Legal Opinion

Volt, LLC v. Volt Lighting Grp. LLC

District Court, M.D. Florida

Decided February 25, 2019No. Case No. 8:18-cv-1409-T-23CPTPublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEVEN D. MERRYDAY, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

In a trademark infringement action, an Oregon-based, commercial-lighting manufacturer (1) who manufactures no lighting in Florida, (2) who maintains no office or employees in Florida, (3) who is not registered to conduct business in Florida, and (4) who does not sell directly to a customer in Florida, but (5) who maintains an allegedly infringing website (a) that is entirely *1244passive, (b) that neither targets nor mentions Florida, (c) that no consumer has viewed in Florida, and (d) that offers neither in Florida nor anywhere else a mechanism by…

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