Ayla, LLC v. Alya Skin Pty. Ltd.

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 AYLA, LLC, Case No. 19-cv-00679-HSG

8 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

MOTION TO DISMISS FOR LACK OF

9 v. PERSONAL JURISDICTION

10 ALYA SKIN PTY. LTD., Re: Dkt. No. 35 11 Defendant.

12 13 Plaintiff, Ayla, LLC (“Ayla” or “Plaintiff”) filed trademark infringement claims against 14 Defendant Alya Skin Pty. Ltd. (“Alya Skin” or “Defendant”) for its use of the ALYA and ALYA 15 SKIN marks. See Dkt. No. 1. Before the Court is Defendant’s motion to dismiss for lack of 16 personal jurisdiction, for which briefing is complete. See Dkt. No. 36 (“Mot.”), 40 (“Opp.”), and 17 44 (“Reply”). Because Plaintiff has not shown that Defendant has sufficient contacts within 18 California or the United States, the Court GRANTS Defendant’s motion. 19 I. BACKGROUND 20 A. Plaintiffs’ Allegations 21 Plaintiff alleges that Defendant, “has attempted to capitalize on Ayla’s valuable reputation 22 and customer goodwill in the AYLA® Mark…