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SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY IN OPPOSITION TO MOT. TO
DISMISS
5:07-CV-01389-RS
G. HOPKINS GUY, III (State Bar No. 124811)
hopguy@orrick.com
I. NEEL CHATTERJEE (State Bar No. 173985)
nchatterjee@orrick.com
MONTE COOPER (State Bar No. 196746)
mcooper@orrick.com
THERESA A. SUTTON (State Bar No. 211857)
tsutton@orrick.com
YVONNE P. GREER (State Bar No. 214072)
ygreer@orrick.com
ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP
1000 Marsh Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Telephone:
650-614-7400
Facsimile:
650-614-7401
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
FACEBOOK, INC. and MARK ZUCKERBERG
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN JOSE DIVISION
FACEBOOK, INC. and MARK
ZUCKERBERG,
Plaintiffs,
v.
CONNECTU, INC. (formerly known as
CONNECTU, LLC), CAMERON
WINKLEVOSS, TYLER WINKLEVOSS,
DIVYA NARENDRA, PACIFIC
NORTHWEST SOFTWARE, INC.,
WINSTON WILLIAMS, WAYNE CHANG,
and DAVID GUCWA,
Defendants.
Case No. 5:07-CV-01389-RS
SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY IN
OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO
DISMISS FOR LACK OF PERSONAL
JURISDICTION
Hrg. Date: July 11, 2007
Time:
9:30 A.M.
Judge:
Honorable Richard Seeborg
Case 5:07-cv-01389-RS Document 118 Filed 07/19/2007 Page 1 of 5
The Facebook, Inc. v. Connectu, LLC et al
Doc. 118
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DISMISS
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The Court authorized the parties to submit an additional memorandum related to whether
specific jurisdiction is established when a defendant does not know in what state it inflicted an
online tort. The overwhelming weight of authority demonstrates that knowledge by the defendant
of the location of a specific state is not required. As a result, specific jurisdiction over PNS and
Winston Williams is warranted in the present case.
Due to the unique nature of the tortious activity, courts routinely hold that defendants who
hack into servers v