5th Circuit Affirms: Personal Jurisdiction Lacking In Trademark Case

Mealey's (June 14, 2018, 1:24 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A corporate trademark infringement claim was properly granted dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction because the corporation has never solicited business in Texas, maintains no physical presence in Texas, and its owner and co-defendant was only ever in Texas on a flight layover, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed June 13 (GreatFence.com Inc. v. A Great Fence LLC, et al., No. 17-20487, 5th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 15888)....