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Intellectual Property

Apr. 26, 2012

Panel says patent case shouldn't go to federal court

A state court trial judge in San Francisco was wrong to ship to federal court jurisdiction a $400 million patent licensing dispute between Caldera Pharmaceuticals Inc. and the University of California's Los Alamos National Laboratory, a state appellate panel ruled Tuesday.

By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A state court trial judge in San Francisco was wrong to ship to federal court jurisdiction a $400 million patent licensing dispute between Caldera Pharmaceuticals Inc. and the University of California's Los Alamos National Laboratory, a state appellate panel ruled Tuesday.

The beef over micro X-ray technology patent licensing is less about patents, which belong in federal court, and more about state contract law, the 1st D...

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