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24 LawNow [43] (1999-2000)
I'm being Sued, Where

handle is hein.journals/lanow24 and id is 271 raw text is: Kate Dykstra The growth of the internet as a medium for global commercial activity pre- sents significant challenges to traditional court jurisdictional rules. When communicating and conducting business on a borderless international network of interconnected computers, it is essential for individuals and corporations to gain a better understanding as to which courts on this planet will take j urisdic- tion with respect to their activities. From the Canadian perspective, a primary concern relates to when internet-related activities originating in Canada might find themselves embroiled in a lawsuit in some place like Mississippi. Examples of when this might be of concern include everything from defaming a person in material you post on a chat line, using a name or slogan that infringes another person's registered US. trademark, to giving negligent medical advice to someone in Texas over the internet. When are you at risk of being sued in a United States courthouse for internet activity? One of the basic tenets of international law is that sovereign states have exclusive jurisdiction in their own territory As a result, states are often hesitant to exercise jurisdiction over events that ... there are situations where a United may take place in the territory of another States court may decide to take sovereign state without good reason. Implicit in the concept of sovereignty is jurisdiction over the activities of an the undisputed right of a state to control individual or corporation that is both the residents within its jurisdiction doing business in a state. and the rights relating to property within that state's jurisdiction. Even when a court has inherent jurisdiction over the parties to a dispute or the subject matter of that dispute, there are still circumstances when the court will decline to take February/ March 2000 24 This article is copyright @ 2000 by LawNow, Legal Studies Program, Faculty of Extension, University of Alberta. Permission to reproduce material from LawNow may be granted on request.

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