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Mavrix Photo, Inc. v. Brand Technologies, Inc., 647 F.3d 1218 (9th Cir. 2011), is a case in American intellectual property law. The case involved issues regarding personal jurisdiction in the context of internet contacts.[1]
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Mavrix Photo, Inc. v. Brand Technologies, Inc. | |
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Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
Full case name | Mavrix Photo, Inc. v. Brand Technologies, Inc.; Brad Mandell, and Brandtech, gossipgirls.com., celebrity-gossip.net |
Decided | Aug. 8,2011 |
Citation | 647 F.3d 1218 (9th Cir. 2011) |
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Judges sitting | Kim McLane Wardlaw, and William A. Fletcher, and Barbara M. Lynn |
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This case had three significant holdings. First, Brand lacked sufficient contacts with California for exercise of general jurisdiction, second, Brand's alleged copyright infringement on its website was ecpressly aimed at California, as required, under purposeful direction analysis, to support specific jurisdiction, and finally Brand's alleged copyright infringement caused harm that Brand knew was likelty to be suffered in california, as required to support specific jurisdiction.