Power Integrations, Inc. v. BCD Semiconductor Corp.’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 18 district ·

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) Transacts any business or performs any character of work or service in the State; (2) Contracts to supply services or things in this State; (3) Causes tortious injury in the State by an act or omission in this State; (4) Causes tortious injury 6 in the State or outside the State by an act or omission outside the State if the person regularly does or solicits business [in the State], engages in any other persistent course of conduct in the State or derives substantial revenue from services, or things used or consumed in the State; 7 (5) Has an interest in, uses or possesses real property in the State; or (6) Contracts to insure or act as a surety for, or on, any person, property, risk, contract, obligation or agreement located, executed or to be performed within the State at the time the contract is made, unless the parties otherwise provide in writing.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Elliott v. the Marist Bros. of the Schools, Inc. · Boston Scientific Corp. v. Wall Cardiovascular Technologies, LLC

2. “[t]he “substantial connection” ... between the defendant and the forum State necessary for a finding of minimum contacts must come about by an action of the defendant purposefully directed toward the forum State.” ... The placement of a product into the stream of commerce, without more, is not an act of the defendant purposefully directed toward the forum State. Additional conduct of the defendant may indicate an intent or purpose to serve the market in the forum State, for example, designing the product for the market in the forum State, advertising in the forum State, establishing channels for providing regular advice to -customers in the forum State, or marketing the product through a distributor who has agreed to serve as the sales agent in the forum State. But a defendant’s awareness that the stream of commerce may or will sweep the product into the forum State does not convert the mere act of placing the product into the stream into an act purposefully directed toward the forum State.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Belden Technologies, Inc. v. LS Corp. · DNA Genotek Inc. v. Spectrum DNA

3. “[T]he enumerated activities in [subsection (4)] should be analyzed to determine whether there is an intent or purpose on the part of the [nonresident] to serve the Delaware market with its product. Likewise, when analyzing [subsection] (1) it is not important that the [nonresident] itself act in Delaware. Instead, if the intent or purpose on behalf of the [nonresident] to serve the Delaware market results in the introduc tion of the product to this State and plaintiffs cause of action arises from injuries caused by that product, this section is satisfied.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Belden Technologies, Inc. v. LS Corp. · 626 F. Supp. 2d 448 - Belden Technologies, Inc. v. LS CORP.