A defendant’s use of computers in Canada to access servers in Connecticut was sufficient to give rise to personal jurisdiction in Connecticut, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has held. MacDermid, Inc. v. Deiter, No. 11-5388-cv (2nd Cir. Dec. 26, 2012). A district court had held that the defendant’s conduct was not covered under Connecticut’s […]
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No Personal Jurisdiction Based on “Location” of Patent
A patent owner’s residence in Washington state did not confer personal jurisdiction over defendants in a dispute over the defendants’ rights to license and sub-license the patent. VSIM Patent Co., LLC v. Benson, No. C12-102RSL (W.D. Wash. 2012). The action that the patent owner brought did, however, end up conferring a right to fees and […]
E.D. Va. Asserts Personal Jurisdiction Over Foreign Web Site Providers
Courts sometimes assert personal jurisdiction over foreign defendants who did not specifically target the jurisdiction when establishing a website accessible from within it, and who may have conducted only a relatively miniscule amount of business in the jurisdiction. In a recent example, a Virginia court held that it had personal jurisdiction over two European corporations […]
No Personal Jurisdiction in Cybersquatting Case
An entity alleged to be the alter ego of a plaintiff bringing an action for reverse domain name hijacking is not subject to the personal jurisdiction of the court on a trademark infringement counterclaim. AIRFX v. AirFX, No. CV 11-01064 (D. Ariz. March 8, 2012). Facts Marc Lurie, accused of cybersquatting in a Uniform Domain Name […]