Brooklyn Brewery Corp. v. Black Ops Brewing, Inc.

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

Plaintiff The Brooklyn Brewery Corporation (“Plaintiff’) moves for a. preliminary injunction enjoining and restraining Defendant Black Ops Brewing (“Defendant”) from using the marks “Black Ops Brewing,” “Black Ops,” and “blaek-opsbrewery.com.” (Pl.’s Proposed Order Granting Prelim. Inj. 1:19-21, ECF No. 3-13.) Plaintiff has submitted evidence evincing that Plaintiff markets and sells a brand of beer bearing Plaintiffs registered trademark “Brooklyn Black Ops.” (Otta-way Decl. ¶¶ 4, 5, ECF No. 3-7.) Plaintiff argues that Defendant’s “continu[ed] [] use [of the marks] ‘Black Ops’ and ‘Black Ops Brewing’ despite having actual knowledge of Plaintiffs superior rights, [constitutes] deliberate[ ] infring[ment] [of] Plaintiffs [registered mark] and trad[es] on Plaintiffs goodwill.” (Pl.’s Memo, of P & A in Supp. of Pl.’s Mot. for Prelim. Inj. (“Mot.”) 6:22-25, ECF No. 3-1.) Plaintiff also argues:' “Plaintiff will continue to suffer irreparable harm due to Defendant’s intentional infringement [upon Plaintiff’s registered mark] if Defendant is not pre *1176 liminarily enjoined from using ‘Black Ops,’ ‘Black Ops Brewery’ and all…