U.S. Valves, Inc., Plaintiff-Cross v. Robert F. Dray, Sr., and Integrated Molding Technologies

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• holding that the exercise of § 1338 jurisdiction by a district court is proper when a plaintiff, in order to succeed on a breach of contract action, is required to prove that certain of defendant’s products infringe
• holding that in order to succeed on its breach of contract action, the terms of the contract required that plaintiff show that certain of defendant's products infringed its patents; accordingly, patent law was a necessary element of plaintiff's breach of contract action
• holding Section 1338 jurisdiction existed over state law breach of contract claim requiring proof of patent infringement
• holding Section 1338 jurisdiction existed over state law breach of contract claim requiring proof of patent infringement
• remarking that federal jurisdiction was proper because “this case contains a substantial issue of federal patent law’
• holding Section 1338 jurisdiction existed over state law breach of contract claim requiring proof of patent infringement

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