America Online, Inc. v. Chih-Hsien Huang

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

A threshold question presented in this trademark and trade name dispute is whether personal jurisdiction over a defendant exists based on the defendant’s registration of the allegedly infringing domain name with a registrar located in the forum state. More specifically, the question is whether a California defendant who used the Internet to register an allegedly infringing domain name with a domain name registrar located in Virginia is, on that basis alone, subject to suit to in Virginia arising from the registration of the domain name.

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Plaintiffs…