Kurapia Inc. v. Sod and Seed Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 KURAPIA INC., Case No. 24-cv-05200-CRB
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT
v.
GEORGE BRAVOS’S MOTION TO
DISMISS
SOD AND SEED INC., et al., Defendants.
Kurapia Inc. sues Sod and Seed Inc. and George Bravos, alleging that they infringed on its KURAPIA trademark. Bravos, Sod and Seed’s CEO, moves to dismiss Kurapia’s suit against him. He argues that Kurapia failed to allege that he personally infringed on Kurapia’s trademark and that Kurapia has not alleged facts sufficient to impute Sod and Seed’s liability onto him. The Court finds this matter suitable for resolution without oral argument pursuant to Local Civil Rule 7-1(b), vacates the hearing set for January 17, 2025, and grants Bravos’s motion to dismiss with leave to amend. I. BACKGROUND Kurapia is a corporation that sells drought-tolerant groundcover plants. Compl. (dkt. 1) ¶¶ 2, 12. Kurapia was founded in 2013, and the KURAPIA trademark was …