Ruling Clarifies <i>Situs</i> of Injury for Online Infringement Claims

Declaring that the Internet "plays an important role in the jurisdictional analysis in the specific context of this case," the New York Court of Appeals has ruled that in copyright infringement cases involving the uploading of a copyrighted printed literary work onto the Internet, the situs of injury for purposes of determining long-arm jurisdiction under NY CPLR 302(a)(3)(ii) is the location of the principal place of business of the copyright holder.

26 minute read April 28, 2011 at 02:38 PM
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Shari Claire Lewis
Ruling Clarifies <i>Situs</i> of Injury for Online Infringement Claims

Declaring that the Internet “plays an important role in the jurisdictional analysis in the specific context of this case,” the New York Court of Appeals has ruled that in copyright infringement cases involving the uploading of a copyrighted printed literary work onto the Internet, the situs of injury for purposes of determining long-arm jurisdiction under NY CPLR 302(a)(3)(ii) is the location of the principal place of business of the copyright holder.

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