Case Name: Scott SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ENTREPRENEUR MEDIA, INC., Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-08-05
Citations: 667 F. App'x 975
Docket Number: No. 13-17318
Parties: Scott SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ENTREPRENEUR MEDIA, INC., Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before: SCHROEDER, CANBY, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 667
Pages: 975–976

Head Matter:
Scott SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ENTREPRENEUR MEDIA, INC., Defendant-Appellee.
No. 13-17318
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 26, 2016
FILED August 05, 2016
Scott Smith, Pro Se
David J. Cook, Esquire, Attorney, Cook Collection Attorneys, San Francisco, CA, Mark Finkelstein, Jones Day, Irvine, CA, Lucy Jewett Wheatley, Attorney, McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond, VA, for Defendant-Appellee
Before: SCHROEDER, CANBY, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Scott Smith appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing his action brought under the Lanham Act seeking review of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's denials of his petitions for cancellation' of two Entrepreneur Media, Inc. ("EMI") trademarks. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Hebbe v. Pliler, 627 F.3d 338, 341 (9th Cir. 2010) (dismissal under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6)); San Diego Cty. Gun Rights Comm. v. Reno, 98 F.3d 1121, 1124 (9th Cir. 1996) (dismissal for lack of standing). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Smith's claim challenging the "Entrepreneur Expo" mark for lack of standing because Smith had previously been enjoined from using colorable imitations of EMI's "Entrepreneur" mark for advertising and business services. See Star-Kist Foods, Inc. v. P.J. Rhodes & Co., 735 F.2d 346, 349 (9th Cir. 1984) (petitioner must show a real and rational basis for belief that he would be damaged by registration of the mark he seeks to cancel that stems from an actual commercial or pecuniary interest in his own mark); see also Wolfard Glassblowing Co. v. Vanbragt, 118 F.3d 1320, 1322-23 (9th Cir. 1997) (district court need not conduct a new infringemént analysis where an injunction exists, and may afford less leniency to a party that has already infringed the mark).
The district court properly dismissed Smith's claim challenging the "Entrepreneur Magazine's Small Business Expo" mark for lack of standing because Smith failed to allege facts sufficient to establish that he had a rational basis for belief that he would be damaged by the mark where EMI expressly disclaimed the part of the mark he sought to use and subsequently abandoned its mark in 2011. See Star-Kist Foods, Inc., 735 F.2d at 349.
Because we affirm the district court's dismissal, we do not consider Smith's arguments regarding remand to a different distinct court.
Smith's contentions that the local rules are invalid and that the district court judge is biased against him are without merit.
Smith's requests for judicial notice and to invalidate the local rules, set forth in his opening brief, are denied.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.