By Tiffany Hu (January 19, 2022, 9:02 PM EST) — The First Circuit has upheld a lower court’s dismissal of a trademark lawsuit against a Canadian employee reimbursement company, finding that the company wasn’t subject to personal jurisdiction in Massachusetts, where the case was filed.

In a published opinion issued Tuesday, a three-judge panel said a Massachusetts federal judge correctly rejected Motus LLC’s arguments for sustaining its lawsuit against Toronto-based CarData Consultants Inc., which Motus accused of infringing its “strong rights” in the phrase “corporate reimbursement services” on CarData’s website.

Among other things, Motus said CarData purposefully availed itself of doing business with Massachusetts residents through its website. But the district…