MetaQuotes Ltd. v. MetaQuotes Software Corp.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

METAQUOTES LTD. et al., Case No. 8:22-cv-00462-SB-DFM

Plaintiffs,

v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE

CONTEMPT

METAQUOTES SOFTWARE CORP.

et al.,

Defendants.

Plaintiffs MetaQuotes Software Corp. (MSC) and MetaQuotes, Ltd. filed this trademark infringement suit against several Defendants, including an entity registered in California with the same name as MSC (Fake MSC) and Jian He, the individual who incorporated Fake MSC. Jian He is the only Defendant who appeared. After a bench trial, the Court found that Defendant He had fraudulently impersonated Plaintiffs to obtain customer payments for Plaintiffs’ services. Among other things, the Court found that “[t]here is no credible evidence in the record that anyone other than Defendant He was involved in the California transactions involving [Fake MSC] that Defendant He incorporated.” Dkt. No. 165 at 8. Following the trial, on August 4, 2023, the Court granted default judgment against Fake MSC and ordered that “[w]ithin 90 days after being served with a copy of this order, Defendant MetaQuotes Software Corp. must remove all records…