LEASON ELLIS WINS MOTION TO DISMISS/TRANSFER ON PERSONAL JURISDICTION GROUNDS

Representing New York-based non-profits, Leason Ellis attorneys Peter Sloane and Lauren Sabol obtained a decision from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware granting a motion to dismiss and/or transfer a trademark infringement and unfair competition action. In granting our motion to dismiss, Chief Judge Leonard Stark agreed that one “trap buy” orchestrated by the plaintiff’s counsel was insufficient to confer personal jurisdiction. Leason Ellis worked with local Delaware counsel, Elizabeth Wilburn Joyce of Pinckney, Weidinger, Urban & Joyce LLC, to obtain this favorable result for our clients. The case is Joseph G. McDonough v. Deborah A. Gorman, Be Positive Works, LLC, and B+ Foundation, Inc., No. 1:16-cv-00203 (LPS).