Historically, patentees needed not worry too much about whether their mere pre-suit communications sent from afar into a jurisdiction created personal jurisdiction for a declaratory judgment action.

This case[1] addresses declaratory judgments of non-infringement in relation to subject-matter jurisdiction and the district court’s refusal to exercise discretionary jurisdiction. In June 2020, Mitek ...

The incontestability provision bars an insurer from seeking a declaratory judgment that a policy is void if the insured lacked capacity to enter into a contract at the time it was made, the Supreme ...

Damages Arguments: West Bend requests a declaratory judgment that it doesn't owe the defendants coverage, as well as costs, disbursements, and fees permitted by law. What the lawyers are saying: Jason ...

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“[T]he standard for establishing standing under the Declaratory Judgment Act is the same as the standard for establishing Article III standing.” – Federal Circuit Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals ...

PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ARWR) today announced that yesterday it filed a Complaint for Declaratory Judgment in the United States District Court for the ...

These actions are grounded in a legal standing to sue. Where declaratory judgment (DJ) litigation is appropriate, the result will be a legally binding adjudication that is preventive in nature. A ...

The U.S. Tax Court has been brutal in its treatment of so-called microcaptive insurance companies. These are captive insurance companies which have both made the Internal Revenue Code § 831(b) ...