New Star Lasers, Inc. v. Regents of University of Cal.

Dale Curtis Campbell, Weintraub Genshlea and Sproul, Sacramento, CA, for New Star Laser Inc., Laser Aesthetics Inc., plaintiffs.

Beth Ann McGowen, Neal Andrew Rubin, McCutchen Doyle Brown and Enersen, Palo Alto, CA, for Regents of the University of California, Beckman Laser Institute and Medical clinic, defendants.

Stephen John Burns, Stevens and O'Connell, Sacramento, CA, Scott A. Birnbaum, Joseph A. Capraro, Richard Myrus, Allan B. Urgent, Testa Hurwitz and Thibeault, Boston, MA, for Candela Corporation, defendant.

Stephen John Burns, Stevens and O'Connell, Sacramento, CA, for Candela Laser Corporation Inc, defendant.

Beth Ann McGowen, McCutchen Doyle Brown and Enersen, Palo Alto, CA, for University of California Office of Technology Transfer, defendant.

SHUBB, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs seek a legal judgment that patent no. 5,814,040, owned by the Regents of the University of California, is invalid. Plaintiffs also assert multiple state-law causes of action. The Regents, raising the Eleventh Amendment, move to dismiss under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1). See Doe v. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 131 F.3d 836, 838 (9th Cir.1997) (Regents are an arm of the…