This column discusses recent decisions in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. This installment reviews two decisions by District Judge Lawrence E. Kahn, the first evaluating whether a corporation’s involvement in a Web site establishes sufficient contacts for personal jurisdiction purposes, and the second discussing the parameters of a claim for tortious interference with business relations. We also review a decision by Senior District Judge Neal P. McCurn evaluating when confidential discovery materials submitted to support a motion must be made open to the public.
Personal Jurisdiction
In The Research Foundation of State University of New York v. Bruker Corporation,1 a German corporate defendant sought to avoid being haled into the Northern District of New York to defend a patent infringement lawsuit. The plaintiff claimed that the defendant corporation conducted business and sold products in New York through its Internet Web site. The court disagreed.
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