing Xilinx's declaratory judgment action against Papst Licensing GmbH & Co. KG ("Papst") for lack of personal jurisdiction. Because we hold that the district court has specific personal jurisdiction...

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