Digital Music Provider’s Trade Secret Claims Dismissed On Jurisdictional Grounds

Mealey's (July 16, 2020, 1:54 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A provider of digital music services to DJs has failed to sufficiently plead that a federal district court has federal jurisdiction over claims against a European competitor because it has not properly shown that the defendant had minimum contacts with California  “sufficient to justify requiring the company to defend the action” in the state, a federal judge in California ruled July 13 in dismissing the action without leave to amend (Beatport LLC v. SoundCloud Ltd., No. 19-847, C.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 123719)....