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Case of the Day: Puris v. TikTok
The case of the day is Puris v. TikTok Inc. (S.D.N.Y. 2024). Puris sued TikTok, Inc., a US company, and ByteDance Ltd., a Chinese company with a registered address in the Cayman Islands, for employment discrimination and related claims. TikTok waived service of process, and Puris served process on ByteDance Ltd. in the Cayman Islands.……
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Case of the Day: Zobay v. MTN Group Ltd.
The case of the day is Zobay v. MTN Group Ltd. (E.D.N.Y. 2024). The claim is that the defendants, including ZTE and Huawei, conspired with foreign terrorist organizations “targeting Americans in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Middle East, and Europe.” The plaintiffs brought claims under the Anti-Terrorism Act on behalf of people “killed or wounded while serving……
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Case of the Day: Nidec Motor Corp. v. Broad Ocean Motor
The case of the day is Nidec Motor Corp. v. Broad Ocean Motor LLC (E.D. Mo. 2024). This is a patent infringement case that was brought in 2013 (!). The defendants are Chinese companies that refused to comply with requests for production under FRCP 34 on the grounds that complying with the requests could cause……
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Case of the Day: Spin Master Ltd. v. Aganv
The case of the day is Spin Master Ltd. v. Aganv (S.D.N.Y. 2024). It’s one of these “schedule A” cases brought against a bevy of accused IP infringers abroad. In this case, the claim is for infringement of trademarks related to the Rubik’s Cube, and the plaintiff asserted that the defendants were in China. The……
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Currency Conversion: Newer Isn’t Always Better
Friend of Letters Blogatory Bill Dodge had an interesting post at the Transnational Litigation Blog on Estate of Ke v. Yu, a new Fourth Circuit case suggesting that forum non conveniens should never be a defense in an award or judgment recognition case. I agree with that view 100%, because an enforcement case is (or……