An Oregon-based traveling custom tailor’s website didn’t create sufficient contacts with Pennsylvania to support an exercise of personal jurisdiction, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled, in a decision designated as not precedential (Ackourey v. Sonellas Custom Tailors, 2014 BL 210179, 3d Cir., 13-3818, non-precedential opinion 7/29/14).
Affirming dismissal for absence of personal jurisdiction on July 29, the court said that the tailor’s website was “passive.”
Tailor’s Website Swipes Images From Books.
Richard C. Ackourey Jr. d/b/a Graphic Styles/Styles International LLC of Southampton, Pa., holds copyright interest in two works on fashion. Ackourey licenses images ...
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