personal jurisdiction

Metatags And Google AdWords Lead To Personal Jurisdiction In North Carolina Trademark Infringement Case

Mack Sperling
December 15, 2008 15:15

The Internet advertising activities of the Defendants, including the use by Defendants of Plaintiff's trademark to generate "sponsored links" in a Google AdWords campaign and the use of the Plaintiff's trademark in metatags, supported personal jurisdiction in an infringement action. ...

"Keyword Ads and Other Marketing Supports Remote Jurisdiction"

Martin Schwimmer
December 11, 2008 19:04

Prof Goldman: "Keyword Ads and Other Marketing Supports Remote Jurisdiction - Market America v. Optihealth."...Prof Goldman: "Keyword Ads and Other Marketing Supports Remote Jurisdiction - Market America v. Optihealth."

New York District Court Denies MGM Mirage's Motion to Dismiss MONTE CARLO Lawsuit

Ryan Gile
November 27, 2008 00:12

I previously wrote (link here) about the long-running and contentious dispute between Société des Bains de Mer et du Cercle des Etrangers à Monaco (“SBM”), the owner of Le Casino de Monte-Carlo (pictured above), and MGM Mirage, Inc. (“MGM Mirage”) and its subsidiary, Victoria Partners, L.P. (“Victor...

Law School Classmates Fight Over Hog on Ice

October 23, 2008 23:03

Those of you who are regular readers of this blog know that we maintain a database of legal threats (lawsuits, subpoenas, C&D letters, etc.) directed at online and citizen media (BTW, if you know of a threat that we've missed, please add it).  One of the things we try to collect for every ...

Eleventh Circuit: Website in Tennessee using Floridian's trademark sufficient for jurisdiction

McKee, Voorhees & Sease PLC
October 17, 2008 16:48

In a decision last week, the Eleventh Circuit reversed a district court's dismissal of a trademark infringement case for lack of personal jurisdiction.  The district court held that the allegedly infringing conduct, operating a website, was insufficient to warrant jurisdiction in the...