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Supreme Court of the United States - 489 U.S. 141, 103 L. Ed. 2d 118, 109 S. Ct. 971, 1989 U.S. LEXIS 629, SCDB 1988-034
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Bonito Boats sued Thunder Craft Boats for copying their boat hull design without permission, and the Florida Supreme Court ruled in Bonito's favor, but the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately overturned the decision.
Issue
The issue is whether state law can protect unpatented designs in a way that contradicts federal patent policy.
Conclusion
The legal conclusion of the court is that the Florida law is preempted by federal patent law and therefore invalid. The court held that state laws cannot provide patent-like protection to intellectual creations that are not protected under federal law because doing so would conflict with the goal of the patent system.
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Rule
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Analysis
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Facts
- Bonito Boats sued Thunder Craft Boats for copying their boat hull design without permission in violation of a Florida state law.
- The Florida Supreme Court ruled in favor of Bonito Boats but the case was appealed to the US Supreme Court.
- The US Supreme Court found that the Florida law conflicted with federal patent law, which encourages invention and competition in unpatented ideas.
- The goal of the patent system is to bring new designs into the public domain through disclosure and state laws cannot provide patent-like protection to intellectual creations that are not protected under federal law.
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Holding
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- A named property within the court's jurisdiction is attached to satisfy an unrelated claim, despite the owner of said property being a non-resident of the state.
- A named property within the court's jurisdiction is attached as the basis for the suit (e.g., to quiet title), despite the owner of said property being a non-resident of the state.
- An individual is sued who is a resident of the state, or who has been served with process while physically located within the state.
- jurisdiction - Neff is neither a resident, nor was served while within the state. Service by publication may be valid for an
- proceeding, where the owner would be made aware of the suit due to their property being seized, but not for
- jurisdiction - the action was on the basis of a suit to receive payment owed, and did not relate directly to a property within the state.
- jurisdiction, as the Oregon property was not attached to the initial suit, but rather was added in after the suit happened - note that Neff did not even purchase the property until after the suit had concluded.
- Accordingly, the Oregon court did not have jurisdiction over the initial suit between Neff and his lawyer.
- Enforcement of a judgment without jurisdiction denies due process!
- Additionally, although judgments rendered by other states are entitled to full faith and credit, if that state did not have jurisdiction to render the judgment, it loses such entitlement.
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