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 Internet.’”) (quoting Zippo, 952 F. Supp. at 1124); SF Hotel Co. v. Energy Invs., Inc., 985 F. Supp. 1032, 1034 (D. Kan. 1997).

In its response to SCB’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction, Soma alleged that “Standard Chartered maintains an internet website offering information concerning Standard Chartered’s services and soliciting business from all over the planet, which allows access from anywhere, including Utah.” Pl.’s Mem. of P. & A. in Opp’n to [SCB’s] Mot. to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction at 7, Appellant’s App. Vol. I at 81–G. It referenced an “Exhibit A–1," which was not included in the record on appeal. The record does include a copy of pages from SCB’s website dated January 28, 1998. Appellant’s App. Vol. III at 268–285. The district court did not specifically address the website in its jurisdictional analysis.

Assuming Soma adequately raised the issue of the website before the district court, we have no difficulty concluding that it is the type of website which does not subject its creator, SCB, to personal jurisdiction in Utah, under any standard promulgated by any court. The website appears to be a “passive Web site that does little more than make information available to those who are interested” and one in which SCB “has simply posted information on an Internet Web site which is accessible to users in foreign jurisdictions.” ''Zippo Mfg. Co.'', 952 F. Supp. at 1124. Soma has failed to carry even its relatively light burden of