Pavlyukovskyy
Piper, Inc. v. Pavlyukovskyy
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 PIPER, INC., Case No. 20-cv-03663-WHO
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
v. DISMISS
MARK PAVLYUKOVSKYY, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 36 Defendants.
12 This case involves a dispute between two companies in the children’s education space: plaintiff Piper, Inc. (“Piper”), which was co-founded in 2014 by defendant Mark Pavlyukovskyy, and My Creativity Box, Inc. (“My Creativity Box”), also founded by Pavlyukovskyy after his 2018 separation from Piper. Before me is Pavlyukovskyy’s motion to dismiss Piper’s Second Amended Complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Procedure 12(b)(5) for insufficient service of process. This motion is suitable for decision without oral argument and I VACATE the hearing scheduled for December 2, 2020. See Civ. L. R. 7-1(b). The motion is DENIED because substitute service on Pavlyukovskyy was proper. BACKGROUND Piper was founded in 2014 by Pavlyukovskyy along with several…