Court Opinion

ID: 7127096
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-24 14:52:47.117187+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:14:19.150833
License: Public Domain

ORDER ***
Appellant Toxgon Corp. has filed a motion to transfer this appeal from the dismissal of its patent infringement claims to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1631. Appellant correctly concedes that the Federal Circuit has exclusive jurisdiction of an appeal from a district court’s disposition of an action for patent infringement.
Appellees BNFL, Inc., et al., have failed to demonstrate that it would be contrary to the interest of justice to transfer this appeal to the Federal Circuit. See 28 U.S.C. § 1681 (providing that where there is a want of jurisdiction, a federal court shall transfer the matter if it is in the interest of justice to do so). Dismissal of this matter would be contrary to the interest of justice because a new appeal to the Federal Circuit would be time barred. See Miller v. Hambrick, 905 F.2d 259, 262 (9th Cir.1990) (holding that dismissal of an action that could be brought elsewhere is “time-consuming and justice-defeating”). We decline Appellees’ invitation to “peek” at the merits of this appeal in view of the fact that Congress has provided that the Federal Circuit has exclusive jurisdiction over final decisions regarding an alleged patent infringement.
Appellant’s motion to transfer this appeal to the Federal Circuit is GRANTED. Appellee’s motion to dismiss this appeal is DENIED. This appeal is TRANSFERRED to the United States Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit.
Mandate shall issue forthwith.

 This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as may be provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.