Berg

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WESTHOFF VERTRIEBSGES MBH, a Case No. 22-cv-0938-BAS-SBC German Limited Liability Company,

ORDER:

Plaintiff, 13 v. (1) GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S 14 CONVERTED RULE 12(b)(6) CHRISTOPHER BERG, an individual; MOTION AND DISMISSING BLUESKYE CREATIVE, INC., a

DEFENDANTS’ AMENDED

California Corporation,

COUNTERCOMPLAINT (ECF

Defendants. Nos. 13, 29);

18 (2) DISMISSING COUNTS 2 THROUGH 8 OF PLAINTIFF’S

COUNTERCOMPLAINT AND

TERMINATING DEFENDANTS’

RULE 12(b)(6) MOTION AS MOOT (ECF Nos. 21, 22); and

(3) DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO STRIKE (ECF No. 24 31)

27 28 In 2014, Plaintiff Westhoff Vertriebsges mbH (“Westhoff”), a German-based flower breeding company, entered an oral independent services contract (“Contract”) with San Diego-based marketing agency Defendant BlueSkye Creative, Inc.…