Impossible Foods Inc. v. Impossible X LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 IMPOSSIBLE FOODS INC., Case No. 21-cv-02419-BLF

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART

v. MOTION TO DISMISS; DISMISSING

CASE WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR

IMPOSSIBLE X LLC, LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION Defendant. [Re: ECF No. 11]

12 This declaratory judgment action involves a dispute between Plaintiff Impossible Foods Inc. (“Impossible”) and Defendant Impossible X LLC (“IX”) over trademarks held by both entities. Impossible seeks a declaration that its uses of its IMPOSSIBLE mark, which is related to recipes, food ingredients, and cooking information, do not infringe or dilute IX’s marks; that its rights in the IMPOSSIBLE mark are superior to IX’s rights in those fields; and that certain of IX’s marks be cancelled for abandonment and non-use. IX has moved to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and lack of personal jurisdiction. See ECF No. 11 (“Motion”); see also…