Koninklijke Philips v. Cardiac Science

Full title: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CARDIAC…

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit

Date published: Feb 19, 2009

No. 2009-1040 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 19, 2009)

Opinion

No. 2009-1040.

DECIDED: February 19, 2009.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington in case no. 08-CV-543, Judge Marsha J. Pechman.

ON MOTION

Before GAJARSA, LINN, and PROST, Circuit Judges.

PROST, Circuit Judge.

ORDER

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Philips) moves to stay proceedings in this appeal pending district court action. Cardiac Science operating Company (Cardiac) opposes. The court considers whether Philips' appeal should be dismissed as premature.

On September 23, 2008, the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington issued an order dismissing Philips' complaint. Although the court's October 9, 2008 judgment states that "there are no remaining issues for the Court to resolve," the district court never explicitly dismissed Cardiac pending counterclaim.

Because the district court has not yet entered an order dismissing Cardiac's counterclaim, we deem the better course is to dismiss the appeal as premature. See Nystrom v. Trex Co., 339 F.3d 1347, 1350 (Fed. Cir. 2003). After the district court has adjudicated Cardiac's counterclaim and entered final judgment, the parties may file any timely appeals.

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED THAT:

(1) Philips' motion is denied.

(2) The appeal is dismissed.

(3) Each side shall bear its own costs.