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Case of the Day: In re Aperture Imaging Industries
The case of the day is In re Aperture Imaging Industries Co. (Fed. Cir. 2024). Rotolight sued Aperture for patent infringement in the Eastern District of Texas. Aperture is based in China. Rotolight sought leave under Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 106(b) to serve Aperture by email served on its counsel. The court authorized the……
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Case of the Day: Baikowitz v. Jacobson
Happy new year! The case of the day is Baikowitz v. Jacobson (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2023). Baikowitz, the curator of his father’s property, sued Jacobson in Montreal seeking to recover $750,000, which he said his father had invested in several of Jacobson’s projects, on the grounds that his father had been mentally impaired when he……
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Case of the Day: Doe v. Germany
The case of the day is Doe v. Federal Republic of Germany (S.D.N.Y. 2023). It’s a weird one. A pseudonymous plaintiff, who claimed he was the person who leaked the Panama Papers, sued the German government for breach of contract, alleging that the government had breached a promise to pay him a portion of the……
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Case of the Day: Turco v. Lovisoni
The case of the day is Turco v. Lovisoni (Cal. Super. Ct. 2023). The plaintiff served process on the defendant in Italy via a private process server, or as the defendant described him, a “random individual.” The defendant moved to quash the service. The details of the discussion were not ideal. The defendant cited a……
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Case of the Day: Clear Spring v. Arch Nemesis
The case of the day is Clear Spring Property & Casualty Insurance Co. v. Arch Nemesis LLC (D. Kan. 2023). Arch Nemesis owned a yacht that sank off Mexico. It made a claim on Clear Spring, the insurer, which denied the claim and brought an action seeking a declaratory judgment that the policy was void.……