GeoSolutions B.V. v. Sina.Com Online

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 GEOSOLUTIONS B.V., et al., Case No. 21-cv-08019-PCP

Plaintiffs,

AMENDED ORDER GRANTING

v. MOTIONS TO DISMISS

SINA.COM ONLINE, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 129, 130, 148 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 …