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The jurisdiction of a state is often limited to its territorial boundaries. In the realm of economic regulation, particularly with anti-monopoly legislation, US courts have demonstrated a propensity to extend domestic laws outside geographical limits. U.S. tribunals, as exemplified in US v Watchmakers of Switzerland Information Center Inc 133 F Supp 40 (1955), have embraced the perspective that when foreign activities yield consequences or effects within the United States that contravene domestic law, U.S. courts possess the authority to issue orders mandating the disposition of patent rights and other assets belonging to foreign corporations. The Court of Justice of the European Union has implemented a comparable concept for corporate subsidiaries (A Ahlstom Oy v Commission [1988] ECR 5193 (Woodpulp Case)).
The jurisdiction of a state is often limited to its territorial boundaries. In the realm of economic regulation, particularly with anti-monopoly legislation, US courts have demonstrated a propensity to extend domestic laws outside geographical limits. U.S. tribunals, as exemplified in US v Watchmakers of Switzerland Information Center Inc 133 F Supp 40 (1955), have embraced the perspective that when foreign activities yield consequences or effects within the United States that contravene domestic law, U.S. courts possess the authority to issue orders mandating the disposition of patent rights and other assets belonging to foreign corporations. The Court of Justice of the European Union has implemented a comparable concept for corporate subsidiaries (A Ahlstom Oy v Commission [1988] ECR 5193 (Woodpulp Case)).
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