Kifle
Kifle v. Youtube LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ELIAS KIFLE, Case No. 21-cv-01752-CRB
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v. DISMISS
YOUTUBE LLC, et al., Defendants.
Pro se Plaintiff Elias Kifle is suing Defendants YouTube and Does 1–19 for copyright infringement and trademark infringement. See Fourth Am. Compl. (dkt. 73-1). Kifle’s claims arise from YouTube’s continued service to users who allegedly display Kifle’s videos on YouTube without his permission. Id. at 3–4. The Court previously granted YouTube’s motion to dismiss Kifle’s third amended complaint, with leave to amend his copyright and trademark infringement claims. See MTD Order (dkt. 71). Because Kifle’s current complaint fails to cure the deficiencies in the prior complaint, the Court GRANTS the motion to dismiss. The Court grants leave to amend the trademark infringement claim only. I. BACKGROUND Kifle is a resident of the state of Georgia. Fourth Am. Compl. ¶ 4. He owns a…