Laatz

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 NICKY LAATZ, et al., Case No. 22-cv-04844-BLF

8 Plaintiffs,

AMENDED ORDER GRANTING IN

9 v. PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR PARTIAL 10 ZAZZLE, INC., et al., SUMMARY JUDGMENT 11 Defendants. Re: ECF No. 89

12 13 Plaintiff Nicky Laatz (“Plaintiff”) brings this suit alleging that Defendant Zazzle, Inc. 14 (“Zazzle”), through its employee, Defendant Mohamed Mr. Alkhatib (“Mr. Alkhatib,” and, with 15 Zazzle, “Defendants”), fraudulently obtained a license to use software implementing a trio of fonts 16 created by Plaintiff, and subsequently violated the license by making the fonts available to 17 millions of people, including for commercial use. The operative First Amended Complaint 18 (“FAC”) asserts claims for (1) fraudulent misrepresentation, (2) fraudulent concealment, and (3) 19 promissory fraud, all in violation of Cal. Civ. Code § 1572, as well as (4) federal copyright 20 infringement under 17 U.S.C. § 101, (5) federal…