| alekth said: Makes sense but haven't people had the same problem with assignning some sort of jurisdiction to a state due to some massive website's HQ being there? Especially when it's not even the website's owners suing. Seems a right mess! Would things be very different for Sony in NJ? Somehow I don't believe Sony is letting go even if the case gets dismissed in CA. |
I haven't heard of such cases, but considering how fossilized the bench can occasionally be, I can see some judges analogizing websites to a physical location, and thus applying the "enjoyed the protection of" rules.
As to the difference, I don't know much about New Jersey's law, so I can't say. I'm tempted to say that they might be less favorable to Sony than our courts, what with the whole IP protectionism we've got going on here, but in reality California isn't as pro-high tech as one might assume, so...probably not.
