GS Holistic, LLC v. Yosif Inc

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 GS HOLISTIC, LLC, Case No. 22-cv-07633-JD

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE DEFAULT JUDGMENT

v.

YOSIF INC, et al., Defendants.

12 In this trademark dispute, plaintiff GS Holistic, LLC (GSH) alleges that the defendant Yosif, Inc., sold counterfeit “Stündenglass” glass gravity infusers in its smoke shop. Dkt. No. 1. Defendants have not appeared in the case, and the Clerk entered notices of default. Dkt. Nos. 17, 20. GSH now asks for a default judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 55(b). Dkt. No. 21. This would appear to be a garden-variety request but for the fact that GSH has filed hundreds of similar trademark actions in courts throughout the country. See Order to Show Cause at 3, GS Holistic, LLC v. Vaportoke Inc., No. 23-cv-01513-RMR-NRN (D. Colo. 2023) (Dkt. No. 11). While this volume of cases is not in itself necessarily a cause for concern, GSH uses a cut- and-paste approach to pleadings that has resulted in paper-thin allegations against specific…