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Case of the Day: Rockefeller Technology Investments v. Changzhou SinoType Technology Co.
The case of the day is Rockefeller Technology Investments (Aisa) VII v. Changzhou SinoType Technology Co. (Cal. Ct. App. 2018). After a dispute between the parties arose, Rockefeller demanded arbitration. SinoType didn’t participate in the proceedings, and the tribunal issued an award for $414 million in Rockefeller’s favor. The agreement to arbitrate included the parties’……
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Case of the Day: Animal Science Products v. Hebei Welcome
The case of the day is Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. (S. Ct. 2018). I noted the case back in January. The case was a class action brought by purchasers of vitamin C against four Chinese manufacturers of the product, claiming they had agreed to fix the price of the product……
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Proving Chinese Law: Deference to the Submissions from Chinese Government?
Longtime friend of Letters Blogatory Jie Huang, senior lecturer in the University of New South Wales Faculty of Law, has a short piece on cases in which non-US courts have considered what deference to give to Chinese interpretations of Chinese law. This is obviously of interest in light of the Animal Science Products case. The……
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Case of the Day: Elsevier v. Chew
The case of the day is Elsevier, Inc. v. Chew (S.D.N.Y. 2018). Elsevier, a publisher, sued twenty unknown defendants, alleging they were infringing its copyright by selling counterfeit textbooks on eBay. By way of subpoenas to eBay and PayPal, Elsevier was able to obtain the names and email addresses of the defendants, though not their……
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Case of the Day: Jackson Laboratory v. Nanjing University
The case of the day is Jackson Laboratory v. Nanjing University (D. Me. 2018). The Lab had sold mice to the University with limitations on how they could be used. The contract called for arbitration of disputes in Maine (maybe not the best provision for the Lab, but I digress). The Lab alleged that the……