Silent Drive, Inc. v. Strong Industries, Inc. And Brooks Strong

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• holding that Federal Circuit law is binding on the issue of personal jurisdiction in a declaratory action for patent invalidity and noninfringement
• noting that “[ejxclusive license agreements with respect to the patents at issue with residents of the forum ... have, at least in some circumstances, been held sufficient to confer personal jurisdiction” (emphasis added)
• noting that the Federal Circuit’s “reasonable and fair” prong corresponds to the “fair play and substantial justice” prong of the International Shoe analysis
• requiring that the plaintiff allege “independent subject matter jurisdiction” over the non-patent claims
• applying regional circuit law to non-patent claims where analysis “with respect to non-patent counts is not intimately linked to patent law”
• explaining the first two prongs relate to the minimum contacts inquiry while the third factor corresponds with the fair play and substantial justice requirement

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