Panel: University Can't Be Joined As Involuntary Plaintiff In Patent Row

Mealey's (July 28, 2020, 1:39 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A divided Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 24 upheld a Texas federal judge's determination that patent licensor the University of Texas (UT), an arm of the state of Texas, cannot be joined as an involuntary plaintiff to an infringement action, but reversed findings that the case cannot proceed in UT's absence (Gensetix Inc. v. Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, et al., No. 19-1424, Fed. Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 23262)....