Thursday, June 19, 2008

District Court Has to Give Some Reason for Dismissal

Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University v. Motorola, Inc., [2007-1564] (June 19, 2008)[DYK. Rader, Moore] NON-PRECEDENTIAL The Federal Circuit reversed the dismissal of a patent infringement action because not basis for dismiss was articulated by the district court,
BRIEF: The Federal Circuit concluded that it could not review the district court’s order without an explanation of the basis of the court’s decision. We vacate the district court’s decision and remand for further proceedings in accordance with this opinion.