Midsouth Med. v. J J Orthopedic

Full title: MIDSOUTH MEDICAL DISTRIBUTORS, INC., AN ALABAMA CORPORATION, APPELLANT, v…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: May 1, 1995

653 So. 2d 1142 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

Opinion

No. 94-2717.

May 1, 1995.

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia County; Kim Skievaski, Judge.

Louis K. Rosenbloum and Lefferts L. Mabie, III, of Levin, Middlebrooks, Mabie, Thomas, Mayes Mitchell, P.A., Pensacola, for appellant.

Harry O. Thomas and Gwendolyn Spivey, of Radey Hinkle Thomas McArthur, Tallahassee, for appellees.

PER CURIAM.

The claim below necessarily depends upon the resolution of a substantial question of federal patent law for which jurisdiction is vested exclusively in federal court. See Additive Controls Measurement Systems, Inc. v. Flowdata, Inc., 986 F.2d 476 (Fed. Cir. 1993); see also Christianson v. Colt Industries Operating Corp., 486 U.S. 800, 108 S.Ct. 2166, 100 L.Ed.2d 811 (1988). Because the trial court properly dismissed the action for lack of jurisdiction, that portion of the order addressing the merits of appellant's second amended complaint is stricken.

AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part.

WOLF, WEBSTER and MICKLE, JJ., concur.