11/13/2007
Federal Circuit Finds Exclusive Federal Jurisdiction of Legal Malpractice Cases Arising From Patent Matters
Air Measurement Technologies, inc., et al. v. Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., et al., ___F.3d___, 2007 WL 2983660 (C.A. Fed. (Tex.))
Immunocept, L.L.C., et al. v. Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P., ___F.3d___, 2007 WL 2983673 (C.A. Fed. (Tex.))
Immunocept, L.L.C., et al. v. Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P., ___F.3d___, 2007 WL 2983673 (C.A. Fed. (Tex.))
Brief Summary
In these two recent decisions, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, held that when the “case within a case” in a legal malpractice suit involves substantial questions of federal patent law, exclusive federal jurisdiction exists even though the malpractice claims themselves are state law claims.
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