Case Name: INFUTURIA GLOBAL LTD., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SEQUUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-02-07
Citations: 414 F. App'x 61
Docket Number: No. 09-16378
Parties: INFUTURIA GLOBAL LTD., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SEQUUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: BYBEE, TYMKOVICH, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 414
Pages: 61–62

Head Matter:
INFUTURIA GLOBAL LTD., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SEQUUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 09-16378.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued Aug. 31, 2010.
Submitted Jan. 31, 2011.
Filed Feb. 7, 2011.
Clay Robbins, III, Magana Carthcart & McCarthy, Los Angeles, CA, Michael E. Heygood, Eric Pearson, Heygood, Orr, & Pearson, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Kathleen M. Sullivan, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY (argued); David Eiseman and Melissa J. Baily, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, San Francisco, CA; Harry J. Roper and Eric Lohrenz, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellee Sequus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Before: BYBEE, TYMKOVICH, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
The Honorable Timothy M. Tymkovich, United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Infuturia Global Ltd. ("Infuturia") appeals the district court's order dismissing its Second Amended Complaint under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) and 12(b)(7). This court has jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We affirm.
The district court did not err in dismissing this case under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), because Infuturia did not allege sufficient facts "to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face." Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 570, 127 S.Ct. 1955, 167 L.Ed.2d 929 (2007). On the tortious interference claim, Infuturia failed to allege damages stemming from Sequus's conduct, which is one of the required elements of a tortious interference claim under California law. See Pac. Gas & Elec. Co. v. Bear Sterns & Co., 50 Cal.3d 1118, 1126, 270 Cal.Rptr. 1, 791 P.2d 587 (Cal.1990). Finding the First Amended Complaint deficient, the district court ordered Infuturia to identify "the Sequus products — particular compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, improvements, developments, inventions, etc.— that allegedly fall within the scope of Infu-turia's purported contractual rights.... " Although Infuturia's Second Amended Complaint refers generally to lost profits, it failed to identify any particular product, compound, or invention that causes Infutu-ria to lose profits and royalties.
Similarly, on the conversion claim, Infu-turia failed to explain how Sequus perpetrated an "act of dominion wrongfully asserted over [Infuturia]'s personal property in denial of or inconsistent with [its] rights therein." In re Bailey, 197 F.3d 997, 1000 (9th Cir.1999) (citation and quotation marks omitted). As with the tortious interference claim, Infuturia did not identify a particular product, compound, or invention from Sequus that interfered with Infu-turia's licensing rights to certain Yissum patents.
Finally, the district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Infuturia's claims with prejudice. Leave to amend "need not be granted where the amendment of the complaint would cause the opposing party undue prejudice, is sought in bad faith, constitutes an exercise in futility, or creates undue delay." Ascon Props., Inc. v. Mobil Oil Co., 866 F.2d 1149, 1160 (9th Cir.1989) (citation omitted). "The district court's discretion to deny leave to amend is particularly broad where plaintiff has previously amended the complaint." Id. (citation omitted). Here, Infuturia had two opportunities to amend its complaint. Notwithstanding the district court's specific instructions regarding the prior complaints' deficiencies, Infuturia's Second Amended Complaint failed to make out a plausible claim.
Finally, we GRANT Infuturia's Motion to Take Judicial Notice in Support of Supplemental Brief of Appellant, Docket No. 33.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.