No. 23-6290

In Re Pietro Pasquale Antonio Sgromo

Lower Court: N/A
Docketed: 2023-12-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: civil-procedure contract-law due-process in-personam in-personam-judgment jurisdiction license-agreement parol-evidence personal-jurisdiction service-of-process void
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw Arbitration DueProcess Patent Trademark Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2024-06-06 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is a judgment rendered in personam against a defendant without jurisdiction of his person void?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Is ajudgment rendered in personam against a defendant without jurisdiction of his person void? { 2. Is an Appeals Court record closed even if a party pleads defective service? 3. Did the Bestway Respondents effectuate service of process against the a Petitioner? , 4. Did Cross—Claimant Respondents, Scott and Eureka effectuate service of | ‘ process against the Petitioner? ; 5. Was Petitioner as a Consultant to Eureka Respondents bound to License Agreements between the Respondent because he signed the License ‘ Agreements on his employer’s behalf; or is he a stranger to the agreements? . 6. Was the Petitioner’s signature on the License Agreements as a “Consultant to . Eureka” tantamount to an assignment of his intellectual property rights; or was he merely through his conduct consenting to a License? (that is, are Patent License . Agreement and Patent Assignment Agreement synonymous terms?). 7. Under what circumstances can a Court overturn the rescindment of License Agreements between the Parties and thereby enforce those contracts? 8. Under what circumstances can a Court admit Parol Evidence to detract from an ; otherwise Integrated Agreement? _ 9, When can a patent assignment be oral? 10. Does a common corporate structure between a parent and a subsidiary overcome the requirement that an appropriate written assignment is necessary to transfer legal title from one to the other?

Docket Entries

2024-06-10
Rehearing DENIED.
2024-05-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2024.
2024-03-18
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2024-02-20
Petition DENIED.
2024-02-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2024-01-17
Waiver of right of respondent Bestway Inflatables & Materials Corp., Bestway (Hong Kong) International Ltd., and Bestway (USA), Inc. to respond filed.
2023-11-23
Petition for a writ of mandamus and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 17, 2024)

Attorneys

Bestway Inflatables & Materials Corp., Bestway (Hong Kong) International Ltd., and Bestway (USA), Inc.
Bennett Evan CooperDickinson Wright PLLC, Respondent
Bennett Evan CooperDickinson Wright PLLC, Respondent
Bestway Inflatables & Materials Corp., Bestway (Hong Kong) International Ltd., Bestway (USA), Inc.
Bennett Evan CooperDickinson Wright PLLC, Respondent
Pietro Pasquale Antonio Sgromo
Pietro Pasquale Antonio Sgromo — Petitioner
Pietro Pasquale Antonio Sgromo — Petitioner