Highlight Canyon, LLC v. John Cioffoletti, Valdez Creek Mining, LLC, Robert A. Coiner, Doris A. Coiner, Sherri Coiner Gerharz, F/K/A Sherri Coiner, Claude H. Morris Jr., Clearwater Mountain Mining, Lucky Mine Group, Donald L. Stevens, and Stevens Exploration Management Corporation

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• holding that sales in the forum, even of products covered by the patent, do not constitute “other activities” sufficient to support a claim of specific jurisdiction over a defendant patentee
• holding that “letters threatening suit for patent infringement sent to the alleged infringer by themselves do not suffice to create personal jurisdiction” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• explaining that for a Rule 12(b)(2) motion, the court must construe the pleadings and affidavits in the light most favorable to the plaintiff
• holding that the sale of products, which are covered by the asserted patent, may in the aggregate provide a basis for general jurisdiction, but it has no bearing on specific jurisdiction when only a claim for declaratory judgment is at issue
• holding that the sale of products, which are covered by the asserted patent, may in the aggregate provide a basis for general jurisdiction, but it has no bearing on specific jurisdiction when only a claim for declaratory judgment is at issue
• remarking that “a defendant pat-entee’s mere acts of making, using, offering to sell, selling, or importing products— whether covered by the relevant patent(s

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