No. 23-752

Y.Y.G.M. SA, dba Brandy Melville v. Redbubble, Inc.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-01-11
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: adverse-consequences circuit-split contributory-liability contributory-trademark-infringement intellectual-property knowledge-standard legal-standard reasonable-steps specific-infringement trademark-infringement trademark-law
Key Terms:
Trademark Copyright Privacy
Latest Conference: 2024-02-16
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Ninth Circuit erred by holding that a defendant may be held liable for contributory trademark infringement only if it knows or has reason to know of, and fails to stop assisting, specific instances of infringement or specific infringers

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the Ninth Circuit erred by holding, in direct conflict with the Second and Tenth Circuits, that a defendant may be held liable for contributory trademark infringement only insofar as it knows or has reason to know of, and fails to stop assisting, “specific instances of infringement or _ specific infringers,” App. 9-10a (emphasis added), even where the defendant otherwise knows or has reason to know that it is assisting trademark infringement and fails to take reasonable steps to stop providing such assistance.

Docket Entries

2024-02-20
Petition DENIED.
2024-01-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2024-01-12
Waiver of right of respondent Redbubble, Inc. to respond filed.
2024-01-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 12, 2024)

Attorneys

Redbubble, Inc.
James Reid SigelMorrison & Foerster, LLP, Respondent
James Reid SigelMorrison & Foerster, LLP, Respondent
Y.Y.G.M. SA, a swiss corporation, d/b/a Brandy Melville
Christopher LandauEllis George Cipollone O'Brien LLP, Petitioner
Christopher LandauEllis George Cipollone O'Brien LLP, Petitioner