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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

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Q-ELECTRIC LLC,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 07 CV 2093 JM (NLS)

ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO

vs. AMEND

BRISAKI, LLC, et al.,

Defendant.

In this trademark infringement action, Plaintiff moves to amend its original complaint to name

additional defendants. Plaintiff filed its original complaint on October 31, 2007. Defendant Brisaki

filed an answer on November 30, 2007. Plaintiff filed an amended complaint without leave of court

on December 18, 2007. Plaintiff filed the instant motion to amend on January 22, 2008. (Doc. no.

8.)

Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a), a plaintiff may amend the complaint once as a

matter of course before being served with a responsive pleading. Other amendments require the

adverse party’s written consent or the court’s leave. Here, Plaintiff’s November 30, 2007 amended

complaint was not valid because Plaintiff failed to receive leave of court. Nevertheless, because “[t]he

court should freely give leave when justice so requires,” Fed. R. Civ. Proc. R. 15(a)(2), the court

hereby GRANTS Plaintiff’s motion to amend.

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The Clerk is instructed to file Plaintiff’s proposed first amended complaint (attached to the

motion to amend) as the First Amended Complaint, which shall be deemed filed on the date of this

order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: January 24, 2008

 Hon. Jeffrey T. Miller

 United States District Judge

cc: All parties

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