Legal Opinion
Smart Marketing Group Inc. v. Publications International Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 28, 2010No. 09-2646, 09-2812PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Online commerce has ballooned in importance over recent years, and it is no surprise that automobile dealers are among those who are interested in exploiting its possibilities. This case, brought under the diversity jurisdiction, involves an effort by two companies to develop programs that would deliver location-specific, brand specific, internet sales leads to auto dealers. Publications International Ltd. (“Publications”) ran a website that collected the raw sales leads, and Smart Marketing Group (“Smart”) promised to develop programs that would market that information to…
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