Icon Industrial Controls Corp. v. Cimetrix, Inc.

MEMORANDUM RULING

PAYNE, United States Magistrate Judge.

I. OVERVIEW

This antitrust action brought by Icon Industrial Controls Corporation (“ICON”) raises intriguing issues of personal jurisdiction and venue. It is not seriously contended that any of the defendants, Cimetrix, Inc. (“Cimetrix”), American Robot Corporation (“ARC”), Delta Tau Data Systems, Inc. (“Delta”) and Brigham Young University (“BYU”) — all foreign corporations — have significant contacts with Louisiana. It is also apparent that few, if any, of the events giving rise to this dispute occurred in this state. In response to the…