The court of appeals affirmed an order of the district court. The court held in a copyright infringement action that the particular federal district in which the action was filed comprised proper venue where the defendant would have been subject to personal jurisdiction if that district treated as a separate state rather than merely a different district in that state.
Recordon & Recordon was a San Diego-based law firm composed of Kathy Recordon and Stephen Recordon. Its practice was limited to Southern California. It had no clients in the Northern District of California (“the Forum”). Recordon conducted no business, owned no real or personal property, and maintained no mailing address or telephone listing in the Forum.
