Legal Opinion
Panavision International, L.P., a Delaware Limited Partnership v. Dennis Toeppen Network Solutions, Inc., a District of Columbia Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 17, 1998No. 97-55467PublishedCited by 638 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:
This case presents two novel issues. We are asked to apply existing rules of personal jurisdiction to conduct that occurred, in part, in “cyberspace.” In addition, we are asked to interpret the Federal Trademark Dilution Act as it applies to the Internet.
Panavision accuses Dennis Toeppen of being a “cyber pirate” who steals valuable trademarks and establishes domain names on the Internet using these trademarks to sell the domain names to the rightful trademark owners.
The district court found that under the “effects doctrine,” Toeppen was subject to personal…
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