George A. Hinshaw v. China Times Media Group

I. INTRODUCTION

18 Plaintiff George A. Hinshaw originally brought this case against Defendants 19 China Times Inc., Ltd., erroneously sued as China Times Media Group (“CT”), and 20 the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office, erroneously sued as The Ministry of 21 Economic Affairs, MOEA, and Intellectual Property Office (“TIPO”) (together, 22 “Defendants”) in the Superior Court for the State of California, County of Los 23 Angeles. (See Notice of Removal (“NOR”), ECF No. 1.) Defendants removed the 24 case to this Court on May 12, 2020. (Id.) 25 Now before the Court are Hinshaw’s Motion to Remand the action, TIPO’s 26 Motion to Dismiss the Complaint and Quash Service of Process (“TIPO’s Motion”), 27 and CT’s Motion to Dismiss the Complaint (“CT’s Motion”). (Mot. to Remand, ECF 28 1 No. 24; TIPO’s Mot., ECF No. 17; CT’s Mot., ECF No. 19.) For the following 2 reasons, the Court DENIES Hinshaw’s Motion to Remand, GRANTS TIPO’s 3 Motion, and GRANTS CT’s Motion.1 II. BACKGROUND Hinshaw played baseball in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (“the 6 League”) from 1994 to 1996, and again in…