Akira Akazawa v. Link New Tech. Int'l, Inc.
Akira Akazawa (“Akira”) and Palm Crest, Inc. (collectively “the appellants”) appeal the United States District Court for the Central District of California’s grant of Link New Technology International, Inc.’s (“Link”) motion for summary judgment based on lack of standing. Akira Akazawa v. Link New Tech. Int’l, No. SACV 03-1474 (C.D. Cal. Oct. 26, 2006). Because issues of Japanese intestacy law must be resolved by the district court in order to determine whether Akira owned U.S. Patent No. 5,615,716 (“the ’716 patent”), and therefore possessed standing to bring the present suit, we vacate the district court’s grant of summary judgment and remand for further proceedings.
