Root Four Imagination Inc. v. Chuan Yu Electronic LTD

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROOT FOUR IMAGINATION INC., Case No. 21-cv-02772-VC

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

v. DEFAULT JUDGMENT

CHUAN YU ELECTRONIC LTD, Re: Dkt. No. 21 Defendant.

Root Four Imagination, Inc., a Canadian company, has sued Chuan Yu Electronic Ltd., a Taiwanese company, in California federal court for trademark infringement, copyright infringement, and unfair competition. Because Chuan Yu did not appear in the action, Root Four moved for default judgment. But Root Four’s complaint does not make even a prima facie showing that the Court has personal jurisdiction over Chuan Yu. So the motion is denied without prejudice to renewal. Root Four argues that the Court has nationwide specific jurisdiction over Chuan Yu. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(k)(2). But the complaint contains no allegations about the defendant’s contacts with the United States as a whole. In fact, the conclusory allegations about Chuan Yu’s contacts with one particular state, California, actively undermine Root Four’s nationwide jurisdiction argument. See Dkt. No. 1, ¶ 2 (Chuan Yu “is doing business in this District via the…