Elite Semiconductor, Inc. v. Anchor Semiconductor, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 ELITE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., Case No. 5:20-cv-06846-EJD

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

DISMISS FOR IMPROPER SERVICE

v. AND LACK OF PERSONAL

JURISDICTION

ANCHOR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 36 Defendants.

12 Elite Semiconductor, Inc. (“ESI”) brings this suit against its former employee Chin-Hsen Lin (“Lin”), Anchor Semiconductor, Inc. (“Anchor”), and Anchor’s president and chief executive officer Chen Ming Hu (“Hu”) in connection with the alleged misappropriation of ESI’s trade secrets. Lin now moves to dismiss the claims asserted against him for insufficient service of process and for lack of personal jurisdiction. ESI opposes the motion. For the reasons discussed below, Lin’s motion to dismiss is GRANTED for insufficient service of process and lack of personal jurisdiction.1 I. BACKGROUND ESI’s operative complaint (“Compl.”)…