Docuware Corporation v. Courtronic Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DOCUWARE CORP., et al., CV 21-7618 DSF (RAOx) Plaintiffs, Order to Show Cause Why Case v. Should Not be Stayed Pending Resolution of Claims Filed in the COURTRONIC INC., Southern District of Texas Defendant.

On September 23, 2021, Plaintiffs DocuWare Corporation and DocuWare GmbH (collectively, DocuWare) brought suit against Defendant Courtronic, Inc. for Federal Unfair Competition and False Designation under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1125, et seq. and violations of California’s Unfair Competition Law, Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §§ 17200, et seq. Dkt. 1 (Compl.). In the Civil Cover Sheet filed with its Complaint, DocuWare informed the Court of a related case pending in the Southern District of Texas, Case No. 4:21-cv-01085, that “[a]rise[s] from the same or a closely related transaction, happening, or event. See Dkt. 2 at 3. DocuWare is a cloud-based document management company that developed the Transcript Assembly Program (TAP), which “is a resource for courts that automates the creation of an appellate record and securely transmits it, along with the court reporter’s transcript, to…