Alcar Group, Inc. v. Corporate Performance Systems, Ltd.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BUCKLO, District Judge.

Can a United States corporation maintain a Lanham Act action against a foreign corporation for alleged trademark violations that occurred entirely abroad on no more showing than that these hurt the plaintiffs ability to conduct its business and license its products worldwide? I conclude that, without an account of how to set limits on the exercise of extraterritorial jurisdiction, this would extend my jurisdiction beyond the limits that the law allows. Accordingly I grant the defendants’ motion to dismiss any claims alleging Lanham Act…