CompuServe, Inc. v. Patterson

In CompuServe, Inc. v. Patterson, (89 F.3d 1257 [6th Cir. 1996]) the defendant specifically targeted Ohio, the forum state, when he entered into a written contract to sell his software over the internet with a network service, the subject contract was governed by and to be construed under Ohio law, and defendant maintained an ongoing business relationship with the network service by advertising his software through the service and repeatedly sent his software to the service in Ohio.