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JAMES E. LOCKRIDGE V. THE UNITED STATES

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Opinion
650 F.2d 288 · United States Court of Claims · Jul 18, 1980
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Parentheticals
“Although 28 U.S.C. § 1338(a) and 15 U.S.C. § 1121 give the district courts jurisdiction over actions relating to trademarks, those jurisdictional provisions do not waive the sovereign immunity of the United States.”
"we therefore conclude that we have no jurisdiction over claims for trademark infringement."
“The role of ‘pendent jurisdiction’ in this court is uncertain.” (citing Eastport S.S. Corp. v. United States, 372 F.2d 1002, 1012 (Ct.Cl.1967), recognized as overruled in Claude E. Atkins Enterprises, Inc. v. United States, 15 Cl.Ct. 644, 647 n. 4 (1988))