Yahoo loses French Appeal

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From: Joel Reidenberg <reidenberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: August 23, 2004 3:14:16 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx, ip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Yahoo loses French Appeal

Dave,

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals just overturned the federal district
court decision in favor of Yahoo on the French filtering case.   Not
surprisingly, the appellate court said that the lower court did not have
personal jurisdiction over the French parties because they had 
insufficient
contact with California.  The decision does not address Yahoo's First
Amendment claims.   The significance is that Yahoo now does not have
automatic immunity in the United States for its foreign activities.

The decision is at:

http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/newopinions.nsf/D079531C495BC5E288256EF9
0055E54C/$file/0117424.pdf?openelement


Regards,

Joel



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