LANG VAN, INC. v. VNG CORP.

No. 19-56452.

40 F.4th 1034 (2022)

LANG VAN, INC., a California corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VNG CORPORATION, a Vietnamese corporation, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 21, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cory A. Baskin (argued), Brandon J. Witkow , and Erin C. Witkow , Witkow Baskin, Woodland Hills, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Kelly L. Perigoe (argued), Michael D. Roth , and James A. Unger , Los Angeles, California; Quyen L. Ta , San Francisco, California; for Defendant-Appellee.

Megan L. Brown , David E. Weslow , Ari S. Meltzer , and Adrienne J. Kosak , Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Association of American Publishers, Inc.

John C. Ulin , Troygould PC, Los Angeles, California; Michael E. Kientzle , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae Copyright Alliance.

Robert H. Rotstein , Los Angeles, California; J. Matthew Williams , Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae Motion Picture Association, Inc.

Before: Jay S. Bybee and Mark J. Bennett, Circuit Judges, and Joseph F. Bataillon, District Judge.


OPINION

BACKGROUND

In 2014, Lang Van, Inc. ("Lang Van") filed a copyright infringement suit against VNG Corporation ("VNG"). VNG, prior to discovery or answer, moved to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. The district court granted the motion on October 8, 2014. On October 11, 2016, the Ninth...

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