Legal Opinion

Allen Organ Co. v. Kawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co.

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided July 18, 1984No. Civ. A. 83-276PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

TROUTMAN, Senior District Judge.

Contending that the plaintiff’s patent infringement action is improperly before this Court because we lack in personam jurisdiction and because service of process was ineffective, defendant Kawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Company, Ltd., a/k/a Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho (hereinafter Kawai Japan) has renewed its motion to dismiss. 1

Generally, for purposes of a motion to dismiss, we must accept as true, all well-pleaded factual allegations. Hughes v. Rowe, 449 U.S. 5, 10, 101 S.Ct. 173, 176, 66 L.Ed.2d 163 (1980); D. W.…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. WoodsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Hughes v. RoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Land v. DollarSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  5. Cannon Manufacturing Co. v. Cudahy Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1925

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Alpine View Co Ltd v. Atlas Copco ABCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
  2. Gallagher v. Mazda Motor of America, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1992
  3. Bowers v. NETI Technologies, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1988
  4. Cali v. East Coast Aviation Services., Ltd.District Court, E.D. New York · 2001
  5. Clark v. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1993

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