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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Ezra declines to adopt a report and recommendations after a previous judge denied default judgment to an outerwear company in a trademark dispute due to what the previous judge said was lack of personal jurisdiction. The outerwear company had decided not to several product lines and had instead entered a contract to destroy and recycle them, but contrary to that agreement some of the products were instead illicitly sold. While the previous judge found that a person sued in the case did not have sufficient contacts in Texas, Texas has “legitimate interests in adjudicating a dispute that involves the sale of goods in Texas and to Texas consumers,” and the outerwear company likewise has “a compelling interest in obtaining relief in the forum where its goodwill and reputation have been damaged” due to alleged illicit sales.