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Case of the Day: Venice PI v. Galbatross Technologies
The case of the day is Venice PI, LLC v. Galbatross Technologies, LLP (D. Hawaii 2019). The case was for copyright infringement. The relevant defendants were in India. The plaintiff sought a TRO that would have enjoined a domain name registrar not to transfer domain names that the plaintiff alleged were owned by the defendants…
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Case of the Day: Mezu v. Progress Bank of Nigeria
The case of the day, Mezu v. Progress Bank of Nigeria, plc (D. Md. 2013), is a mess. Dr. Sebastian Okechukwu Mezu was the chairman of Emekuku Community Bank Nigeria Ltd. Mezu had previously obtained a default judgment against Progress Bank of Nigeria, plc, from the Federal Court in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Progress Bank had…
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Case of the Day: In re Sinohub Securities Litigation
The case of the day is In re Sinohub Securities Litigation (S.D.N.Y. 2013). The lead plaintiff, Ellsworth Investments Ltd., sought leave under FRCP 4(f)(3) to serve three of the individual defendants, Henry T. Cochran, Daniel Chi Keung Lui, and Lei Xia, by service on Sinohub’s lawyer in Boston. All three of the individual defendants were…
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Case of the Day: Roque v. Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd.
The case of the day is Roque v. Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Conn. Super. Ct. 2013). The plaintiff, Edwin Roque, alleged that while driving, his car was struck from behind by a Subaru Impreza, which he alleges was manufactured by Fuji Heavy Industries. The claim was that the braking system was defective. Roque sought to…