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Case of the Day: Ackourey v. Noblehouse Custom Tailors
The case of the day is Ackourley v. Noblehouse Custom Tailors (E.D. Pa. 2013). The plaintiff, Richard Ackourey, sued Noblehouse Custom Tailors, a Hong Kong firm, and its owner, Vijay Wadwahani, for copyright infringement. The court dismissed the action for failure to serve process, and Ackourley moved to reopen the case, stating that he had……
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Case of the Day: LT Game International v. DEQ Systems
The case of the day is LT Game International Ltd. v. DEQ Systems Corp. (D.N.J. 2013). The claim was for patent infringement. DEQ was in Quebec. LT served process by mail, and DEQ moved to quash the service. The court granted the motion, but not for the reasons you might fear. I’ve previously opined that……
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Case of the Day: Loeb ex rel. Universal Travel Group v. First Judicial District Court
The case of the day is Loeb ex rel. Universal Travel Group v. First Judicial District Court (Nev. 2013). Loeb brought a shareholder derivative action on behalf of Universal Travel Group against its officers and director, Jiangping Jiang, Jiang Xie, Hujie Gao, Jiduan Yuan, Lizong Wang, Wenbin An, Lawrence Lee, Yizhao Zhang, and Liquan Wang,……
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Case of the Day: Boeing Co. v. KB Yuzhnoye
The case of the day is Boeing Co. v. KB Yuzhnoye (C.D. Cal. 2013). Boeing Co. and the Boeing Commercial Space Co. claimed that BCSC was part of a joint venture called Sea Launch. Yuzhnoye, an instrumentality of Ukraine, was one of the other joint venturers. The joint venture agreement provided that if any party……
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Case of the Day: Montana Trucks, LLC v. UD Trucks North America, Inc.
The case of the day is Montana Trucks, LLC v. UD Trucks North America, Inc. (D. Mont. 2013). UD Trucks was headquartered in Saitama, Japan. Montana Trucks sought leave under FRCP 4(f)(3) to serve the summons and complaint by mail and courier, and to serve the documents without a translation. Let’s pause for a moment.……