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

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PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION ORDER

Case No. 16-cv-04380-BLF

REED SMITH LLP 

A limited liability partnership formed in the State of Delaware

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

MERSCORP HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware 

corporation, and MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC 

REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware 

corporation,

Plaintiff,

vs.

MERS, INC, a California corporation, 

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION

SYSTEM, INC. (MERS), a California 

corporation,

Defendants.

No.: 16-cv-04380-BLF

[PROPOSED] PRELIMINARY 

INJUNCTION ORDER

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PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION ORDER

Case No. 16-cv-04380-BLF

REED SMITH LLP 

A limited liability partnership formed in the State of Delaware

The Court hereby orders: 

A. Defendants MERS, Inc and Mortgage Electronic Registration System, Inc. (MERS)’s 

(“Defendants”), and their officers, agents, servants, employees and attorneys and those in active 

concert or participation with them, are restrained and enjoined pending trial of this action from:

1. Using the MERS® Mark, MERSCORP trade name, or MORTGAGE 

ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. trade name, or any confusingly similar versions 

thereof, in commerce in the United States;

2. Maintaining an active corporation with the name MERS, INC or 

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEM, INC. (MERS) or any confusingly 

similar name; and

3. Assisting, aiding, or abetting any other person or entity in engaging in or 

performing any of the activities referred to in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) above; 

B. If Defendants fail to file the necessary paperwork to comply with Section A.2 above 

within 14 days of the date of this Order, the Court appoints Plaintiffs, through their in-house counsel 

Andrew Marmion, as authorized agents of Defendants for the limited purpose of preparing, 

executing, and filing Certificates of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation with the California 

Secretary of State to change Defendant MERS, Inc’s corporate name to “Jack Lyles, Inc.” and to 

change Defendant Mortgage Electronic Registration System, Inc. (MERS)’s corporate name to 

“Connie Vargas, Inc.” 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: September 20, 2016 

BETH LABSON FREEMAN

United States District Judge

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