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Case of the Day: Fish & Richardson PC v. Camtek Ltd.
We have frequently noted the that a foreign central authority’s certificate under Article 6 of the Hague Service Convention is prima facie evidence of service of process. In the discussion of Zions First Nat’l Bank v. Moto Diesel Mexicana, the case of the day from July 21, 2011, the Mexican defendant had been served with……
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Case of the Day: Foster v. Bridgestone Americas, Inc.
The case of the day, Foster v. Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (S.D. Ala. 2011), is a service of process dispute involving a Japanese defendant. Foster sued Mazda Motor Corp. and others for wrongful death after her husband was killed in an auto accident. Her claim was that the accident was caused “by catastrophic failure and tread……
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Case of the Day: Tiffany (NJ) LLC v. Qi
The case of the day is Tiffany (NJ) LLC v. Qi (S.D.N.Y. 2011). Tiffany & Co., the jewelers, brought a trademark infringement action against Qi Andrew, Gu Gong, Sliver Deng, and Kent Deng, who, they allege, were selling Tiffany knockoffs on the Internet. According to Tiffany, the defendants accepted payments in US dollars and used……
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Case of the Day: Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. v. Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.
H/T to Antonin Pribetic for a pointer to the case of the day, Lantheus Med. Imaging, Inc. v. Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (Ontario Super. Ct. of Justice 2011). In the underlying case, Lantheus Med. Imaging, Inc. v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co., pending in the Southern District of New York, Lantheus sued Zurich, its insurer,……
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Case of the Day XCentric Ventures, LLC v. Karsen, Ltd.
The case of the day, XCentric Ventures, LLC v. Karsen, Ltd. (D. Ariz. 2011), is another example of a plaintiff’s ex parte motion to approve its efforts to serve process on the defendants. As I have previously commented, I question whether these kinds of motions are justiciable—why should the court give what is essentially an……