Brunswick Corp. v. Suzuki Motor Co., Ltd.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that § 1400(b) “demonstrates ... a need for nationwide uniformity” offered by the Federal Circuit
• finding that parent corporation availed itself of benefits and protections of forum by selling products indirectly through wholly-owned subsidiary
• finding that venue was proper where the defendant’s employees “essentially work[ed] out of their homes” and where “the size and bulk of the product [was] such that it [was] economically unsound for the defendant to maintain fixed office space or warehouse facilities”
• “This court does not lack venue over U.S. Suzuki simply because it rents no real estate.in Wisconsin.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).