Counterfeit infringement over the Internet continues to grow. With the web erasing marketing and distribution hurdles, it is easier than ever for Internet marketers in Bangladesh to sell counterfeit goods in Spokane. Owners seeking to compel counterfeiters to defend trademark infringement actions in the owner’s home court face jurisdictional due process issues. Often the counterfeiters only contacts …

The Copyright Act gives a copyright owner certain exclusive rights but what happens when another federal statute grants the same rights to others. When those others engage in conduct authorized by another federal statute may the copyright owner still sue for infringement? International Swaps and Derivatives Assoc. v. Socratek grudgingly said yes after acknowledging …