Legal Opinion
BP Chemicals Ltd. v. Jiangsu Sopo Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 3, 2002No. 01-2738, 01-2894PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYE, Circuit Judge.
This action between an English plaintiff and Chinese defendants requires us to navigate a jurisdictional minefield. BP Chemicals Ltd. sued Jiangsu Sopo Corpo ration (Sopo) alleging violations of the Lanham Act, the International Convention for the Protection of Intellectual Property, the Missouri Uniform Trade Secrets Act and Missouri common law. Sopo claimed immunity from suit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA), Pub.L. No. 94-583, 90 Stat. 2891, because it is owned by the government of the People’s Republic of China. The district court agreed and…
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