Intellectual Property,
Civil Litigation
Aug. 9, 2021
When communications confer personal jurisdiction: a cautionary tale
It is a question many intellectual property lawyers navigating a potential infringement case have undoubtedly pondered: How many communications with opposing counsel over a budding infringement dispute are enough to subject the attorney’s client to personal jurisdiction in the infringer’s home (and possibly foreign) forum?
Garrett M. Fahy
Senior Counsel
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
Email: gfahy@enterprisecounsel.com
Garrett handles trademark, copyright, and patent litigation in a variety of commercial sectors and technologies.
It is a question many intellectual property lawyers navigating a potential infringement case have undoubtedly pondered: How many communications with opposing counsel over a budding infringement dispute are enough to subject the attorney's client to personal jurisdiction in the infringer's home (and possibly foreign) forum? (And if they have not pondered it, they now have good reason to.)
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