LAW 607 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Daimler Ag, Minimum Contacts, Zippo
31 May 2020
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Internet cases: the internet presents issues that are conceptually similar to the stream of commerce problem. The internet allows parties to interact even though neither may know where the other is located. The zippo test considers the type of web site involved: sliding scale: zippo establishes a sliding scale. In cases where defendant operates a highly interactive site, where buyers regularly place orders online, a court may ordinarily exercise jurisdiction over defendant for claims arising from the internet activity. In walden v. fiore, 134 s. ct. 1115 (2014) (a non- Internet case), the supreme court held that jurisdiction would not exist merely because defendant harmed a victim whom defendant knows resides in the forum. Instead, jurisdiction exists only if defendant acts in the forum or somehow obtains benefits and protections of the forum: example: in abdouch v. lopez, 285 neb. 2d 662 (2013), the state court dealt with a case where defendant"s web site.
