Posts Categorized Personal Jurisdiction

• Online Retailer Not Subject to Personal Jurisdiction in Michigan

  September 28, 2012
  By: Stephen F. MacGuidwin
  The mere fact that Michigan residents are able to access an online retailer's website is not enough to subject the retailer to personal jurisdiction in Michigan courts according to the recent decision  in Impulsaria, LLC v. United Distribution… Read More »

• Patent Infringement Action Dismissed

  March 8, 2012
  By: Stephen F. MacGuidwin

  Can a California-based corporation reasonably expect to be haled into court in the Western District when its only contacts with Michigan were unrelated to the lawsuit and were undertaken by employees at its California place of business?  Not under the facts presented in Hollymatic Corp. v. Interstate Meat & Provision (No. 1:11-cv-917; March 5, 2012; Neff, J.). The Court dismissed Hollymatic's patent-infringement claims against California-based Interstate Meat & Provision for lack of personal jurisdiction and improper venue under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(2) and 12(b)(3).  In so doing, the Court gave a detailed analysis of Michigan's long-arm statute for corporations, M.C.L. § 600.711 and 600.715 and the jurisdictional concerns arising from the due process clause to the 14th Amendment.

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