Ji

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SYDNEY JI, et al., Case No. 21-cv-05143-HSG

Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART MOTIONS TO

v. DISMISS

NAVER CORPORATION, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 108, 112, 124 Defendants.

12 Pending before the Court are Defendants’ second-round motions to dismiss. Dkt. Nos. 108 (“NAVER MTD”), 112 (“LINE MTD”). The motions have been fully briefed. See Dkt. Nos. 114 (“Opp. to LINE MTD”), 115 (“Opp. to NAVER MTD”), 118 (“NAVER Reply”), 119 (“LINE Reply”). The Court finds this matter appropriate for disposition without oral argument and the matter is deemed submitted. See Civil L.R. 7-1(b). For the reasons discussed below, the Court GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART Defendants’ motions to dismiss.1 I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND The Court granted Defendants’ first motions to dismiss with leave to amend. See generally Ji v. Naver Corp., No. 21-CV-05143-HSG, 2022 WL 4624898 (N.D. Cal. Sept. 30, 2022). …