Will Co., Ltd. v. Ka Lee

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

WILL CO., LTD., a limited liability No. 21-35617 company organized under the laws of Japan, D.C. No. Plaintiff-Appellant, 3:20-cv-05802-

BHS

v.

KA YEUNG LEE, an individual; OPINION

YOUHAHA MARKETING AND

PROMOTION LIMITED, a foreign company; DOES, 1–20, doing business as ThisAV.com, Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Benjamin H. Settle, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 18, 2022 Seattle, Washington

Filed August 31, 2022

Before: Kim McLane Wardlaw, Ronald M. Gould, and Mark J. Bennett, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Wardlaw WILL CO., LTD. V. LEE

SUMMARY *

Personal Jurisdiction

The panel reversed the district court’s dismissal of a copyright suit for lack of specific personal jurisdiction and remanded for further proceedings.

Will Co. Ltd., a Japanese adult entertainment producer, brought this copyright infringement action against the owners and operators of ThisAV.com, a video-hosting site based in Hong Kong, alleging that the site…