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Case Preview: Rockefeller v. Changzhou Sinotype
The California Supreme Court has given its decision in Rockefeller Technology Investments (Asia) VII v. Changzhou Sinotype Technology Co. (Cal. 2020). I will have full coverage next week, but I wanted readers to have early access to this important decision. This is the case of the parties who agreed to “service” (I put the word……
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Case of the Day: Illumina Cambridge v. Complete Genomics
The case of the day is Illumina Cambridge Ltd. v. Complete Genomics, Inc. (N.D. Cal. 2020). I was counsel to the applicant, Illumina Cambridge. The underlying case was a patent infringement dispute being litigated in the US as well as in several European countries. The court had granted Illumina Cambridge’s ex parte application for issuance……
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Case of the Day: Windecker v. Hang
The case of the day is Windecker v. Hang Wei (W.D. Tex. 2020). Windecker sued Hang Wei, a Chinese national, and served him with process by leaving the documents at a home owned by him and his wife in North Carolina. Hang argued that Windecker should have served process on him via the Hague Service……
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Case of the Day: Davis v. Zhou
The case of the day is Davis v. Zhou (9th Cir. 2019). I covered the case in November 2018. Zhou Liang, a Chinese national, was driving a rental car in Seattle when he collided with a city bus, injuring Michael Davis. He returned to China. Davis sued Zhou in the District Court three days before……
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Hong Kong
Our head of state embodies the character of the nation. So it is fair to say the state of the American character today is not strong. And it is unfortunate that the world and its problems will not wait for our national character to improve.