Gaf Building Materials Corporation v. Elk Corporation of Dallas

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that the proper focus in determining jurisdiction is on “the facts existing at the time the complaint under consideration was filed”
• holding that no case or controversy exists unless patent has issued prior to filing suit
• recognizing that the proper focus in determining jurisdiction is on “the facts existing at the time the complaint under consideration was filed”
• finding “actual controversy” for declaratory relief over infringement dispute concerning laminated asphalt shingle in a patent application that received a Notice of Allowance from PTO
• affirming lower court’s dismissal for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction because “there was no jurisdiction when [plaintiff] filed its original complaint”
• affirming dismissal for lack of jurisdiction because, although plaintiff amended its complaint, “there was no jurisdiction when [plaintiff] filed its original complaint”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).