531 U.S. 497 (2001) Cited 1,390 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that the "claim-preclusive effect" of a previous decision by a federal court sitting in diversity is governed by "the law that would be applied by state courts in the State in which the federal diversity court sits"
Finding express threat where the patentee stated that it would drive the alleged infringer out of business and sue all its customers, warned that "bad things are going to happen," and even identified specific attorneys and law firms in support of his litigation threats
Holding that after the district court dismissed the case without prejudice, it "lacked jurisdiction to take any further action in it, including dismissing the case with prejudice"
246 F. Supp. 2d 102 (D. Mass. 2003) Cited 83 times
Finding four calls, five emails and three faxes to the plaintiff in Massachusetts for the purpose of negotiating the terms of the contract were "unquestionably jurisdictional contacts for the purpose of the constitutional analysis"
Holding that Nowak's relaxed relatedness test should be applied and was satisfied when Walt Disney World Resort advertised one of its resorts to Massachusetts residents and a Massachusetts resident, induced by the advertisements to stay at a Disney resort, was injured on the property
Holding that Rule 13 barred infringement claim concerning product that was discovered in prior action because alleged infringer "provided samples of the `Suncovers' product, and sought through discovery to ascertain which patents Dioptics was asserting against the product"
Fed. R. Civ. P. 3 Cited 3,034 times 5 Legal Analyses
Stating that once the inmate has filed his motion with the clerk, "[t]he clerk must file the motion and enter it on the criminal docket of the case in which the challenged judgment was entered"