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Case of the Day: Barer v. Knight Brothers
The case of the day is Barer v. Knight Brothers LLC, 2019 SCC 13. Knight Brothers, a Utah company, sued David Barer, who resided in Quebec, and two companies, CBC and BEC, that Barer allegedly controlled. The claim was that BEC had breached a contract with Knight and that Barer was liable for fraudulent misrepresentation……
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Case of the Day: Batbrothers LLC v. Paushok
The case of the day is Batbrothers LLC v. Paushok (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2018). Batbrothers had a $25 million judgment against Sergey Viktorovich Paushok from a Russian court. It sought recognition and enforcement in New York and moved for summary judgment. Paushok defended on grounds of lack of standing, a supposed lack of finality of……
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Case of the Day: Prumyslovy v. Kozeny
The case of the day is Harvardsky Prumyslovy Holding, A.S. v. Kozeny (N.Y. App. Div. 2018). I like the terse style of New York appellate division decisions, but it makes the facts hard to decipher. Prumyslovy had a Czech judgment against Kozeny, and Kozeny moved the dismiss when Prumyslovy sought recognition and enforcement. The court……
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Case of the Day: Steinbach v. Sachs
The case of the day is Steinbach v. Sachs (Jerusalem Mag. Ct. 2018). I only have a news article about the decision, and so I’m not sure if I’ve styled the case correctly or even about all the details of the decision. But it’s an interesting case worth writing about even without all the details.
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Legal Mazes in the US/China IP Dispute
China claims to be strengthening its domestic intellectual property (IP) framework. It has even invited Western companies to sue if they believe IP breaches have occurred within China. But these claims are not a substantial rebuttal to US criticisms of online IP infringement. There remain factors that discourage IP rights holders from bringing cases against……