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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

GREGORY J. WRENN,

Plaintiff,

 v.

BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA,

Defendant. /

No. C 03-04057 JSW

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

LIFT STAY

Now before the Court is the motion by Defendant Boy Scouts of America (“Boy

Scouts”) to lift the stay in this action and for a new trial schedule. Having carefully reviewed

the parties’ papers and considered their arguments and the relevant legal authority, and good

cause appearing, the Court hereby DENIES the motion as premature. The Court has considered

the parties’ pleadings, relevant legal authority, and the record in this case and finds the matter

suitable for disposition without oral argument. See N.D. Civ. L.R. 7-1(b). Therefore, the

hearing date of January 6, 2006 is HEREBY VACATED.

On November 3, 2003, this Court granted the stipulation of the parties to stay this action

pending the outcome of proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”). 

The parties agreed, and the Court approved, that the action before this Court should be stayed

pending a final, appealable judgment in the proceeding before the Board. The parties moved

forward both with discovery and motion practice in their case before the Board. On June 28,

2005, the Board denied Mr. Wrenn’s motion for judgment on the pleadings as premature as the

pleadings were not closed. In addition, the Board also noted that, having received only an 

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unsigned stipulation to stay this action, the Board found that it was prudent to suspend its own

proceedings as the parties were involved in a concurrent pending civil action before this Court. 

(See Opp. Ex. 1 at 6.) To correct this misapprehension, on October 4, 2005, the Boy Scouts

filed a motion before the Board requesting that the proceedings resume there and appended for

the first time the stipulation and order staying this action as entered by this Court. (See Opp.

Ex. 2.) That motion, essentially for reconsideration of the Board’s sua sponte order staying the

action already pending before it, is yet to be fully briefed or considered by the Board. 

Based upon the procedural posture of the matters concerning Mr. Wrenn’s claims, this

Court finds the current motion to lift the stay in this matter premature and DENIES the motion

without prejudice to refiling. The stipulated stay remains in place. However, once the Board

has made its determination on the proceedings pending before it, the parties should so inform

this Court and this Court will proceed accordingly.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 23, 2005 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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