Urban Sophistication Ltd v. van Elst

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Urban Sophistication Ltd., No. 2:22-cv-00093-KJM-JDP Plaintiff, ORDER v. Ajmall Gulham, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 In this trademark infringement case, plaintiff Urban Sophistication Ltd. moves to file a second amended complaint to substitute defendant “Does” with Jackson Jaillet, Samuel Peterson, 19 Irid Nils and Luke Donnelly, and to add Zhi Wei Chen as a new defendant. Mot. at 2, ECF No. 31. The motion is unopposed. Since filing the most recent complaint, plaintiff discovered the identities of defendant Does and the new defendant by filing Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) complaints with the National Arbitration Forum. Mot. Mem. at □□□□ 7, ECF No. 31-1. For the reasons below, the court grants the motion. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a)(2) provides the court should “freely give leave [to amend] when justice so requires” and the Ninth Circuit…