CoStar Realty Information, Inc. v. Field, — F.Supp.2d —-, 2009 WL 841132 (D.Md. March 31, 2009) Personal jurisdiction cases — even ones that involve the internet — are generally not all that interesting. But the case of CoStar Realty Information, Inc. v. Field is worth noting because of the way the personal jurisdiction analysis was [...]
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Website terms of service provide basis for exercise of personal jurisdiction
April 9th, 2009
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No personal jurisdiction over Australian defendant in Flickr right of publicity case
January 22nd, 2009
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Chang v. Virgin Mobile USA, LLC, 2009 WL 111570 (N.D.Tex. January 16, 2009) Allison Chang (through her mother, since Allison is a minor) and Justin Ho-Wee Wong sued Australian-based Virgin Mobile Pty Ltd. alleging a number of tort claims including misappropriation of Chang’s right of publicity. Plaintiffs claimed that Virgin wrongfully used Chang’s picture in [...]
Ninth Circuit: No personal jurisdiction over out of state eBay seller
August 22nd, 2008
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Boschetto v. Hansing, — F.3d —, 2008 WL 3852676 (9th Cir. August 20, 2008) Hansing, a resident of Wisconsin, offered a 1964 Ford Galaxie for sale on eBay. Boschetto, a California resident, was the winning bidder, and sent Hansing $34,106. He also arranged to have the car shipped from Wisconsin to California. After Boschetto found [...]
Postings to newsgroup support exercise of personal jurisdiction
August 2nd, 2007
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Zippo “sliding scale” approach to personal jurisdiction rejected
May 9th, 2007
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Michigan federal court exercises personal jurisdiction over out-of-state eBay seller
September 22nd, 2006
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A drop-down menu and a few sales create personal jurisdiction over nonresident website operator
June 5th, 2006
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Accessing out-of-state server provides basis for personal jurisdiction
February 18th, 2006
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