Laatz

Laatz v. Zazzle, Inc.

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United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaJanuary 9, 20245:22-cv-04844California4,152 words

Opinion

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I. BACKGROUND

21 Plaintiff brought this suit on August 24, 2022, see Compl., ECF No. 1, and filed the 22 operative First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) on March 14, 2023. See FAC, ECF No. 82. The 23 FAC asserts claims for (1) fraudulent misrepresentation, (2) fraudulent concealment, and (3) 24 promissory fraud, all in violation of Cal. Civ. Code § 1572, as well as (4) federal copyright 25 infringement under 17 U.S.C. § 101, (5) federal trademark infringement under 15 U.S.C. § 1114, 26 and (6) breach of contract. See id. ¶¶ 175–219. The basis of the dispute lies in Defendants’ 27 1 A. Licensing Plaintiff’s Fonts 2 In 2016, Plaintiff alleges that she designed and created a trio of fonts—the “Blooming 3 Elegant Trio,” comprised of Blooming Elegant, Blooming Elegant Sans, and Blooming Elegant 4 Hand—along with the software (the “Blooming Elegant Software”) used to implement the 5 Blooming Elegant Trio. Decl. of Nicky Laatz in Supp. of Partial MSJ (“Laatz Decl.”) ¶ 4, ECF 6 No. 89-1. Plaintiff has offered the Blooming Elegant Trio and Blooming Elegant Software for 7 licensing through Creative Market, an online marketplace. Id. ¶¶ 3, 13. Plaintiff’s…

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