IpVenture, Inc. v. Prostar Computer, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• interpreting “agree to assign” as “an agreement to assign,” requiring a subsequent written instrument
• dicta; when party with independent right to enforce patent declines to join, it may be joined involuntarily
• “[W]e need not reach the question of whether the district court had discretion, in applying Fed. ‡¾. Civ.- P. 19(a), to permit the addition of parties in this case without requiring dismissal and refiling by the plaintiff.”
• “[W]e need not reach the question of whether the district court had discretion, in applying Fed. R. Civ. P. 19(a), to permit the addition of parties in this case without requiring dismis- sal and refiling by the plaintiff.”
• “[W]e ADVANCED VIDEO TECHNOLOGIES v. HTC CORPORATION 5 need not reach the question of whether the district court had discretion, in applying Fed. R. Civ. P. 19(a), to permit the addition of parties in this case without requiring dismissal and refiling by the plaintiff.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).