38 Cited authorities

Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz
471 U.S. 462 (1985) Cited 17,367 times 47 Legal Analyses
Holding that a defendant has "fair warning" if he purposefully directs his activities at residents of the forum and if the litigation results from alleged injuries arising out of or relating to those activities.
Helicopteros Nacionales de Colom. v. Hall
466 U.S. 408 (1984) Cited 9,482 times 26 Legal Analyses
Holding that “purchases, even if occurring at regular intervals” were insufficient to establish general personal jurisdiction over a nonresident corporation
World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson
444 U.S. 286 (1980) Cited 11,074 times 33 Legal Analyses
Holding that an Oklahoma court could not exercise personal jurisdiction over a car retailer when the retailer's only connection to Oklahoma was the fact that a car sold in New York became involved in an accident in Oklahoma
Hanson v. Denckla
357 U.S. 235 (1958) Cited 8,008 times 11 Legal Analyses
Holding that personal jurisdiction over defendant trustee was inappropriate when defendant's only contacts with the forum resulted from plaintiff-settlor's unilateral activity of moving to Florida
Zippo Mfg. Co. v. Zippo Dot Com, Inc.
952 F. Supp. 1119 (W.D. Pa. 1997) Cited 1,328 times 12 Legal Analyses
Holding that a significant amount of the alleged infringement and dilution, as well as the resulting injury, occurred in Pennsylvania
Panda Brandywine Corp. v. Potomac Elec. Power
253 F.3d 865 (5th Cir. 2001) Cited 659 times
Holding that a district court need not "credit conclusory allegations, even if uncontroverted"
Revell v. Lidov
317 F.3d 467 (5th Cir. 2002) Cited 580 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding sales of thirty-five subscriptions in two years insufficient for general jurisdiction
Mink v. AAAA Dev. LLC
190 F.3d 333 (5th Cir. 1999) Cited 553 times
Holding that website is passive when it provides the user with printable forms and displays contact information
Cybersell, Inc. v. Cybersell, Inc.
130 F.3d 414 (9th Cir. 1997) Cited 576 times
Holding that the maintenance of a passive website that contained advertisements did not even justify the exercise of specific jurisdiction over the defendant, whom the plaintiff conceded was not subject to general jurisdiction
Red Wing Shoe Co. v. Hockerson-Halberstadt
148 F.3d 1355 (Fed. Cir. 1998) Cited 514 times 25 Legal Analyses
Holding that a "patentee [does] not subject itself to personal jurisdiction in a forum solely by informing a party who happens to be located there of suspected infringement," as "[grounding personal jurisdiction on such contacts alone would not comport with principles of fairness."
Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing
Fed. R. Civ. P. 12 Cited 362,607 times 962 Legal Analyses
Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
Section 1404 - Change of venue
28 U.S.C. § 1404 Cited 29,370 times 192 Legal Analyses
Granting Class Plaintiffs' motion to transfer action in order to "facilitate a unified settlement approval process together with the class action cases in" In re Amex ASR
Rule 21 - Misjoinder and Nonjoinder of Parties
Fed. R. Civ. P. 21 Cited 7,846 times 14 Legal Analyses
Granting district courts broad discretion when deciding whether to sever claims or to dismiss improperly joined claims or defendants
Section 17.042 - Acts Constituting Business in This State
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 17.042 Cited 855 times 1 Legal Analyses
Authorizing jurisdiction over those "doing business" in Texas

QR Spex, Inc. v. Motorola, Inc. et al

38 Cited authorities

Holding that a defendant has "fair warning" if he purposefully directs his activities at residents of the forum and if the litigation results from alleged injuries arising out of or relating to those activities.

Holding that “purchases, even if occurring at regular intervals” were insufficient to establish general personal jurisdiction over a nonresident corporation

Holding that an Oklahoma court could not exercise personal jurisdiction over a car retailer when the retailer's only connection to Oklahoma was the fact that a car sold in New York became involved in an accident in Oklahoma

Holding that personal jurisdiction over defendant trustee was inappropriate when defendant's only contacts with the forum resulted from plaintiff-settlor's unilateral activity of moving to Florida

Holding that a significant amount of the alleged infringement and dilution, as well as the resulting injury, occurred in Pennsylvania

Holding that a district court need not "credit conclusory allegations, even if uncontroverted"

Holding sales of thirty-five subscriptions in two years insufficient for general jurisdiction

Holding that website is passive when it provides the user with printable forms and displays contact information

Holding that the maintenance of a passive website that contained advertisements did not even justify the exercise of specific jurisdiction over the defendant, whom the plaintiff conceded was not subject to general jurisdiction

Holding that a "patentee [does] not subject itself to personal jurisdiction in a forum solely by informing a party who happens to be located there of suspected infringement," as "[grounding personal jurisdiction on such contacts alone would not comport with principles of fairness."

Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

Granting Class Plaintiffs' motion to transfer action in order to "facilitate a unified settlement approval process together with the class action cases in" In re Amex ASR

Granting district courts broad discretion when deciding whether to sever claims or to dismiss improperly joined claims or defendants

Authorizing jurisdiction over those "doing business" in Texas