Jang
NibiruTech Ltd. v. Jang
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Hamilton, J.
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS
Defendants’ motion to dismiss the above-entitled action came on for hearing before this court on November 12, 2014. Plaintiff appeared by its counsel Sophia Jiang, Howard Rockman, and Christopher Aguilar; and defendants appeared by their counsel Michael Lee. Having read the parties’ papers and carefully considered their arguments and the relevant legal authority, the court hereby DENIES the motion as follows.
BACKGROUND
Plaintiff NibiruTech Ltd. (“NibiruTech”), a Chinese company located in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China (“PRC”), develops and builds mobile video games based on Android and iOS operating, systems.
Defendants Andrew Jang and Maggie Jang both reside in California, and defendant HJClan, Inc. (“HJClan”) is a California corporation with its principal place of business in Millbrae, California. Nibiru-Tech alleges that HJClan is “owned” by Maggie Jang.
*1079 At some point in 2011 or 2012, Nibiru-Tech hired Andrew Jang, a United States citizen, to serve as its marketing director in China. When he was hired by Nibiru-Tech, Andrew Jang was enrolled in (or had just completed) an MBA program at a Chinese…