PENGUIN GROUP v. AMERICAN

No. 7.

16 N.Y.3d 295 (2011)

PENGUIN GROUP (USA) INC., Appellant, v. AMERICAN BUDDHA, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided March 24, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cowan Liebowitz & Latman, P.C., New York City ( Richard Dannay , and Thomas Kjellberg , of counsel), for appellant.

Online Media Law, PLLC ( Charles H. Carreon , of the Arizona bar, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), for respondent.

Public Citizen Litigation Group ( Michael H. Page , of the District of Columbia bar, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), for Public Citizen, amicus curiae.

Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, New York City ( Marc Lieberstein , of counsel), for International Trademark Association, amicus curiae.

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York City ( Elizabeth A. Mc-Namara , of counsel), for American Association of Publishers and others, amici curiae.

Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judges CIPARICK, READ, SMITH, PIGOTT and JONES concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

GRAFFEO, J.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has asked us a question regarding the scope of long-arm jurisdiction under CPLR 302 (a) (3) (ii) in the context of a federal copyright infringement action.

Plaintiff Penguin Group (USA) is a large trade book publisher with its principal place of business in New York City. Defendant American Buddha is an Oregon not...

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