Coastal Video Communications, Corp. v. Staywell Corp.

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• concluding that sale of copyrighted material did not support specific jurisdiction in plaintiff's declaratory judgment action to determine whether publication infringed the plaintiff’s copyright
• observing that “[t]he vast majority of Internet-based personal jurisdiction cases involve specific jurisdiction”
• allowing jurisdictional discovery due to gaps in record regarding business contacts and Internet-based contacts
• “It is not sufficient [for jurisdictional purposes] that the product may have been advertised in Virginia, either over the World Wide Web, or through mail order catalogs.”
• “As with traditional business contacts, the most reliable indicator of the nature and extent of ... Internet contact with the forum state will be the amount of sales generated in the state by or through the interactive website.”
• “As with traditional business contacts, the most reliable indicator of the nature,and extent of ... Internet contact with the forum state will be the amount of sales generated in the state by or through the interactive website.”

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