Cybersell, Inc. v. Cybersell, Inc

In Cybersell, Inc. v. Cybersell, Inc., 130 F.3d 414, 419 (9th Cir. 1997), the Ninth Circuit, applying Arizona law, held that Arizona did not have jurisdiction over a Florida company whose only contact with Arizona was a minimally interactive web page that was "limited to receiving the browser's name and address and an indication of interest--signing up for the service was not an option, nor did anyone from Arizona do so, and no money changed hands on the Internet from (or through) Arizona." The court reasoned that basing personal jurisdiction "on an essentially passive web page advertisement" "would not comport with traditional notions of what qualifies as purposeful activity invoking the benefits and protections of the forum state." Id. at 420.