Panini America, Inc. v. Kollectorsvault, LLC

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 San Francisco Division 11 PANINI AMERICA, INC., Case No. 19-cv-03800-LB

12 Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

13 v. MOTION FOR LEAVE TO SERVE

DEFENDANTS BY EMAIL

14 KOLLECTORSVAULT, LLC and STEVEN TEANI Re: ECF No. 35 15 Defendants. 16 17 INTRODUCTION 18 Plaintiff Panini America is a leading retailer of sports trading cards in the United States and 19 internationally.1 It is suing defendants Kollectorsvault and Steven Teani for allegedly selling 20 counterfeit Panini products online.2 Panini has made repeated attempts to serve the summons and 21 complaint on Kollectorsvault in person, by mail, and by email but Kollectorsvault has not 22 responded. Panini therefore asks to serve Kollectorsvault by email and mail or, alternatively, by 23 publication.3 24 25 1 Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”) – ECF No. 20 at 3 (¶ 9). Citations refer to material in the 26 Electronic Case File (“ECF”); pinpoint citations…