Legal Question in Intellectual Property in California

How do you determine which states have jurisdiction over privacy violation actions where the claims are based in teleconference communications transmitted via web? I assume the home state of the company running the teleconference would have jurisdiction, but how do the courts handle jurisdiction for cyber-participants? Have long-arm statutes been used in this manner?

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Asked on 3/15/11, 1:06 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Bryan Whipple Bryan R. R. Whipple, Attorney at Law

Wouldn't the prospective defendant be the person making the disclosure of private information, rather than the company running the teleconference? I'd say jurisdiction should be where the defendant resides. In some tort cases, jurisdiction can also be had where the injury occurs. Hint: this is probably more of a civil procedure question than it is an intellectual property matter.

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Answered on 3/15/11, 1:33 pm


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