Tag: Hague Service Convention

  • Case of the Day: Power Electric Distribution v. Hengdian Group Linix Motor

    The case of the day is Power Electric Distribution, Inc. v. Hengdian Group Linix Motor Co. (D. Minn. 2015). Power Electric purchased custom-made motors from Linix, a Chinese company, for resale to manufacturers in the United States. Their agreement required disputes to be resolved through arbitration in Minneapolis administered by the AAA, and both parties……

  • Case of the Day: GCIU-Employer Retirement Fund v. Coleridge Fine Arts

    The case of the day is GCIU-Employer Retirement Fund v. Coleridge Fine Arts (D. Kan. 2015). Coleridge was an Irish corporation. The Fund sought to effect service of process by arranging for an Irish solicitor to serve the documents on the corporation’s receptionist. Coleridge moved to quash the service on the grounds that it did……

  • Case of the Day: Kim v. Lakeside Adult Family Home

    The case of the day is Kim v. Lakeside Adult Family Home (Wash. Ct. App. 2015). Ho Im Bae was an inpatient resident of the Lakeside Adult Family Home, a nursing home. She died of a morphine overdose, and her death was ruled a homicide. The personal representative of her estate, Esther Kim, sued several……

  • Case of the Day: d.light design, Inc. v. Boxin Solar Co.

    The case of the day is d.light design, Inc. v. Boxin Solar Co. (N.D. Cal. 2015). The plaintiffs, d.light, Inc. and d.light Design, Inc., sued nine Chinese companies for patent infringement, trade dress infringement, false advertising, and unfair competition. The address of two of the defendants, Skone Lighting Co., Ltd. and Sailing Motor Co., Ltd.,……

  • Case of the Day: SDS-IC v. Florida Concentrates International LLC

    The case of the day is SDS-IC v. Florida Concentrates International LLC (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015). Florida Concentrates, a Florida firm, sued SDS-IC, a Hong Kong corporation. It served process by delivery of the summons and complaint to SDS-IC’s Hong Kong registered office. The clerk entered a default after SDS-IC failed to answer, but……