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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 15:1051 Trademark Infringement

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Best Western International, Inc.,

Plaintiff, 

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Whitehall Avenue, LLC; Zulfikar Hyder

Jafri, 

Defendants. 

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No. CV-09-1934-PHX-FJM

ORDER

Plaintiff Best Western International, Inc. filed this action against defendants Whitehall

Avenue, LLC and Zulfikar Hyder Jafri asserting claims for breach of contract, federal

trademark infringement, unfair competition under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1051, et

seq., and related common law and statutory causes of action arising from defendants’ alleged

refusal to cease and desist from their unauthorized use of Best Western’s trade name,

trademarks, and logos. On January 31, 2011, a notice of bankruptcy filing as to defendant

Whitehall Avenue, LLC was docketed in this case. We issued an order that all claims against

Whitehall Avenue, LLC were stayed and would be dismissed on April 1, 2011, unless the

court was advised that the bankruptcy stay had been lifted or a request for a lifting of the stay

had not been ruled upon by the bankruptcy court (doc. 43). Not having received such notice,

we dismissed the claims against defendant Whitehall Avenue, LLC on April 4, 2011 (doc.

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45). 

We now have before us plaintiff’s motion for partial summary judgment on Counts

1 through 5, and Count 11 (doc. 37), which now applies against defendant Zulfikar Hyder

Jafri only. Mr. Jafri did not respond to the motion and the time for doing so has expired. 

Under LRCiv 7.2(i), if a party “does not serve and file the required answering

memoranda . . . such non-compliance may be deemed a consent to the denial or granting of

the motion and the Court may dispose of the motion summarily.” 

Because Mr. Jafri did not respond to the partial motion for summary judgment, IT IS

ORDERED GRANTING plaintiff’s motion for partial summary judgment against defendant

Jafri on Counts 1 (breach of contract), 2 (open account), 3 (stated account), 4 (breach of

contract – post cancellation use of Best Western’s protected marks), (5) federal trademark

infringement, and (11) statutory insufficient funds (doc. 37). 

DATED this 5th day of April, 2011.

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