Pinnacle Employee Services, Inc. v. Pinnacle Holding Co., LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 1] Pinnacle Employee Services, Inc., et al., No. 2:22-cv-01367-KJM-CKD Plaintiffs, ORDER v. Pinnacle Holding Co., LLC, Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiffs Pinnacle Employee Services, Inc. (PES) and Michael Allen bring this trademark imfringement action against defendant Pinnacle Holding Company, LLC (PHC). PHC moves to 20 dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction and for failure to state a claim because plaintiffs’ federal trademark registration is void. Plaintiffs oppose, and in the alternative request jurisdictional discovery. Because PHC does not have minimum contacts with California, the court cannot 23 exercise jurisdiction over it.’ However, since the facts bearing on jurisdiction are in PHC’s sole 24 possession, the court grants plaintiffs’ request for limited jurisdictional discovery.

' Because the jurisdictional issue resolves the motion, the court does not address PHC’s argument for dismissal under…