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PLAINTIFF FREECYCLESUNNYVALE’S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS
UNDER RULE 12(B)(6); CASE NO. C06-00324 CW
Ian N. Feinberg (SBN 88324)
ifeinberg@mayerbrownrowe.com
Eric B. Evans (SBN 232476)
eevans@mayerbrownrowe.com
Dennis S. Corgill (SBN 103429)
dcorgill@mayerbrownrowe.com
MAYER, BROWN, ROWE & MAW LLP
Two Palo Alto Square, Suite 300
3000 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94306-2112
Telephone:
(650) 331-2000
Facsimile:
(650) 331-2060
Attorneys for Plaintiff
FREECYCLESUNNYVALE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
OAKLAND DIVISION
FREECYCLESUNNYVALE,
a California unincorporated association,
Plaintiff,
v.
THE FREECYCLE NETWORK,
an Arizona corporation,
Defendant.
CASE NO. C06-00324 CW
PLAINTIFF FREECYCLESUNNYVALE’S
OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT’S
MOTION TO DISMISS UNDER RULE
12(b)(6)
Date: March 31, 2006
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Place: Courtroom 2 (Oakland)
Judge: Honorable Claudia Wilken
I.
INTRODUCTION
Defendant twice sent non-negotiable ultimatums into this District, claiming trademark
rights to the common terms, “freecycle” and “freecycling,” and demanding that Plaintiff “cease
and desist” from using those terms to assist “freecyclers” in the Sunnyvale, California, area.
Defendant also threatened to and did interfere with Plaintiff’s Yahoo! group service account. As
a result of Defendant’s acts, Yahoo!, an entity whose principal place of business is in this District,
disabled Plaintiff’s Yahoo! group, depriving Plaintiff of its chosen method of promoting
freecycling in this District.
Case 4:06-cv-00324-CW Document 11 Filed 03/09/2006 Page 1 of 10
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PLAINTIFF FREECYCLE SUNNYVALE’S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS
CASE NO. C06-00324 CW
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