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Nature of Suit Code: 840
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 15:1051 Trademark Infringement

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Case No. C 03-5340 JF (RS)

ORDER RE ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

(JFLC1)

**E-Filed 5/8/2007**

NOT FOR CITATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

GOOGLE INC., a Delaware corporation,

 Plaintiff,

 v.

AMERICAN BLIND & WALLPAPER

FACTORY, INC., a Delaware corporation d/b/a

decoratetoday.com, Inc., and DOES 1-100,

inclusive,

 Defendants.

Case Number C 03-5340-JF (RS)

ORDER RE ORDER GRANTING IN 1

PART AND DENYING IN PART

MOTION FOR SUMMARY

JUDGMENT

[re: docket no. 308]

AMERICAN BLIND & WALLPAPER

FACTORY, INC., a Delaware corporation d/b/a

decoratetoday.com, Inc.,

 Counter Plaintiff,

 v.

GOOGLE INC., AMERICA ONLINE, INC.,

NETSCAPE COMMUNICATIONS

CORPORATION, COMPUSERVE

INTERACTIVE SERVICES, INC., ASK JEEVES,

INC. and EARTHLINK, INC.,

 Counter Defendant/

Third Party Defendants.

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 The parties raised this issue in their Joint Case Management Conference Statement, 2

filed on April 27, 2007. There it states that “ABWF is not opposed to Google’s request” for

clarification that the Court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Google includes the ninth

counterclaim.

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Case No. C 03-5340 JF (RS)

ORDER RE ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

(JFLC1)

On April 18, 2007, the Court granted in part and denied in part Plaintiff Google Inc.’s

(“Google”) motion for summary judgment as to the counterclaims brought by American Blind &

Wallpaper Factory, Inc. (“ABWF”). In so doing, the Court concluded that “ABWF has not

produced sufficient evidence to allow a reasonable trier of fact to conclude that ABWF’s marks

are famous or distinctive as required under either the federal or the state dilution statute.” 

Summary Judgment Order 19. Accordingly, the Court granted summary judgment in favor

Google as to ABWF’s counterclaims for dilution under the Lanham Act and Cal. Bus. & Prof.

Code § 14330. The Court omitted ABWF’s ninth counterclaim for contributory dilution from its

grant of summary judgment. Because the Court’s conclusion regarding the absence of a triable

issue of fact as to fame applies equally in the context of contributory dilution, Google also is

entitled to summary judgment as to this counterclaim.2

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: May 8, 2007.

 

JEREMY FOGEL

United States District Judge

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Case No. C 03-5340 JF (RS)

ORDER RE ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

(JFLC1)

This Order has been served upon the following persons:

Ethan B. Andelman andelmane@howrey.com, gagnons@howrey.com 

Dawn Beery dbeery@kelleydrye.com 

Susan Jean Greenspon sgreenspon@kelleydrye.com, cplater@kelleydrye.com;

vallen@kelleydrye.com; sdunlap@kelleydrye.com 

Ravind Singh Grewal rsg@kvn.com 

Klaus Hemingway Hamm khamm@kvn.com, efiling@kvn.com; wik@kvn.com 

Ajay Krishnan akrishnan@kvn.com, efiling@kvn.com; rthomas@kvn.com 

Mark Alan Lemley mlemley@kvn.com, srosen@kvn.com 

Michael H. Page mhp@kvn.com, efiling@kvn.com; nsn@kvn.com 

Robert Nathan Phillips phillipsr@howrey.com, gagnons@howrey.com 

Caroline Claire Plater cplater@kelleydrye.com, heberhart@kelleydrye.com 

David A. Rammelt drammelt@kelleydrye.com, sdunlap@kelleydrye.com 

Notice will be delivered by other means to:

Paul W. Garrity 

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

101 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10178

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