Best Odds Corp. v. Ibus Media Ltd.

MEMORANDUM

Best Odds Corp. appeals (1) the district court’s dismissal of its trademark infringement and misappropriation claims for lack of personal jurisdiction over iBus Media Ltd. and iBus Media Holdings (“Defendants”); and (2) the district court’s order denying Best Odds’s motion for an indicative ruling. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 129Í. We affirm.

1. The district court did not err by concluding that it lacked general jurisdiction over Defendants. “[Ojnly a limited set of affiliations with a forum will render a defendant amenable to [general] jurisdiction there.” Daimler, 134 S.Ct. at 760. “[T]he paradigm forum for the exercise of general jurisdiction” over a corporation is “one in which the corporation is fairly regarded as at home,” such as the place of incorporation and principal place of business. Id. (citations omitted). “Only in an ‘exceptional case’ will general jurisdiction be available anywhere else.” Martinez v. Aero Caribbean, 764 F.3d 1062, 1070 (9th Cir. 2014) (quoting Daimler, 134 S.Ct. at 761 n.19).

Best Odds raised jurisdictional facts both in its complaint and in its objections to a magistrate judge’s order staying discovery pending…