A patent dispute between the University of Massachusetts and the University of Utah isn’t subject to the U.S. Supreme Court’s exclusive jurisdiction in disputes between states, a divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled.
“Because UMass is not a real party in interest under the Supreme Court’s case law, we hold that this is not a conflict between States subject to the Court’s exclusive original jurisdiction,” the court declared on Monday, in an opinion by Judge Jimmie Reyna.
