Mike Sarieddine v. Alien 51 Pharms, LLC

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United States District Court Central District of California

10 11 MIKE SARIEDDINE, Case No. 2:19-cv-10715-ODW (MRWx) Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

v.

MOTION FOR DEFAULT

14 AREA 51 PHARMS, LLC, JOHN W. JUDGMENT [12]

SANCHEZ,

15 Defendants. 16 17 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Mike Sarieddine moves for entry of default judgment against 20 Defendants Area 51 Pharms, LLC (“Pharms”) and John Sanchez. (Mot. for Default J. 21 (“Mot.”) 1, ECF No. 12.) For the reasons discussed below, the Court DENIES 22 Sarieddine’s Motion (“Motion”).1 II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND Sarieddine claims to own U.S. Registration No. 5,081,681, for the word mark 25 “AREA 51” in connection with liquids for electronic cigarettes (the “’681 Mark”). 26 (Compl. ¶ 19.) Pharms allegedly owns U.S. Registration Nos. 5,717,084, 5,717,085,

28 1 After carefully considering the papers filed in connection with the Motion, the Court deemed the matter appropriate for decision without oral argument. Fed. R. Civ. P. 78; C.D.…