A federal judge for the Southern District of New York
has ruled that the operator of the web site NFLToday.com can be sued by the National
Football League in New York, even though the site's alleged trademark and copyright
infringements occurred in California. Noting that "the mere maintenance of a
web site in a distant state that was visited by people in New York did not subject the
defendant to jurisdiction in New York," Judge John S. Martin, Jr. found that because
the operator of NFLToday.com earned substantial income from interstate commerce, he was
subject to the jurisdiction of courts in other states. National Football League, et al. v. Ken
Miller d/b/a NFL Today Online
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