Iris Corporation v. Japan Airlines Corporation, No. 10-1051 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 21, 2014)

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IRIS Corporation brought suit in district court , alleg- ing that J apan Airlines Corporation committed patent infringement by examining the electronic passports of its passengers within the United States. Because the alleg- edly infringing acts were carried out “ for the United States” under 28 U.S.C. § 1498(a), we affirm the district court’s decision to dismiss IRIS’s complaint. I IRIS owns U.S. Patent No.