A Vietnam-based company that makes a mobile music app called Zing MP3 must face a copyright infringement lawsuit in the United States, the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday.
VNG Corp. had tried to escape the lawsuit from Lang Van Inc. – which owns the copyright to thousands of Vietnamese songs – by arguing that the Los Angeles federal court where the complaint was filed lacked jurisdiction over the company.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said the lower court has personal jurisdiction over VNG and wrongly dismissed the case. The Court of Appeal based its decision on a three-pronged legal…
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