Japax, Inc. v. Sodick Company Limited

How courts have described this case

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• noting that aben parent “had more than mere knowledge that its products likely would end up in Illinois”
• finding jurisdiction over Japanese parent which had “some control” over U.S. subsidiary, “or at least maintain[ed] significant connections with it in order to facilitate the sales and servicing of its systems.”
• where Japanese manufacturer’s products came into Illinois as part of plan to sell regularly in Illinois, manufacturer was “doing business” in Illinois even though products leaving Japanese plant were initially sold in Japan to intermediaries who sold products in United States
• where Japanese manufacturer's products came into Illinois as part of plan to sell regularly in Illinois, manufacturer was \doing business\ in Illinois even though products leaving Japanese plant were initially sold in Japan to intermediaries who sold products in United States

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).