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AlpineGear GmbH, a German company, manufactures brake clips for ski bindings. AlpineGear sells all clips to a German assembler, which sells completed bindings to an independent distributor in New York. AlpineGear has no office, employees, property, advertising, direct sales, customer list, or distributor agreement in State L. It knows generally that some bindings containing its clips are resold throughout the United States, but it receives no state-by-state reports and does not design clips for any particular U.S. state.
A skier in State L is injured when a binding containing an AlpineGear clip fails. The skier sues AlpineGear in State L state court. State L's long-arm statute reaches as far as due process permits. AlpineGear moves to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction.
Should State L be able to exercise specific personal jurisdiction over AlpineGear? Discuss.