Merkamerica Inc. v. Dell Marketing LP

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2 3 4 5 6 7 United States District Court 8 Central District of California 10 Case № 2:20-cv-05408-ODW (RAOx) 11 MERKAMERICA INC.,

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S

v. MOTION TO DISMISS [11]

14 DELL MARKETING LP et al.,

15 Defendants.

16 I. INTRODUCTION This matter comes before the Court on Defendant Dell Marketing LP’s (“Dell”) 19 Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff MerkAmerica Inc.’s (“MerkAmerica”) Complaint under 20 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) (“Motion”). (Mot. to Dismiss (“Mot.”), ECF 21 No. 11.) For the reasons that follow, the Court DENIES Dell’s Motion.1 II. BACKGROUND In 2013, MerkAmerica entered into an “Authorized Reseller Agreement” 24 (“Agreement”) with Dell that authorized MerkAmerica to purchase and resell Dell’s 25 refurbished products. (Notice of Removal (“NOR”) Ex. A (“Compl.”) ¶ 8, ECF 26 No. 1-1.) In mid-2016, MerkAmerica and Dell entered into an “output contract” that

28 1 Having carefully considered the papers filed in connection with the Motion, the Court deemed the matter…