X Corp. v. Bright Data Ltd.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

X CORP., Plaintiff, No. C 23-03698 WHA

v.

BRIGHT DATA LTD., ORDER DISMISSING COMPLAINT Defendant.

15 16 INTRODUCTION A social media company asserts breach-of-contract and tort claims against a data- scraping company. It seeks to bar the data-scraping company from extracting and copying public data from its social media platform, and from selling tools that enable others to extract and copy public data from its social media platform. Meanwhile, the social media company sells its own tools that enable others to extract and copy public data from its social media platform. The data-scraping company has moved to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction and failure to state a claim. A prior order denied the motion to dismiss as to lack of personal jurisdiction. For the reasons stated herein, the motion to dismiss as to failure to state a claim is GRANTED and the instant complaint is DISMISSED.…