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Nature of Suit Code: 840
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 15:1114 Trademark Infringement

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Matthew G. Ball (SBN 208881)

matthew.ball@klgates.com

K&L GATES LLP

Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 1200

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 882-8200

Facsimile: (415) 882-8220

Attorneys for Plaintiff WORLD WRESTLING

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WORLD WRESTLING

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,

Plaintiff,

vs.

DOMINIC ANGEL RODRIGUEZ, VU 

TRUONG TRAN, BENJAMIN ADHAM 

PECHETTI, IBRAHAM NIMER 

SHIHEIBER, JOHN AND JANE DOES 1-

100, and XYZ CORPORATIONS 1-100,

Defendants.

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Case Number: C 15-01263-VC

NOTICE OF DISMISSAL WITHOUT 

PREJUDICE; AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

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Pursuant to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Plaintiff World Wrestling 

Entertainment, Inc. (“WWE”), by and through its undersigned attorney, hereby files this Notice 

of Dismissal Without Prejudice and states as follows:

1. WWE filed this action for trademark infringement, counterfeiting and dilution 

under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051, et seq., including the Trademark Counterfeiting Act of 

1984, 15 U.SC. § 1116(d), and related state law claims for trademark infringement and unfair 

competition occasioned by Defendants’ unlawful manufacture, distribution and/or sale of 

counterfeit merchandise bearing unauthorized copies of WWE’s registered and unregistered 

trademarks and service marks.

2. Pursuant to this Court’s March 24, 2015 Temporary Restraining Order, Order for 

Seizure of Counterfeit Marked Goods and Order to Show Cause Why A Preliminary Injunction 

Should Not Issue (Docket Number 18) (the “TRO”), WWE filed an injunction bond with the 

Court in the amount of US $10,000 (Docket Number 20) and enforced the TRO against 

counterfeiters at its Wrestlemania® 31 events which occurred in the Santa Clara, California area. 

3. As reflected in WWE’s Verified Amended Complaint and the Supplemental 

Declaration of Lauren Dienes-Middlen (Docket Number 22), WWE personally served 

Defendants Dominic Rodriguez, Benjamin Pechetti, Vu Tran and Ibraham Shiheiber with 

WWE’s original Verified Complaint. In addition, WWE mailed the Verified Amended 

Complaint to each of the named Defendants.

4. None of the named Defendants appeared at the Preliminary Injunction hearing on 

April 7, 2015. 

5. On April 20, 2015, the Court granted a Preliminary Injunction and Order of 

Seizure, enjoining, among other things, the sale of such counterfeit merchandise and authorizing 

law enforcement officers to seize such counterfeit merchandise “on the premises or within a fivemile radius of the venues where a WWE live event occurs during the duration of this Order.” 

Docket Number 24.

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6. On June 1, 2015, Robert Kane, Esq. entered his appearance as counsel for 

Dominic Rodriguez, Benjamin Pechetti, and Vu Tran. Docket Number 33. None of those 

defendants served an answer or otherwise responded to the Amended Complaint.

7. Instead, the parties engage in settlement discussions which resulted in a Courtapproved Stipulation of Dismissal without prejudice as to those defendants. Docket Number 41. 

8. As reflected in the approved stipulation, however, “all other claims in this lawsuit 

that are not between WWE and DOMINIC ANGEL RODRIGUEZ, VU TRUONG TRAN, and 

BENJAMIN ADHAM PECHETTI shall be unaffected by this stipulation and shall remain in full 

force.” Id. 

9. Defendant Ibraham Shiheiber has not entered an appearance in this action or 

responded to WWE’s Complaint. 

10. Since the Court issued the Preliminary Injunction and Seizure Order, WWE has 

encountered counterfeiters at its 2015-2016 live events. However, other than the named 

Defendants already identified to the Court, no additional Defendants have been successfully 

served.

11. Therefore, in the interest of judicial economy, WWE files this Notice of Dismissal 

Without Prejudice to refiling and dismisses its claims set forth in the Amended Compliant 

pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(i). WWE also requests dismissal of the aforementioned injunction 

Bond.

Dated: March 22, 2016 /s/ Matthew G. Ball

Matthew G. Ball

Attorney for Plaintiff WORLD WRESTLING

ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

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[PROPOSED] ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Plaintiff in the above styled and number cause of action has filed a Notice of Dismissal 

Without Prejudice pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(i). Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that 

this case is DISMISSED without prejudice. It is further ORDERED that Bond Number 

106157318 filed on March 25, 2015 is hereby DISMISSED. 

Dated: _________________

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

March 23, 2016

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Vince Chhabria

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