The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a declaratory judgment action, explaining that declaratory judgment jurisdiction does not “arise merely on the basis that a party learns of the existence of a patent owned by another or even perceives such a patent to pose a risk of infringement, without some affirmative act by the patentee.” Mitek Sys., Inc. v. United Servs. Auto. Ass’n, Case No. 23-1687 (Fed. Cir. June 12, 2025) (Taranto, Schall, Chen,…
By: McDermott Will & Emery
By: McDermott Will & Emery
