(January 15, 2016, 8:01 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An appellate court improperly classified a supplemental complaint in a patent dispute as an attempt to cure a jurisdictional defect as opposed to an attempt to cure a defective jurisdictional allegation, Alps South LLC argues in a Dec. 30 reply brief to the U.S. Supreme Court (Alps South LLC v. The Ohio Willow Wood Co., No. 15-567, U.S. Sup.).

(Petitioner’s reply brief available. Document #78-160119-013B.)

The Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled June 5 that a Florida federal judge erred in denying...