Laatz
Laatz v. Zazzle, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 NICKY LAATZ, et al., Case No. 22-cv-04844-BLF
Plaintiffs,
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
v. DISMISS FIRST AMENDED
COMPLAINT
ZAZZLE, INC., et al., [Re: ECF No. 86] Defendants.
12 Plaintiff Nicky Laatz (“Plaintiff”) brings this suit alleging that Defendant Zazzle, Inc. (“Zazzle”), through its employee, Defendant Mohamed Alkhatib (“Alkhatib,” and, with Zazzle, “Defendants”), fraudulently obtained a license to use software implementing a trio of fonts created by Plaintiff, and subsequently violated the license by making the fonts available to millions of people, including for commercial use. The operative First Amended Complaint asserts claims for (1) fraudulent misrepresentation, (2) fraudulent concealment, and (3) promissory fraud, all in violation of Cal. Civ. Code § 1572, as well as (4) federal copyright infringement under 17 U.S.C. § 101, (5) federal trademark infringement under 15 U.S.C. § 1114, and (6) breach of contract. Presently…