Panavision International, L.P., a Delaware Limited Partnership v. Dennis Toeppen Network Solutions, Inc., a District of Columbia Corporation

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• holding that the use of a trademark in a domain name establishes dilution under the FTDA
• holding that it is reasonable to compel an Oregon defendant with “few contacts” to litigate in Hawaii
• concluding that a person who registers a trademark as a domain name and offers that domain name for sale to the trademark owner may be subject to personal jurisdiction in the trademark owner’s domicile
• concluding that dilution of trademark claim was akin to a tort case
• finding that defendant’s use of the website “panavision.com” to post photographs of the City of Pana, Illinois, violated the trademark rights of Panavision, International, L.P.
• agreeing that defendant’s “use of [another’s] trademarks simply as his domain names cannot constitute a commercial use under the [FTDA].”

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