SUE L. ROBINSON, United States District Judge.
At Wilmington this 4th day of February, 2016, having reviewed the papers filed in connection with the pending motions, and having heard oral argument on the same, the court issues its decision based on the reasoning that follows:
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2. DNAG is a leading provider of products for biological sample collection, such as saliva collection devices (also referred to as saliva test kits) for DNA testing. DNAG is the owner by assignment of U.S. Patent No. 8,221,381 ("the '381 patent"), entitled "Container System for Releasably Storing a Substance," that issued July 17, 2012. On or about July 31, 2015, Spectrum launched a website offering saliva test kits to the public, which kits are accused of infringing the '381 patent in this lawsuit (hereinafter, "the accused product"). In this regard, Spectrum facilitates the production and supply of the accused product to Ancestry.com DNA, LLC ("Ancestry"), a Delaware limited liability company with its principal place of business in Provo, Utah, for sale in interstate commerce, including in Delaware. The court has subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1338(a). There are two pending motions at bar. DNAG has filed a motion seeking to preliminarily enjoin Spectrum's sale of the accused product. Spectrum has filed a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction.
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3. To establish personal jurisdiction, a plaintiff must produce facts sufficient to satisfy two requirements by a preponderance of the evidence, one statutory and one constitutional. See id. at 66; Reach & Assocs. v. Dencer, 269 F.Supp.2d 497, 502 (D.Del.2003). With respect to the statutory requirement, the court must determine whether there is a statutory basis for jurisdiction under the forum state's long-arm statute. See Reach & Assocs., 269 F.Supp.2d at 502. The constitutional basis requires the court to determine whether the exercise of jurisdiction comports with the defendant's right to due process. See id.; see also Int'l Shoe Co. v. Washington, 326 U.S. 310, 316, 66 S.Ct. 154, 90 L.Ed. 95 (1945).
4. Pursuant to the relevant portions of Delaware's long-arm statute, 10 Del. C. § 3104(c)(1)-(4), a court may exercise personal jurisdiction over a defendant when the defendant or its agent:
10 Del. C. § 3104(c)(1)-(4). With the exception of (c)(4), the long-arm statute requires a showing of specific jurisdiction. See Shoemaker v. McConnell, 556 F.Supp.2d 351, 354, 355 (D.Del.2008). Subsection (4) confers general jurisdiction, which requires a greater number of contacts, but allows the exercise of personal jurisdiction even when the claim is unrelated to the forum contacts. See Applied Biosystems, Inc. v. Cruachem, Ltd., 772 F.Supp. 1458, 1466 (D.Del.1991).
5. If defendant is found to be within the reach of the long-arm statute, the court then must analyze whether the exercise of personal jurisdiction comports with due process, to wit, whether plaintiff has demonstrated that defendant "purposefully avail[ed] itself of the privilege of conducting activities within the forum State," so that it should "reasonably anticipate being haled into court there." World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson, 444 U.S. 286, 297, 100 S.Ct. 559, 62 L.Ed.2d 490 (1980) (citations omitted). For the court to exercise specific personal jurisdiction consistent with due process, plaintiff's cause of action must have arisen from the defendant's activities in the forum State. See Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz, 471 U.S. 462, 472, 105 S.Ct. 2174, 85 L.Ed.2d 528 (1985). For the court to exercise general personal jurisdiction consistent with due process, plaintiff's cause of action can be unrelated to defendant's activities in the forum State, so long as defendant has "continuous and systematic contacts with the forum state." Applied Biosystems, Inc. v. Cruachem, Ltd., 772 F.Supp. 1458, 1470 (D.Del.1991).
6. Spectrum has moved to dismiss, arguing that it has no contacts with the State of Delaware. The record discloses that Spectrum has no facilities, employees, bank accounts, or other physical presence in Delaware. Spectrum is not registered to do business in Delaware. Aside from its website,
7. I have recognized the "dual jurisdiction" or "stream-of-commerce" analytical framework as a basis for personal jurisdiction under Delaware law. See Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Ricoh Co., Ltd., 67 F.Supp.3d 656 (D.Del.2014); and Belden Techs., Inc. v. LS Corp., 829 F.Supp.2d 260 (D.Del.2010). Accord Robert Bosch LLC v. Alberee Products, Inc., 70 F.Supp.3d 665 (D.Del.2014). Under this theory, it is DNAG's burden to demonstrate that: (1) Spectrum has an intent to serve the Delaware market; (2) this intent results in the introduction of the accused product into Delaware; and (3) DNAG's cause of action arises from injuries caused by sale of the accused product in Delaware. See Belden, 829 F.Supp.2d at 267-68; Bosch, 70 F.Supp.3d at 675.
8. Under the construct discussed in Boone v. Oy Partek Ab, 724 A.2d 1150, 1158 (Del.Super.1997), aff'd, 707 A.2d 765 (Del.1998), "the touchstone of dual jurisdiction analysis is intent and purpose to serve the Delaware market." Power Integrations, Inc. v. BCD Semiconductor, 547 F.Supp.2d 365, 372 (D.Del.2008); see Boone, 724 A.2d at 1158. In this regard,
9. In addition to demonstrating that Spectrum's conduct falls within the scope of Delaware's long-arm statute, DNAG must also demonstrate that exercising personal jurisdiction over Spectrum passes constitutional muster under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. For the constitutional dimension to add anything of substance to the jurisdictional inquiry, one looks to Justice O'Connor's plurality opinion in Asahi Metal Industry Co., Ltd. v. Superior Court of California, Solano County, 480 U.S. 102, 107 S.Ct. 1026, 94 L.Ed.2d 92 (1987). Rejecting the more liberal approach taken by Justice Brennan (also writing for four justices),
Id. at 112, 107 S.Ct. 1026 (emphasis in original).
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11. As noted, there is no dispute that Ancestry specifically targets the Delaware market (see, e.g., D.I. 31, ex. 4) and sells the accused product
12. The above record is distinguishable from those cases where personal jurisdiction was found to exist. In Boone, for instance, the court exercised personal jurisdiction over a non-resident defendant ("Partek") who produced asbestos from a mine in Finland; Partek itself did not sell or distribute the asbestos to Delaware but, instead, "engaged" a third-party "to be its exclusive distributor of asbestos in the United States" and to "solicit business from the Country as a whole, including Delaware. Thus, not only did Partek anticipate that its product would be distributed to all states, including Delaware, it took affirmative steps to direct its product here." 724 A.2d at 1160. Likewise, in Bosch, Chief Judge Stark found that Saver Automotive Products, Inc., a Maryland corporation, was subject to personal jurisdiction in Delaware because Saver, although it assembled components into automotive windshield wiper blades in Maryland, sold the accused wiper blades to "the nationwide reseller Costco with the expectation that Costco [would] sell the accused product in all parts of the United States, including Delaware." 70 F.Supp.3d at 678. In contrast, I did not exercise personal jurisdiction over non-resident defendants who, e.g., transferred title to the accused products in Japan prior to importation,
13. The record at bar is more similar to the latter, not the former, fact patterns. The only Delaware contacts of record are those of Ancestry, and it is Ancestry who (like the asbestos producer in Boone and the wiper blade assembler in Bosch) is responsible for the distribution of the accused product into Delaware. Ultimately, it is DNAG's burden to demonstrate that the exercise of personal jurisdiction over Spectrum comports with the Due Process Clause, i.e., that Spectrum has an intent or purpose to serve the Delaware market. The record is not persuasive in this regard.
14. DNAG has requested full jurisdictional discovery in the event the record is found wanting. I conclude jurisdictional discovery is warranted, given the failure of Spectrum's declarant to fully explore Spectrum's marketing and sales activities, and given the business relationship between Spectrum and Ancestry.
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