Reebok manufacturers and sells fashionable athletic shoes in the United States and abroad. It owns the federally registered Reebok trademark and has registered this trademark in Mexico as well. Nathan Betech is a Mexican citizen residing in San Diego, California, with business offices there. Reebokbelieved that Betech was in the business of selling counterfeit shoes in Mexican border towns, such as Tijuana, Mexico. It sought an injunction in a federal court in California ordering Betech to cease his counterfeiting activity and refrain from destroying certain documents. It also asked the court to freeze Betech’s assets and ppending the outcome of a Lanham Act lawsuit. Betech contended that a U.S. district court has no jurisdiction or authority to enter the injunction for the activities allegedly occurring in Mexico.