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Nature of Suit Code: 840
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 28:1338 Patent 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

WILLIAMS-SONOMA, INC.,

 Plaintiff,

 v.

TARGET CORP.,

Defendant.

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No. C 06-7491 CRB

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

DISMISS

Now pending before the Court is defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s California

Business and Professions Code section 17200 claim based on lack of standing. After

carefully considering the parties’ papers, the Court concludes that oral argument is

unnecessary, see Local Rule 7-1(b), and DENIES defendant’s motion.

Plaintiff has sufficiently alleged that it “suffered injury in fact and has lost money or

property as a result of unfair competition.” Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17204. Nothing in the

plain language of section 17204 suggests that it is limited to “lost money or property” that

was taken from the plaintiff by the defendant, that is, to plaintiffs that have a claim for

restitution. The language in section 17203, which courts have interpreted as limited to 

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restitution, is different from that in section 17204. Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17203 (“or as

may be necessary to restore to any person in interest any money or property, real or personal,

which may have been acquired by means of such unfair competition”) (emphasis added). 

Accordingly, defendant’s motion to dismiss is DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 9, 2007

 

CHARLES R. BREYER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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