High Court Asked To Resolve Jurisdiction In Twice-Transferred Patent Fraud Suit

Mealey's (March 29, 2019, 9:30 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Even though the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of appeals ultimately accepted jurisdiction over the appeal of an antitrust lawsuit based on patent fraud, the plaintiff tells the U.S. Supreme Court in a March 21 supplemental brief that the Federal Circuit’s noted jurisdictional disagreement with the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals still merits review, arguing that its petition for certiorari over the initial transfer of the appeal, filed two weeks earlier, is not moot (Xitronix Corp. v. KLA-Tencor Corp., No. 18-1170, U.S. Sup.)....