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Aleksei
Guest
Sorry for stupid question (and bad language), I'm not from USA.
I want to know something about USA courts jurisdiction.
Suppose there is license agreement between company 'A' incorporated in the USA and person 'B' having place of residence outside USA. Under the agreement company 'A' grants to person 'B' the right to use some computer program which is copyrighted by USA law.
The agreement is made via Internet by person 'B's acceptance of company 'A's conditions offered at company's website by just clicking 'OK' before downloading the program. Person 'B' was in his place of residence (outside USA) at the moment of contracting.
Then, person 'B' used to use the program by some ways not allowed by license agreement (e.g. making multiple copies, transferring to other people etc.).
The question is: can company 'A' bring civil action against person 'B' to USA court?
What if there was no 'choice of law' condition in the agreement?
Help is highly appreciated.
Aleksei
Russia, Moscow
I want to know something about USA courts jurisdiction.
Suppose there is license agreement between company 'A' incorporated in the USA and person 'B' having place of residence outside USA. Under the agreement company 'A' grants to person 'B' the right to use some computer program which is copyrighted by USA law.
The agreement is made via Internet by person 'B's acceptance of company 'A's conditions offered at company's website by just clicking 'OK' before downloading the program. Person 'B' was in his place of residence (outside USA) at the moment of contracting.
Then, person 'B' used to use the program by some ways not allowed by license agreement (e.g. making multiple copies, transferring to other people etc.).
The question is: can company 'A' bring civil action against person 'B' to USA court?
What if there was no 'choice of law' condition in the agreement?
Help is highly appreciated.
Aleksei
Russia, Moscow