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EON Corp IP Holdings LLC v. Sensus USA Inc et al

MOTION to Dismiss

14 Cited authorities

  1. Helicopteros Nacionales de Colom. v. Hall

    466 U.S. 408 (1984)   Cited 9,260 times   26 Legal Analyses
    Holding that “purchases, even if occurring at regular intervals” were insufficient to establish general personal jurisdiction over a nonresident corporation

  2. World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson

    444 U.S. 286 (1980)   Cited 10,815 times   32 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an Oklahoma court could not exercise personal jurisdiction over a car retailer when the retailer's only connection to Oklahoma was the fact that a car sold in New York became involved in an accident in Oklahoma

  3. Int'l Shoe Co. v. Washington

    326 U.S. 310 (1945)   Cited 22,548 times   109 Legal Analyses
    Holding that states may exercise personal jurisdiction over out-of-state defendants with "certain minimum contacts with [the forum] such that the maintenance of the suit does not offend ‘traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice’ " (quoting Milliken v. Meyer , 311 U.S. 457, 463, 61 S.Ct. 339, 85 L.Ed. 278 (1940) )

  4. Red Wing Shoe Co. v. Hockerson-Halberstadt

    148 F.3d 1355 (Fed. Cir. 1998)   Cited 509 times   25 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a "patentee [does] not subject itself to personal jurisdiction in a forum solely by informing a party who happens to be located there of suspected infringement," as "[grounding personal jurisdiction on such contacts alone would not comport with principles of fairness."

  5. Beverly Hills Fan Co. v. Royal Sovereign Corp.

    21 F.3d 1558 (Fed. Cir. 1994)   Cited 567 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the forum's interest in discouraging injuries within its territory extends to patent infringement actions

  6. Akro Corp. v. Luker

    45 F.3d 1541 (Fed. Cir. 1995)   Cited 459 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that notice letters were directed to the allegedly infringing entity in Ohio, not to the entity’s lawyer in North Carolina

  7. Silent Drive, Inc. v. Strong Industries

    326 F.3d 1194 (Fed. Cir. 2003)   Cited 306 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "the sending of letters threatening infringement litigation is not sufficient to confer personal jurisdiction."

  8. 3D Systems, Inc. v. Aarotech Laboratories

    160 F.3d 1373 (Fed. Cir. 1998)   Cited 304 times
    Holding that Federal Circuit law applies to personal jurisdiction over state law claims where the "resolution of the patent infringement issue" would be a "significant factor" in resolving those state law claims

  9. LSI Industries Inc. v. Hubbell Lighting, Inc.

    232 F.3d 1369 (Fed. Cir. 2000)   Cited 223 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an exercise of general jurisdiction was warranted based on the defendant's sales into the forum and broad distributorship network in the forum

  10. Smith v. DeWalt Products Corp.

    743 F.2d 277 (5th Cir. 1984)   Cited 83 times
    In Smith v. DeWalt Products Corp., 743 F.2d 277 (5th Cir. 1984), Smith, a Louisiana resident who was injured while using a power saw in Louisiana, filed suit in a Mississippi federal court against the manufacturer, DeWalt, a corporation domiciled in Pennsylvania, which was a division of Black Decker (U.S.), Inc., a Maryland corporation.

  11. Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 12   Cited 344,659 times   920 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

  12. Section 17.042 - Acts Constituting Business in This State

    Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 17.042   Cited 828 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Authorizing jurisdiction over those "doing business" in Texas