GeoSolutions B.V. v. Sina.Com Online

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 GEOSOLUTIONS B.V., et al., Case No. 5:21-cv-08019-EJD

Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO

DISMISS WITH LEAVE TO AMEND;

v. DENYING AS MOOT MOTION FOR

LEAVE TO FILE SUPPLEMENTARY

SINA.COM ONLINE, et al., MATERIALS; DENYING AS MOOT

MOTION FOR DISCOVERY STAY

Defendants. Re: ECF Nos. 26, 27, 50, 67, 84, 93, 118

13 Plaintiffs GeoSolutions B.V. and GeoSolutions Holdings N.V. (collectively, 14 “GeoSolutions” or “Plaintiffs”) bring this action against thirteen separate corporate entities within 15 the Chinese media conglomerate that Plaintiffs refer to as the “Sina Group,” and against two 16 individual executives within the Sina Group. Before the Court are five separate motions to 17 dismiss. Four of the motions (ECF Nos. 26, 50, 67, 84) have been brought by eight corporate 18 defendants (the “Foreign Defendants”)1 and Cao Guowei, aka Charles Chao, who argue that the 19 Court lacks…