Legal Opinion
Plixer Int'l, Inc. v. Scrutinizer GMBH
District Court, D. Maine
Decided October 18, 2017No. Civil No. 2:16–CV–578–DBHPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
D. Brock Hornby, United States District Judge
The issue here is whether a federal court in Maine has jurisdiction over a German company. The German company, named Scrutinizer GmbH, has no physical presence in the United States, but it offers cloud-based services from an interactive website that attracts customers from around the world, including the United States (and two customers from Maine). A Maine firm, Plixer International, Inc. owns the U.S. registered mark "Scrutinizer." Plixer has filed this lawsuit claiming that the German defendant is infringing its registered mark by operating an…
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