Nov. 18 – Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
William McGrath, acting director of the Center for Intellectual Property Law, writes about:
The case of Be2 LLC v. Ivanov. 642, F.3d 555 (7th Cir. 2011). Be2 is the latest pronouncement by the 7th Circuit on the difficult issue of how the Internet affects personal jurisdiction in intellectual property cases. The case turns on whether a court can exercise personal jurisdiction over a defendant who resides in a distant venue simply because the defendant’s website contains material that infringes the plaintiff’s copyright, trademark or domain
name.
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