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Nature of Suit Code: 840
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 15:1051 Trademark Infringement

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THE UNITED STATES OLYMPIC

COMMITTEE and THE INTERNATIONAL

OLYMPIC COMMITTEE,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

DOES 1-10,

Defendants. /

No. C 08-03514 JSW

ORDER SETTING BRIEFING

SCHEDULE AND HEARING ON

EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR

TEMPORARY RESTRAINING

ORDER

This matter comes before the Court upon consideration of Plaintiffs’ ex parte

application for a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) and order to show cause re issuance of a

preliminary injunction. The allegations supporting the motion are set forth in the Complaint

and the memorandum in support of the request that the Court issue a temporary restraining

order, and shall not be repeated here. In brief, among other alleged wrongs, Plaintiffs assert that

Defendants are using Plaintiffs’ trademarks on seven websites in order to solicit purchases of

tickets to the 2008 Olympic Games that they are not authorized to sell. Plaintiffs further allege

that it is likely that Defendants will not actually provide any tickets to those customers who paid

for them.

Plaintiffs are HEREBY ORDERED to serve a copy of this Order on Defendants via

email by no later than noon on July 23, 2008 and file a proof of service by no later than 3:30

p.m. on July 23, 2008.

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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It is FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants shall file and serve any opposition to

Plaintiffs’ application for a TRO by 10:00 a.m. on July 24, 2008. Defendants shall deliver

chambers copies of any documents they file by no later than 10:30 a.m. on July 24, 2008.

It is FURTHER ORDERED that a hearing on Plaintiffs’ application for a TRO shall be

heard on Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. At the hearing, the parties should be prepared to

answer the following questions:

(1) Given that neither the Plaintiffs nor Defendants appear to be located in California and

none of the Declarants who sought to purchase tickets from Defendants reside in

California, why is venue proper in this district?

(2) Does this Court have personal jurisdiction over Defendants?

(3) When and how did Plaintiffs discover the facts alleged in support of their application for

the TRO?

(4) Upon review of the exhibits displaying the websites at issue, the Court notes that there

are aspects of the websites which do not appear to be selling tickets, such as the sections

entitled “Facts About Summer Olympics 2008” and “Sporting and Events Calendar

Beijing 2008.” 

(a) Should the proposed injunction be more narrowly tailored to direct Defendants to

excise the alleged infringing and unlawful portions of the websites but allow

Defendants to retain their websites to the extent there are portions which do not

use Plaintiffs’ trademarks and do not seek to sell tickets to the Olympics? 

(b) Would an injunction directing Defendants to forfeit and cease operating the

websites at issue be a prior restraint?

(5) Plaintiffs’ proposed order seeks to “impound” the domain names at issue. What is the

procedure to effectuate “impounding” the domain names? 

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United States District Court

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The Court notes that in Plaintiffs’ proposed order they use the terms “Olympic Marks”

and “Olympic Movement” without defining such terms. If the Court issues a TRO, Plaintiffs

will be required to prepare a revised proposed order defining such terms.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 23, 2008 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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