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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 15:1121 Trademark Infringement

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PARTIES’ JOINT STIPULATION REGARDING NEW HEARING DATE 3:15-cv-01849-HSG 

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ROBERT P. ANDRIS (SBN 130290) 

randris@gordonrees.com 

MICHAEL D. KANACH (SBN 271215) 

mkanach@gordonrees.com 

GORDON & REES LLP 

275 Battery Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 986-5900 

Facsimile: (415) 986-8054 

THOMAS E. MOORE, III (SBN 115107) 

tmoore@rroyselaw.com 

ROYSE LAW FIRM, PC 

1717 Embarcadero Road 

Palo Alto, CA 94303 

Telephone (650) 813-9700 

Facsimile: (650) 813-9777 

Attorneys for 

Defendant and Counterclaimant, 

ORGANIC SPICES, INC. 

 MEYLAN DAVITT JAIN 

 AREVIAN & KIM LLP 

ROBERT L. MEYLAN (SBN 144031) 

rmeylan@mdjalaw.com 

SHAUNT T. AREVIAN (SBN 237698) 

sarevian@mdjalaw.com 

444 South Flower Street, Suite 1850 

Los Angeles, California 90071 

Telephone: (213) 225-6000 

Facsimile: (213) 225-6660 

HOLMES WEINBERG, P.C. 

STEVEN M. WEINBERG (SBN 235581) 

smweinberg@holmesweinberg.com 

30765 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 411 

Malibu, California 90265 

Telephone: (310) 457-6100 

Facsimile: (310) 457-9555 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, 

MORTON & BASSETT, LLC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MORTON & BASSETT, LLC, a California 

limited liability company, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

ORGANIC SPICES, INC., a California 

Corporation, 

Defendant. 

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CASE NO. 3:15-cv-01849-HSG 

PARTIES’ JOINT STIPULATION 

REGARDING A REVISED HEARING 

SCHEDULE; AND ORDER 

The Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. 

Action Filed: April 24, 2015 

Current Hearing Date: December 8, 2016 

Proposed Hearing Date: December 15, 2016 

Trial Date: March 13, 2017 ORGANIC SPICES, INC., a California 

Corporation, 

Counterclaimant, 

v. 

MORTON & BASSETT, LLC, a California 

limited liability company, 

Counterclaim-Defendant. 

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STIPULATION

TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR COUNSEL OF RECORD: 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, pursuant to Rules 6-1(b) and 6-2 of the Civil Local Rules (Civil 

L.R.), Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant Morton & Bassett, LLC ( “M&B”) and Defendant and 

Counterclaimant Organic Spices, Inc. ( “Organic Spices”) (hereinafter collectively “Parties”), stipulate 

and seek an order from the Court as follows: 

WHEREAS, the Parties stipulate – subject to Court approval and availability – to one 

modification to the schedule, specifically to reschedule the hearing date for Organic Spices’ 

Motion for Summary Judgment, or in the Alternative Motion for Summary Adjudication 

(“Motion for Summary Judgment”), from December 8, 2016, to December 15, 2016, because 

Organic Spices’ counsel was recently assigned a trial date in another matter that conflicts with 

the hearing date as scheduled, as set forth below: 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Court Order, the hearing date for Organic Spices’ Motion for 

Summary Judgment is currently scheduled for December 8, 2016; 

WHEREAS, there is good cause, and an unfortunate and unavoidable reason, for the Parties’ 

stipulated request to modify the Court’s Scheduling Order; 

WHEREAS, until November 18, 2016, the Parties had no conflicts for December 8, 2016; 

WHEREAS, on Friday, November 18, 2016, counsel for Organic Spices attended a docketing 

call (in another matter, for another client) in the Western District of Texas (Austin) and was informed 

by the Honorable Sam Sparks that their trial in that matter was going to begin on Monday, December 

5, 2016, which would conflict with the hearing scheduled in this matter; 

WHEREAS, the trial date was previously scheduled generally for December 2016, and could 

have been scheduled over a three-week span, and did not necessarily conflict with the hearing date in 

this matter until notice was provided on November 18; 

WHEREAS, counsel for Organic Spices anticipates that it is more likely than not that the 2-4 

day trial and travel will preclude counsel’s – namely, both Robert Andris and Michael Kanach’s – 

ability to attend and argue Organic Spices’ Motion for Summary Judgment the same week, on 

Thursday, December 8, 2016, in San Francisco, CA. Unfortunately, counsel cannot be two places at 

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the same time; 

WHEREAS, the following Monday, November 21, 2016, counsel for Organic Spices contacted 

counsel for M&B to discuss the conflict and discuss amicable resolutions to Organic Spices’ counsel’s 

unforeseen scheduling concern; 

WHEREAS, the Parties contacted the Court clerk on November 22, 2016, to discuss options for 

alternative dates and the Court’s impacted schedule; 

WHEREAS, December 15, 2016, is the next Thursday and both Parties are available; 

WHEREAS, the Parties waited until December 1 to file this stipulated request because it was 

the first instance when counsel for Organic Spices could confirm (a) that their other matter was not 

going to settle prior to trial, and (b) the Parties’ availability for a hearing on December 15, 20161

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WHEREAS, regarding previous extensions, the Parties have previously worked together to 

resolve scheduling disputes or concerns and propose reasonable schedules for the Court; 

WHEREAS, the Parties have complied with the other dates in the Scheduling Order, dated 

September 27, 2016 (ECF 61), namely M&B filing a second amended complaint, Organic Spices filing 

a dispositive motion and the Parties filing their respective opposition and reply brief and related 

administrative motions; 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Court Order the following dates remain on the Scheduling Order: 

 

WHEREAS, December 15, 2016, is the next Thursday on the calendar; 

WHEREAS, the Parties do not believe that any further modifications of the Court’s Scheduling 

Order will be necessary, should the Court be able to hear the motion on December 15, 2016. 

 

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 The Parties waited to file this Stipulation until December 1, because – until that time – counsel for 

Organic Spices was unavailable on the December 15, 2016 date. Until the evening of November 30, 

2016, counsel for Organic Spices had a scheduling conflict on December 15, 2016, a hearing on a 

motion for summary judgment in another matter (a separate matter, for a different client). On 

November 30, counsel for Organic Spices resolved that matter, and thus the December 15, 2016 date 

became available. The Parties met and conferred at their earliest opportunity, the following day, on 

December 1, 2016, and prepared this Stipulation proposing a December 15, 2016 hearing date. 

Litigation Event [Proposed] Court Deadline

Dispositive Motion Hearing Date December 8, 2016 at 2:00 p.m.

Pretrial Conference February 28, 2017 at 3:00 p.m.

Jury Selection and Trial March 13, 2017 at 8:30 a.m. 

(7 court days)

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Specifically, the Parties believe that a hearing date of December 15, 2016, would not impact the 

remaining dates on the Scheduling Order, nor the pre-trial dates set forth in Judge Gilliam's Civil 

Pretrial & Trial Standing Order; 

WHEREAS, the Parties do not seek to modify the trial date; 

WHEREAS, counsel for Organic Spices is unavailable Thursday, December 22, 2016; 

WHEREAS, the Parties are available other Thursdays, namely December 29, 2016, or January 

5, 12, or 19, 2017, but the Parties share a concern that a later hearing date (and later Order) might 

interfere with the Parties’ trial date and pre-trial deadlines; and 

WHEREAS, the Parties understand the Court’s calendar currently shows no other available 

dates prior to February 2017, they seek this modification to accommodate this scheduling concern. 

STIPULATION

The Parties, by and through their respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows, 

subject to approval by the Court: 

The hearing of Organic Spices’ Motion for Summary Judgment currently scheduled for 

December 8, 2016, is hereby rescheduled to December 15, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. 

DATED: December1, 2016 MEYLAN DAVITT JAIN AREVIAN & KIM LLP 

HOLMES WEINBERG, A.P.C. 

 

By: /s/ Robert L. Meylan 

 Robert L. Meylan 

Shaunt T. Arevian 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant 

MORTON & BASSETT, LLC 

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DATED: December 1, 2016 GORDON & REES LLP 

 

By: /s/ Michael D. Kanach 

 Robert P. Andris 

Michael D. Kanach 

 Attorneys for Defendant and Counter-Claimant 

ORGANIC SPICES, INC. 

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ATTESTATION OF SIGNATURES 

I, Michael D. Kanach, counsel for Defendant and Counter-Claimant Organic Spices, Inc., attest 

that I obtained authority from counsel for Plaintiff Morton and Bassett, LLC, for this concurrence in 

the filing’s content and their authorization of the filing with all signatories listed, and on whose behalf 

the filing is submitted. 

DATED: December 1, 2016 GORDON & REES LLP 

 

By: /s/ Michael D. Kanach 

 Robert P. Andris 

Michael D. Kanach 

 Attorneys for Defendant and Counter-Claimant 

ORGANIC SPICES, INC. 

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 The hearing of Organic Spices’ Motion for Summary Judgment currently scheduled for December 8, 

2016, is hereby rescheduled to December 22, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. 

DATED: December 5, 2016 _____________________________________ 

Honorable Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr.

United States District Judge 

1105997/30652508v.1 

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