Legal Opinion

A Corp. v. All American Plumbing, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided January 27, 2016No. 15-1509PPublishedCited by 213 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant A Corp. appeals from the district court’s dismissal of its trademark infringement action against defendant-appellee All American Plumbing, Inc. (“All American”) for lack of personal jurisdiction. A Corp. argues that the district court had specific personal jurisdiction over All American because All American maintains an interactive website that is accessible in Massachusetts and caused injury to the trademark owner in Massachusetts. We disagree and affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

On August 28, 2014, A Corp. filed this trademark infringement action against All…

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