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Federal Circuit Holds That Purchaser Has Standing To Bring Walker Process Antitrust Claim

Posted by Courtenay Brinckerhoff on Posted in Federal Circuit Decisions

In Ritz Camera & Image, LLC v. Sandisk Corp., the Federal Circuit held that a direct purchaser of a patented product has standing to bring a Walker Process antitrust claim, even if it does not have standing to bring a declaratory judgment action to invalidate the patent. The case reached the court on an interlocutory appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District Of California.Continue reading this entry