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

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

*E-Filed: June 26, 2015*

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TMT INVESTMENTS PLC, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

JOHN DOE,

Defendant.

Case No. 14-cv-05323-HRL 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

ORDER CONTINUING CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

TMT Investments PLC, German Kaplun, and Alexander Morgulchick filed this action on 

December 4, 2014. Dkt. No. 1. Pursuant to Rule 4(m) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 

Plaintiff had until April 5, 2015 to serve defendants. On March 3, 2015, Plaintiffs filed an Ex Parte 

Application for Expedited Discovery. Dkt. No. 6. Plaintiffs requested leave to take depositions 

and obtain documents from Automattic, Inc. and Facebook, Inc. to learn the identities of the Doe 

defendants. The court denied this motion on April 8, 2015, finding that Plaintiffs did not make the 

required showing of good cause. Dkt. No. 10. However, the court gave Plaintiffs leave to re-file 

the application for expedited discovery. Id. Plaintiffs have not re-filed the application for 

expedited discovery. The Doe defendants have not been served.

Plaintiffs shall appear on July 28, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 2, Fifth Floor, 280 

South First St., San Jose CA 95113 and show cause, if any, why this case should not be dismissed 

for failure to prosecute. Plaintiffs shall file a Statement in response to this Order to Show Cause 

no later than July 21, 2015. The statement shall state (1) the status of Plaintiffs’ efforts to identify 

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and serve the Doe defendants; and (2) how much additional time, if any, is needed to identify and 

serve the Doe defendants. 

The case management conference, currently set for June 30, 2015, is continued to 

September 29, 2015 at 1:30 pm in Courtroom 2, Fifth Floor, 280 South First St., San Jose CA 

95113.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 26, 2015

________________________

HOWARD R. LLOYD

United States Magistrate Judge

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