Legal Opinion

AESP, Inc. v. Signamax, LLC

District Court, E.D. Virginia

Decided July 8, 2014No. Case No. 1:13-CV-1089PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

T.S. ELLIS, III, District Judge.

In this trademark and copyright infringement case, the parties have disputed the ownership of the trademark at issue— SIGNAMAX CONNECTIVITY SYSTEMS — for over seven years, including proceedings in a Czech court and before the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board (“TTAB”) of the Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”). This dispute remains central to the claims in this case. But at issue now is the threshold question of personal jurisdiction, namely, whether defendant’s *685sale of allegedly infringing products from abroad to a United States distributor…

2Cases cited12 opinions

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