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Foreign Defendant Subject to Personal Jurisdiction for Purposely Directing Activities to the U.S.

The Federal Circuit held that it would be reasonable and fair to exercise specific personal jurisdiction over DAL because the United States has an important interest in adjudicating patent infringement disputes and M-I has a keen interest in obtaining convenient and effective relief, especially considering that modern advances in communication and transportation would reduce DAL’s burden of litigating in a distant United States court.