A professor who is a citizen of State A brought an action ag…
A professor who is a citizen of State A brought an action against his employer, a university, located in State B. The case was brought in State B state court for patent infringement, alleging that the university had improperly marketed a medical device for which the professor had obtained a patent. The professor claims $100,000 in damages for the patent infringement claim.The professor joined this claim with a breach of contract action for $50,000, which was the amount of payment to which he was entitled for designing an unrelated robotic device for the university’s engineering department.If the university wants to have the case heard in federal court, what is the best method for doing so?