UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
LA CANADA VENTURES, INC.,
Case No. 22-cv-07197-RS Plaintiff, 11 v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT
MDALGORITHMS, INC., AND GRANTING DAUBERT MOTION
13 Defendant.
I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff La Canada Ventures, Inc., is a health and beauty retailer offering cosmetic products. Defendant MDalgorithms is a company that offers computer software and app technology for education and advice about the treatment of acne. Both parties create and market skin and haircare products with the root mark “MD.” Plaintiff brought this action against Defendant, advancing several claims related to trademark infringement and false advertising in the operative Second 20 Amended Complaint (“SAC”). Defendant now moves for partial summary judgment on several of 21 Plaintiff’s claims, specifically, Counts I (federal trademark infringement under the Lanham Act) 22 and II (unfair competition) as to…