Cognitronics Imaging Systems, Inc. v. Recognition Research Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• finding that the resident corporation with its principal place of business in the jurisdiction would “clearly” be subject to personal jurisdiction
• stating that due process is satisfied if defendant has minimum contacts with forum state such that maintenance of suit does not offend notions of fair play and substantial justice
• stating that venue would be proper in Southern District of California provided that, treating the district as if it were an independent state, the exercise of personal jurisdiction over defendants in the district would not violate due process
• exhibiting allegedly infringing products, at a trade show in California and entering ink
• “Plaintiffs argument that the cost of transporting East Coast counsel to litigate a case in the Southern District of California would pose an undue hardship on them limited financial resources raises an improper consideration before this court.”
• “This Court cannot stand as a willing repository for cases which have no real nexus to this district. The ‘rocket docket’ certainly attracts plaintiffs, but the Court must ensure that this attraction does not dull the ability of the Court to continue to act in an expe ditious manner.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).