GeoSolutions B.V. v. Sina.Com Online
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 GEOSOLUTIONS B.V., et al., Case No. 21-cv-08019-PCP
Plaintiffs,
ORDER DISMISSING CASE
v. 9 Re: Dkt. Nos. 129, 130, 148 SINA.COM ONLINE, et al., Defendants.
12 In this case, a Dutch technology business and its holding company bring claims arising out of a joint venture with a Hong Kong corporation involving co-ownership of a Chinese entity based in Shanghai. The threshold questions are whether this Court has jurisdiction over the defendants, and if so, whether Plaintiffs have stated valid claims. Two defendants are California corporations based in Palo Alto, while the remaining thirteen are foreign businesses and individuals. The Court previously dismissed the claims against many of the foreign defendants for lack of personal jurisdiction and against the California defendants for failure to state a claim. Now, following amendment, all but one of the foreign defendants have moved to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction and the California defendants seek dismissal for failure to…