through which customers in any location can immediately engage in business with the website owner, definitely provide a basis for jurisdiction. Property as a basis for jurisdiction The Supreme Court has held that the mere fact of ownership of property within a state is not sufficient to provide minimum contacts for a court to hear cases unrelated to that property. However, the property alone provides a sufficient contact for a court having jurisdiction over that geographic area to adjudicate claims relating to the ownership of the property, or relating to injuries which occurred there. In that case, the jurisdiction exercised by the court is referred to as in rem jurisdiction (i.e. jurisdiction over the thing), instead of in personam jurisdiction. The U.S. Congress has enacted legislation which declares internet domain names to be property for the purposes of such jurisdiction. Therefore, when a webpage infringes a trademark, the owner of the trademark can sue in any'' jurisdiction where the webpage can be viewed – but only for the remedy of transferring ownership of the webpage to the trademark-holder. Notes References Civil procedure Jurisdiction Law of the United States