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BP CHEMICALS LTD. v. JIANGSU SOPO CORP.

Nos. 01-2738, 01-2894.

285 F.3d 677 (2002)

BP CHEMICALS LTD., an English corporation, Appellant, v. JIANGSU SOPO CORPORATION (Group) Ltd., also known as Jiangsu Sopo (Group) Corp., also known as Jiangsu Sopo (Group) Co. Ltd.; Zhenjiang Chemical Plant, a wholly owned subsidiary of Jiangsu Sopo Corporation (Group) Ltd., Appellees, Shanghai Petrochemical Engineering Co., also known as Shanghai Petro-Chemical Engineering Corporation, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 3, 2002.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied: May 22, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel L. Brockett, Cleveland, OH, argued (James W. Satola, James B. Rosenthal, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, L.L.P., Cleveland, OH, and Charles A. Weiss, Mark S. Deiermann, Bryan Cave, L.L.P., St. Louis, MO, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellant BP Chemicals Ltd.

Salem M. Katsh, New York City, argued (Jaculin Aaron, Alex V. Chachkes, Shearman & Sterling, New York City and Michael D. O'Keefe, Kenton E. Knickmeyer, Thompson Coburn LLP, St. Louis, MO, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees Jiangsu Sopo Corp. (Group) Ltd., and Zhenjiang Chemical Plant.

Before: WOLLMAN, RICHARD S. ARNOLD and BYE, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied: May 22, 2002.

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 Corporation (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...

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