Case Name: SOP SERVICES, INC. and Bear Archery, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. VITAL HUNTING GEAR, INC., Defendant, and Abbas Ben Afshari, Defendant-Appellant, and Jack Bowman and Escalade Incorporated, Defendants
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-04-24
Citations: 562 F. App'x 982
Docket Number: No. 2014-1309
Parties: SOP SERVICES, INC. and Bear Archery, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. VITAL HUNTING GEAR, INC., Defendant, and Abbas Ben Afshari, Defendant-Appellant, and Jack Bowman and Escalade Incorporated, Defendants.
Judges: Before LOURIE, DYK, and REYNA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 562
Pages: 982–983

Head Matter:
SOP SERVICES, INC. and Bear Archery, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. VITAL HUNTING GEAR, INC., Defendant, and Abbas Ben Afshari, Defendant-Appellant, and Jack Bowman and Escalade Incorporated, Defendants.
No. 2014-1309.
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
April 24, 2014.
Charles J. Meyer, Attorney, Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, McNett & Henry LLP, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiffs-Ap-pellees/Defendants.
William Alex McKenna, Woodard, Em-hardt, Moriarty, McNett & Henry LLP, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
Abbas Ben Afshari, Lexington, KY, pro se.
Before LOURIE, DYK, and REYNA, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ON MOTION
PER CURIAM.
ORDER
Abbas Ben Afshari seeks interlocutory review of an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, partially resolving some of the claims at issue in the case. Because the appeal is premature, we grant SOP Services, Inc. and Bear Archery, Inc.'s (collectively, "Bear Archery") motion to dismiss.
In response to Bear Archery's suit against Vital Hunting Gear, Inc. and its owner Abbas Ben Afshari for, inter alia, patent and trademark infringement, Af-shari counterclaimed for infringement of his own patent. After the district court disposed of the parties' motions for summary judgment on January 24, 2014, what appears to remains for trial, currently set for September 2014, are the induced patent infringement claim and trademark infringement claim against Afshari. Afshari appeals.
Section 1295(a)(1) of Title 28 authorizes this court to review "a final decision" of a district court in a patent infringement case, i.e., those that "end[] the litigation on the merits and leave[ ] nothing for the court to do but execute the judgment." Catlin v. United States, 824 U.S. 229, 233, 65 S.Ct. 631, 89 L.Ed. 911 (1945). A decision disposing of some claims on summary judgment in a multi-claim litigation does not constitute a final judgment unless Fed. R.Civ.P. 54(b)'s requirements are met. The district court did not direct entry of judgment under Rule 54(b). Thus, Af-shari's notice of appeal is clearly premature.
Accordingly,
It Is Ordered That:
(1) The motion to dismiss is granted.
(2) Each side shall bear its own costs.