ALCAR GROUP v. CORPORATE PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS, LTD.

No. 00 C 2186.

109 F.Supp.2d 948 (2000)

THE ALCAR GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff, v. CORPORATE PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS, LTD., a foreign corporation, and Richard Bassett, an individual, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois.

August 16, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd A. Mandell, Katten Muchin Zavis, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff.

John T. Schriver, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, IL, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BUCKLO, District Judge.

Can a United States corporation maintain a Lanham Act action against a foreign corporation for alleged trademark violations that occurred entirely abroad on no more showing than that these hurt the plaintiff's ability to conduct its business and license its products worldwide? I conclude that, without an account of how to set limits on the exercise of extraterritorial jurisdiction, this would extend...

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