Temario curso

Jurisdicción en Internet: ¿Existe en Puerto Rico?

I. Introducción a la Jurisdicción en Internet

a. Jurisdicción extraterritorial y el Debido Proceso de Ley

i. International Shoe v. Washington, 326 U.S. 310 (1945)

b. Jurisdicción General en Internet

i. Helicópteros Nacionales de Colombia. S.A. v. Hall, 466 U.S. 408

(1984).

ii. Gator.Com Corp. v. L.L. Bean, Inc., 341 F.3d 1072 (9th Cir.

2003).

iii. Moncrief Oil Intern., Inc. v. OAO Gazprom, 332 S.W.3d 1 (Tex.

App. Fort Worth 2010).

c. Jurisdicción Específica en Internet

i. Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz, 471 U.S. 462 (1985).

ii. Invisible Fence, Inc. v. Fido's Fences, Inc., 687 F. Supp. 2d 726

(E.D. Tenn. 2009).

iii. Edvisors Network, Inc. v. Educational Advisors, Inc., 755 F. Supp.

2d 272 (D. Mass. 2010).

iv. CollegeSource, Inc. v. AcademyOne, Inc., 653 F.3d 1066, 99

U.S.P.Q.2d 1672 (9th Cir. 2011).

II. La Normativa Jurisdiccional Bajo Zippo

a. Zippo Mfg. Co. v. Zippo Dot Com, Inc., 952 F.Supp. 1119 (1997).

i. Websites pasivos

 

 

1. Cybersell Inc. v. Cybersell, Inc., 130 F.3d 414 (9th Cir. 1997).

2. Inset Systems, Inc. v. Instruction Set, Inc., 937 F.Supp. 161 (D.

Conn. 1996).

ii. Websites intermedios (área gris)

1. Williams v. Advertising Sex, 2007 WL 2570182 (N.D. W.Va.

2007).

b. Energy Automation Systems, Inc. v. Saxton, 618 F. Supp. 2d 807

(M.D. Tenn. 2009).

c. McManaway v. KBR, Inc., 695 F. Supp. 2d 883 (S.D. Ind. 2010).

d. Crouch v. Honeywell Intern., Inc., 682 F. Supp. 2d 788 (W.D.

Ky. 2010).

III. Jurisprudencia Moderna del Internet – Apartándonos de Zippo con el Web 2.0

a. GTE New Media Services Inc. v. BellSouth Corp., 199 F.3d 1343

(D.C. 2000).

b. ALS Scan v. Digital Services Consultants, Inc., 293 F.3d 707 (4th Cir.

2002).

c. Instabook v. Instapublisher.com, 469 F. Supp. 2d 1120 (M.D. Fla.

2006).

d. Hyperquest, Inc. v. NuGen I.T., Inc., 627 F. Supp. 2d 884 (N.D. Ill.

2008).

e. Chloe v. Queen Bee of Beverly Hills, LLC, 616 F.3d 158 (2d Cir.

2010).

IV. Jurisdicción en Internet en Caso de Daños

 

 

a. Calder v. Jones, 465 U.S. 783 (1984).

b. Bochan v. La Fontaine, 68 F. Supp. 2d 692 (E.D. Va. 1999).

c. Zidon v. Pickrell, 344 F. Supp. 2d 624 (D.N.D. 2004);

d. Doe v. Ciolli, 611 F. Supp. 2d 216 (D. Conn. 2009).

e. Lifestyle Lift Holding Co., Inc. v. Prendiville, 768 F. Supp. 2d 929

(E.D. Mich. 2011).

f. Henderson v. Laser Spine Institute, 815 F. Supp. 2d 353 (D. Me.

2011).

V. Selección de Foro en la Contratación

a. M/S Bremen v. Zapata Off–Shore Co., 407 U.S. 1 (1972).

b. Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Shute, 499 U.S. 585 (1991).

c. Groff v. America Online, Inc., 1998 WL 307001 (R.I. 1998).

d. Caspi v. Microsoft Network, L.L.C., 732 A.2d 528 (N.J. Super.

Ct. App. Div. 1999).

e. Bowen v. YouTube, Inc., 2008 WL 1757578 (W.D. Wash. 2008).

VI. ¿La cyberjurisdicción puertorriqueña?

a. Trans-Oceanic Life Insurance Co. v. Oracle Corporation, KLCE200700021, 30 de marzo de 2007.

b. TOLIC v. Oracle Corp., 2012 T.S.P.R. 34.

- Referencias Adicionales

a. Artículos

i. Eric C. Hawkins, General jurisdiction and Internet contacts: What

role, if any, should the Zippo Sliding Scale Test play in the

 

 

analysis?, Fordham Law Review, 74 Fordham L. Rev. 2371 (2006).

ii. Sergio E. Criado Mangual, La ciberjurisdicción puertorriqueña:

¿Constituye el mero uso del Internet los contactos mínimos

requeridos para poder adquirir jurisdicción in personam de las

partes contractuales?, Revista Jurídica Universidad Interamericana

de Puerto Rico, 40 Rev. Juridica U. Inter. P.R. 377 (2006).

iii. Jenny L. Grantz, A culture without consequences? Redefining

purposeful availment for wrongful online conduct, Hasting Law

Journal, 63 Hastings L.J. 1135 (2012).

iv. Emily Ekland, Scaling back Zippo: The downside to the Zippo

Sliding Scale and proposed alternatives to its uses, Albany

Government Law Review, 5 Alb. Gov't L. Rev. 380 (2012).

v. James Grimmelmann, Sealand, Heavenco, and the Rule of Law,

University of Illinois Law Review, 2012 U. Ill. L. Rev. 405 (2012).

b. Libros

i. Jonathan L. Zittrain, Internet Law Jurisdiction (Foundation Press

2005).

ii. Lawrence Lessig, Code: And Other Laws of Cyberspace, Version

2.0 (Basic Books 2006).

iii. Jack Goldsmith, Tim Wu, Who Controls the Internet?: Illusions of a

Borderless World (Oxford University Press 2008).