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Florida 4th DCA Reiterates the U.S. Supreme Court’s Precedent in Gunn for Determining Subject Matter Jurisdiction in a State Court Case Involving a Patent

Point Conversions, LLC (“Appellant”) is a software development company that appealed a trial court’s (Palm Beach County Circuit Court) final order dismissing PC’s Complaint against WPB Hotel Partners, LLC (“Appellee”), and independently owned franchise of a hotel chain, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The Fourth DCA reversed on the basis that the case was controlled by precedent established by the United States Supreme Court in Gunn v. Minton, 568 U.S. 251 (2013). Appellant entered into an agreement with a third-party patent owner allowing it… Read More »Florida 4th DCA Reiterates the U.S. Supreme Court’s Precedent in Gunn for Determining Subject Matter Jurisdiction in a State Court Case Involving a Patent