V.V.V. & Sons Edible Oils Limited v. Meenakshi Overseas LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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V.V.V. & SONS EDIBLE OILS

LIMITED, No. 2:14-cv-02961-TLN-CKD

Plaintiff,

v. ORDER MEENAKSHI OVERSEAS LLC, 16 Defendant.

18 This matter is before the Court on Defendant Meenakshi Overseas LLC’s (“Defendant”) Motion to Dismiss. (ECF No. 73.) Plaintiff V.V.V. & Sons Edible Oils Limited (“Plaintiff”) filed an opposition. (ECF No. 75.) Defendant filed a reply. (ECF No. 76.) For reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS in part and DENIES in part Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss and DENIES Defendant’s request for attorneys’ fees and costs. /// /// /// /// 28 I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND1 Plaintiff is an India-based company that sells Indian food products throughout several countries, including the United States. (ECF No. 71 at 2.) Plaintiff labels its products with the label IDHAYAM, an Indian word for heart. (Id.) Defendant is a New Jersey-based company that also sells Indian food products with the label IDHAYAM. (Id. at 2, 4.) On May 29,…