JACKSON v. ROBINHOOD MARKETS, INC., a Delaware corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division O’SHEA JACKSON, Case No. 21-cv-02304-LB

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

DISMISS AND DENYING MOTION TO

v. STRIKE AS MOOT

ROBINHOOD MARKETS, INC. et al., Re: ECF Nos. 11 & 12 Defendants. 16 INTRODUCTION The plaintiff O’Shea Jackson, known professionally as Ice Cube, sued Robinhood, a financial- services company, after Robinhood used his image and a paraphrase of a line from his song “Check Yo Self” to illustrate an online article that it published about a market correction for tech stocks. The line is “Check yo self before you wreck yo self,” which Robinhood paraphrased as “Correct yourself before you wreck yourself.” “Check yo self” is Ice Cube’s “catchphrase.” He claims that by using his image and catchphrase, Robinhood (1) created the false and deceptive commercial impression that Ice Cube is associated with or endorses…