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Y.Y.G.M. SA, dba Brandy Melville v. Redbubble, Inc.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 21-56150, 21-56236 · judgment July 24, 2023
Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a Ninth Circuit decision below, and counsel who has filed here before, and down for a business respondent.
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.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Christopher Landau
Ellis George Cipollone O'Brien LLP
For respondent
James Reid Sigel
Morrison & Foerster, LLP
Case
Subject area
Economic Activity (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, February 20, 2024 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Feb 20 2024Petition DENIED.
- Jan 17 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
- Jan 12 2024Waiver of right of respondent Redbubble, Inc. to respond filed.
- Jan 09 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 12, 2024)