Twitch Interactive, Inc. v. Fishwoodco GmbH

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 TWITCH INTERACTIVE, INC., Case No. 22-cv-03218-VKD

Petitioner,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

v. DENYING IN PART MOTION FOR

SERVICE BY ALTERNATE MEANS

FISHWOODCO GMBH dba LOOTS, Re: Dkt. No. 16 Respondent.

13 Following an unsuccessful attempt at service of process through the Hague Convention, petitioner Twitch Interactive, Inc. (“Twitch”) now moves for leave to serve respondent Fishwoodco GmbH, doing business as Loots (“Loots”), by alternate means. The Court finds the matter suitable for determination without oral argument. Civil L.R. 7-1(b). For the reasons discussed below, the Court grants the motion in part and denies it in part. Twitch says that it is a Delaware corporation, with its principal place of business in San Francisco, California that provides content streaming services. See Dkt. No. 1 ¶¶ 1, 7. Loots is alleged to be “a German-based corporation or other legal entity organized…