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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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 (Complaint, Docket Item No. 1.)

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 Plaintiff submits the following declarations in support of its motion: Declarations of

Benjamin Fanger, Linlin Gong, Haiqiang Huang, Wei Wang, Yan Wen, Yonghui Wu, Linyu Yang,

Weihong Ye, Xiaolin Zhang, and Deguang Zheng. (See Docket Item Nos. 6-15.) 

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

Shoreline Capital Management, LTD.,

Plaintiff,

 v.

Xiaobing Sun,

Defendant.

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NO. C 08-00121 JW 

ORDER GRANTING IN PART

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR A

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

On January 14, 2008, Plaintiff Shoreline Capital Management, Ltd.’s (“Shoreline”)1 filed an 

Ex Parte Application for Temporary Restraining Order and Order to Show Cause Re Preliminary

Injunction, and for Leave to Conduct Expedited Discovery. (See Docket Item No. 16.)2 The Court

denied Plaintiff’s TRO application and set a hearing on an Order to Show Cause Re: Preliminary

Injunction. (See Docket Item No. 18.) 

To obtain injunctive relief plaintiff must show either (1) a combination of probable success

on the merits and the possibility of irreparable harm, or (2) that serious questions are raised and the

balance of hardships tips sharply in the moving party's favor. See Roe v. Anderson, 134 F.3d 1400,

1402 (9th Cir. 1998); GoTo.com, Inc. v. Walt Disney Co., 202 F.3d 1199, 1204-1205 (9th Cir. 2000)

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(quoting Sardi's Restaurant Corp. v. Sardie, 755 F.2d 719, 723 (9th Cir. 1985). “These two

formulations represent two points on a sliding scale in which the required degree of irreparable harm

increases as the probability of success decreases.” Id.; See also Rodeo Collection Ltd. v. W.

Seventh, 812 F.2d 1215, 1217 (9th Cir. 1987). 

The Court conducted a hearing on January 25, 2008. Counsel for both parties appeared

before the Court. Applying the above standards, and for the reasons stated on the record, the Court

GRANTS Plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction.

It is hereby ORDERED that from the date of the hearing until further order of the Court,

Defendant Xiaobing Sun, together with all of his officers, agents, servants, employees,

representatives, attorneys and assigns, and all other persons, firms, or companies in active concert or

participation with them, are preliminary enjoined from directly and indirectly from using, disclosing,

or transmitting the Shoreline Pricing Model or the Shoreline Debt Pricing Model for any purpose. 

The Court will not require Plaintiff to post a security bond at this time because this Order

only enjoins Defendant from using Plaintiff’s alleged proprietary software. However, if Defendant

believe that a bond is required for payment of such costs and damages as may be incurred or

suffered by Defendant if Defendant is found to have been wrongfully enjoined, Defendant shall

make a formal motion with the Court.

In addition, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s motion for expedited discovery, and sets the

following scheduling:

1. The parties shall mutually exchange all relevant discovery with respect to the parties’

respective citizenship and domicile on or before Monday, January 28, 2008,

NOON, PST.

2. The parties shall file their memorandums addressing the Court’s subject matter

jurisdiction on or before Thursday, January 31, 2008.

3. The parties shall comply to the Local Rules of this Court with respect to other

discovery deadlines.

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The parties are responsible for distributing a copy of this Order of the Preliminary Injunction

to any person in interest with them, so that all are aware of its terms. 

Dated: January 25, 2008 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT COPIES OF THIS ORDER HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO:

Charles Hyunchul Jung cjung@nassiri-jung.com

David H.S. Commins, david@commins.com

Dated: January 25, 2008 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: /s/ JW Chambers 

Elizabeth Garcia

Courtroom Deputy

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