Case 3:22-cv-05744-AGT Document 1 Filed 10/05/22 Page 1 of 3
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`CHARLES L. THOEMING (CA State Bar No. 153504)
`ASCENDANT IP®
`3443 Golden Gate Way, Suite H
`Lafayette, California 94549
`Telephone: (925) 385,7190
`Fax: (855) 312.4463
`E-mail: cthoeming@ascendantip.com
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`Attorneys for Defendant/Counterclaimant
`MIZUNETWORK, LLC
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
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`ONLINE LEARNING, LLC dba ONE
`CLICK TRAFFIC SCHOOL, a California
`limited liability company,
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`MIZUNETWORK, LLC dba TRAFFIC
`SCHOOL 4 BUSY PEOPLE, a California
`limited liability company,
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`CASE NO.
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`DEFENDANT’S NOTICE OF REMOVAL
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`DEFENDANT’S NOTICE OF REMOVAL
`Defendant, MIZUNETWORK, LLC dba TRAFFIC SCHOOL 4 BUSY
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`PEOPLE, a California limited liability company (“Defendant” or “TS4BP”), files this
`notice of removal under 28 U.S.C. §1446(a).
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`INTRODUCTION
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`Plaintiff is ONLINE LEARNING, LLC dba ONE CLICK TRAFFIC
`SCHOOL, a California limited liability company.
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`On July 27, 2022, Plaintiff sued Defendant for trade name infringement
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`Case 3:22-cv-05744-AGT Document 1 Filed 10/05/22 Page 2 of 3
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`and assorted other business torts in the Superior Court for Santa Clara County,
`California in Case No. 22CV402129 (“State Court Case”).
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`Defendant was served with citation and a copy of Plaintiff’s Complaint
`in the State Court Case on September 14, 2022. Defendant timely files this notice of
`removal within the 30-day time period required by 28 U.S.C. §1446(b)(1), because
`the State Court Case was removable when originally filed under 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a);
`Hunter v. Phillip Morris USA, 582 F.3d 1039, 1042 (9th Cir. 2009) (quoting Ansley v.
`Ameriquest Mortg. Co., 340 F.3d 858, 861 (9th Cir. 2003)).
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`BASIS FOR REMOVAL
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`Removal is proper because Plaintiff’s suit involves a federal question
`under 15 U.S.C. §§1051 – 1141n. (See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1441(a); Grable &n Sons
`Metal Prods., Inc. v. Darue Eng’g & Mfg., 545 U.S. 308, 312 (2005); Broader v. Cablevision
`Sys. Corp., 418 F.3d 187, 194 (2d Cir. 2005); Peters v. Union Pac. R.R., 80 F.3d 257, 260
`(8th Cir. 1996). Specifically, Plaintiff alleges common law trademark, plus state and
`federal trademark registrations as supporting its trade name infringement cause of
`action, establishing Federal-question jurisdiction under 15 U.S.C. §§1051 – 1141n.
`(See Complaint, paragraph 8, pp. 3 – 4).
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`Consent of a defendant is not necessary if that defendant is unknown.
`Green v. Am. Online (AOL), 318 F.3d 465, 470 (3d Cir. 2003). Plaintiff’s complaint
`includes unknown DOE defendants 1 through 25, inclusive.
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`Copies of all pleadings, process, orders, and other filings in the State
`Court Case are attached to this notice as required by 28 U.S.C. §1446(a).
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`Venue is proper in this district under 28 U.S.C. §1441(a) because the
`state court where the State Court Case is pending is located in this district.
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`Defendant will promptly file a copy of this notice of removal with the
`clerk of the state court where the State Court Case is pending.
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`JURY DEMAND
`Plaintiff did not demand a jury in the State Court Case.
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`CONCLUSION
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`For these reasons, Defendant asks the Court to remove the suit to the
`United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
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`Dated: October 5, 2022
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`Respectfully submitted,
`ASCENDANT IP®
`/s/Charles L. Thoeming
`Charles L. Thoeming
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`Attorneys for Defendant,
`MIZUNETWORK, LLC dba TRAFFIC
`SCHOOL 4 BUSY PEOPLE, a California
`limited liability company
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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` certify that on October 5, 2022, I electronically transmitted the foregoing
`document and all referenced attachments to the Clerk’s Office using the CM/ECF
`System for filing and transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to all CM/ECF
`registrants of record in this matter.
`I certify that on October 5, 2022, I also served copies of the foregoing
`documents and all referenced attachments to Plaintiff’s lawyers as identified in the
`State Court Case at the following email addresses:
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`john@rdlaw.net; and
`• greg@rdlaw.net.
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`/s/ Charles L. Thoeming
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