Case: 14-1379 Document: 18 Page: 1 Filed: 05/06/2014
NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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ISAAC A. POTTER, JR.,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
ROBERTA S. BREN AND OBLON SPIVAK,
Defendants-Appellees,
AND
MICHELLE K. LEE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, U.S.
PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, AND LINDA
M. KING,
Defendants-Appellees.
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2014-1379
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Virginia in No. 1:13-cv-01417-CMH-
IDD, Senior Judge Claude M. Hilton.
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ON MOTION
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PER CURIAM.
ORDER
Case: 14-1379 Document: 18 Page: 2 Filed: 05/06/2014
2 POTTER v. BREN
Appellees respond to this court’s March 31, 2014 show
cause order. Isaac A. Potter, Jr. moves for entry of judg-
ment, to disqualify appellees’ counsel, and for various
other relief. Appellees respond.
Mr. Potter filed his action in the United States Dis-
trict Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, and it
appears that his district court complaint challenges, at
least in part, registration of the trademark KNIGHTS OF
THE ZODIAC to registrant Toei Animation Co. Mr.
Potter has previously filed an interlocutory appeal in the
same case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth
Circuit. Mr. Potter’s current appeal appears to stem from
the district court’s order granting certain defendants’
motions to dismiss and directing Mr. Potter to file an
amended complaint.
This court is a court of limited jurisdiction. 28 U.S.C.
§ 1295. Upon review, we conclude that the district court’s
jurisdiction did not arise in whole or in part under the
laws specified in § 1295 as defining this court’s appellate
jurisdiction. This court therefore lacks jurisdiction over
this appeal. We deem it the better course to transfer the
matter to the Fourth Circuit pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
§ 1631.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
This appeal and all pending motions are transferred
to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth
Circuit pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1631.
FOR THE COURT
/s/ Daniel E. O’Toole
Daniel E. O’Toole
Clerk of Court
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