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Nature of Suit Code: 840
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 15:1125 Trademark Infringement (Lanham Act)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HUSBANDS FOR RENT, INC.,

Plaintiff(s),

v.

HANDY HUSBANDS FOR RENT,

INC.,

Defendants.

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No. C04-1603 BZ

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR SUMMARY

ADJUDICATION OF

DEFENDANT’S AFFIRMATIVE

DEFENSE

On May 25, 2005, plaintiff Husbands for Rent, Inc.

moved for summary adjudication on defendant’s affirmative

defense of prior use under California Business and

Professions Code § 14342. Section 14342 states that “[n]o

service mark ... registered pursuant to this chapter shall

be enforced under the provisions of Section 14320, 14330,

or 14340, or Section 350 of the Penal Code, against any

party who has adopted and lawfully used the same or a

confusingly similar service mark ... from a date prior to

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the effective date of registration of the service mark ...

under this chapter.” Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 14342

(emphasis added). Plaintiff’s own evidence suggests that

defendant’s earliest use of the mark was in 2000, while

plaintiff did not register the mark until 2002. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion

for summary adjudication with respect to defendant’s

affirmative defense of prior use under California Business

and Professions Code § 14342 is DENIED.

Dated: June 21, 2005

 /s/ Bernard Zimmerman

Bernard Zimmerman 

 United States Magistrate Judge

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