The Akro Corporation v. Ken Luker

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• holding that exclusive licensing of the accused infringer's competitor in the forum state constituted the required \additional activity\ beyond sending warning letters
• holding that exclusive licensing of the accused infringer’s competitor in the forum state constituted the required “additional activity” beyond sending warning letters
• holding that notice letters were directed to the allegedly infringing entity in Ohio, not to the entity's lawyer in North Carolina
• holding that jurisdiction is proper where the defendant grants a licensee in the forum an exclusive license that includes the right to litigate infringement claims
• concluding combination of letters directed at alleged infringer and license agreement with in-state company subjected out-of-state patent owner to personal jurisdiction
• concluding, on facts very similar to those presented here, that the pending declaratory judgment action arose out o f , or related t o , defendant’s in-state activities

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