26 Cited authorities

Ashcroft v. Iqbal
556 U.S. 662 (2009) Cited 257,305 times 280 Legal Analyses
Holding for a complaint to survive Rule 12(b), it must "state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face"
Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly
550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 270,937 times 367 Legal Analyses
Holding that a complaint's allegations should "contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to 'state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face' "
Daimler AG v. Bauman
571 U.S. 117 (2014) Cited 5,759 times 237 Legal Analyses
Holding that foreign corporations may not be subject to general jurisdiction "whenever they have an in-state subsidiary or affiliate"
Goodyear Dunlop Tires Oper. v. Brown
564 U.S. 915 (2011) Cited 5,320 times 86 Legal Analyses
Holding "the sales of petitioners' tires sporadically made in North Carolina through intermediaries" insufficient to support general jurisdiction
Helicopteros Nacionales de Colom. v. Hall
466 U.S. 408 (1984) Cited 9,330 times 26 Legal Analyses
Holding that “purchases, even if occurring at regular intervals” were insufficient to establish general personal jurisdiction over a nonresident corporation
Int'l Shoe Co. v. Washington
326 U.S. 310 (1945) Cited 22,784 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) )
Bonito Boats, Inc. v. Thunder Craft Boats, Inc.
489 U.S. 141 (1989) Cited 569 times 16 Legal Analyses
Holding that a state law prohibiting people from copying unpatentable boat hull designs was preempted because it sought to provide patent-like protection to boat designs not protectable by patent laws and it "contravenes the ultimate goal of public disclosure and use that is the centerpiece of federal patent policy"
Handy–Clay v. City of Memphis
695 F.3d 531 (6th Cir. 2012) Cited 806 times
Holding that a § 1983 plaintiff had stated a valid claim under the First Amendment where the plaintiff claimed that she was terminated from her job after reporting alleged public corruption and misuse of government funds
Avocent Huntsville Corp. v. Aten Int’l Co.
552 F.3d 1324 (Fed. Cir. 2009) Cited 379 times 11 Legal Analyses
Holding that "letters threatening suit for patent infringement sent to the alleged infringer by themselves do not suffice to create personal jurisdiction"
Freeman Industries v. Eastman Chemical Co.
172 S.W.3d 512 (Tenn. 2005) Cited 310 times
Holding that sections 47-25-101 and -102 of the TTPA "reflect a clear intent to protect and afford a remedy to ultimate consumers"
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 351,086 times 937 Legal Analyses
Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
Section 256 - Correction of named inventor
35 U.S.C. § 256 Cited 666 times 64 Legal Analyses
Permitting correction of inventorship "[w]henever . . . through error an inventor is not named in an issued patent and such error arose without any deceptive intention on his part"
Section 20-2-214 - Jurisdiction of persons unavailable to personal service in state - Classes of actions to which applicable
Tenn. Code § 20-2-214 Cited 284 times
Permitting service over nonresidents for any action or claim for relief arising from "any basis not inconsistent with the constitution of [Tennessee] or the United States"
Section 262 - Joint owners
35 U.S.C. § 262 Cited 100 times 21 Legal Analyses
Providing for joint ownership of patents

Thompson et al v. Medtronic et al

26 Cited authorities

Holding for a complaint to survive Rule 12(b), it must "state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face"

Holding that a complaint's allegations should "contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to 'state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face' "

Holding that foreign corporations may not be subject to general jurisdiction "whenever they have an in-state subsidiary or affiliate"

Holding "the sales of petitioners' tires sporadically made in North Carolina through intermediaries" insufficient to support general jurisdiction

Holding that “purchases, even if occurring at regular intervals” were insufficient to establish general personal jurisdiction over a nonresident corporation

Holding that a § 1983 plaintiff had stated a valid claim under the First Amendment where the plaintiff claimed that she was terminated from her job after reporting alleged public corruption and misuse of government funds

Holding that "letters threatening suit for patent infringement sent to the alleged infringer by themselves do not suffice to create personal jurisdiction"

Holding that sections 47-25-101 and -102 of the TTPA "reflect a clear intent to protect and afford a remedy to ultimate consumers"

Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

Permitting correction of inventorship "[w]henever . . . through error an inventor is not named in an issued patent and such error arose without any deceptive intention on his part"

Permitting service over nonresidents for any action or claim for relief arising from "any basis not inconsistent with the constitution of [Tennessee] or the United States"

Providing for joint ownership of patents