MAVRIX PHOTO, INC. v. BRAND TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

No. 09-56134.

647 F.3d 1218 (2011)

MAVRIX PHOTO, INC., a Florida corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BRAND TECHNOLOGIES, INC., an Ohio corporation; Brad Mandell, an individual, Defendants-Appellees, Brandtech, a business form unknown; gossipgirls.com, a business form unknown; celebrity-gossip.net, a business form unknown, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 8, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Afrasiabi (argued), Christopher Arledge , John Tehranian , One LLP, Newport Beach, CA, for the appellant.

Andres F. Quintana , Quintana Law Group, Calabasas, CA, for the appellees.

Before: KIM McLANE WARDLAW and WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and BARBARA M. LYNN, District Judge.


OPINION

W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Mavrix Photo, Inc. ("Mavrix") sued Brand Technologies, Inc. and its CEO, Brad Mandell (collectively, "Brand"), in federal district court for the Central District of California, alleging that Brand infringed Mavrix's copyright by posting its copyrighted photos on its website. Brand moved to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(2). The district court denied Mavrix's motion for jurisdictional...

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