Anonomatic Inc. v. Skyflow Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 ANONOMATIC INC., Case No. 3:22-cv-01469-JD
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE PRELIMINARY
v. INJUNCTION
SKYFLOW INC., Defendant.
13 Plaintiff Anonomatic Inc. and defendant Skyflow Inc. are competitors in the data security and encryption space. Anonomatic contends that Skyflow has infringed a federally registered trademark, “PII Vault,” Reg. No. 6,430,066. Dkt. No. 1. “PII” denotes personal identifying information, and “Vault” conveys secure storage. See Dkt. No. 1 ¶¶ 10, 16-18; Dkt. No. 24 at 6. The utility of the “PII Vault” mark is said to relate to the companies’ efforts to “sell complex data encryption software” to entities that are required to securely store personal information of customers and the like. Dkt. No. 1 ¶ 25. Anonomatic alleges claims for trademark infringement, unfair competition and false designation of origin, and dilution under Sections 32(1), 43(a), and 43(c) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051 et seq. Id. ¶¶ 31-54.…