Zippo Manufacturing v. Zippo Dot Com

Citation: ''Zippo Mfg. Co. v. Zippo Dot Com, Inc.,'' 952 F. Supp. 1119 (W.D. Pa. 1997)

The court found personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state defendant in a domain name dispute case, holding that electronic commerce involving knowing and purposeful transactions with Pennsylvania residents is sufficient to constitute "doing business in Pennsylvania" for purposes of long-arm jurisdiction. The opinion contains an excellent survey of Internet jurisdiction cases to date, and concludes that jurisdiction lies where the electronic contacts with the forum state form the basis of the lawsuit.