Marketquest Group, Inc. v. Societe Bic, S.A. et al
Plaintiff: Marketquest Group, Inc.
Defendant: Bic Corporation, Bic USA, Inc., Norwood Promotional Products, LLC and DOES
Counter_claimant: Norwood Promotional Products, LLC, Bic Corporation and Bic USA, Inc.
Counter_defendant: Norwood Promotional Products, LLC, Bic Corporation and Bic USA, Inc.
Case Number: 3:2011cv00618
Filed: March 28, 2011
Court: US District Court for the Southern District of California
Office: San Diego Office
County: San Diego
Presiding Judge: Janis L. Sammartino
Presiding Judge: William McCurine
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 15 U.S.C. ยง 1114 Trademark Infringement (Lanham Act)
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff

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June 12, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 405 ORDER granting in part and denying in part Plaintiff Marketquest's 205 Motion for Partial Summary Judgment; granting in part and denying in part Defendant Norwood's 214 Motion for Summary Judgment; granting in part and denying in par t Defendant BIC USA's 215 Motion for Summary Judgment; denying Defendant BIC Corp.'s 216 Motion for Summary Judgment. Defendants' counterclaims for fraud and abandonment are dismissed with prejudice. Defendants' affirmative defenses of abandonment, acquiescence, estoppel, fraud, laches, nominative fair use, statute of limitations, trade mark misuse, unclean hands, and waiver are stricken from the Answer. Defendants are barred from raising these affirmative defenses at t rial. Defendants are barred from raising at trial Affirmative Defense 11 (general invalidity) as to the '967, '417, and '089 registrations as to goods classes. Based on Court's likelihood of confusion analysis as to THE WRITE CHO ICE mark, Defendants are permitted to raise the classic fair use defense (Affirmative Defense 19) at trial as to their alleged infringement of that mark. The parties are ordered to appear in person before Magistrate Judge Burkhardt to set the remaining deadlines in this case. Signed by Judge Cynthia Bashant on 6/12/2018. (jah)
April 12, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 404 ORDER denying Defendant BIC Corporation's 219 Daubert Motion to Exclude Opinions of Non-Retained Experts. Signed by Judge Cynthia Bashant on 4/12/2018. (jah)
July 2, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 360 ORDER denying Defendant's 331 Motion for Attorney Fees and 335 Motion for Attorney Fees. Signed by Judge Cynthia Bashant on 7/2/2015. (jah)
April 17, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 327 ORDER granting Defendants' Norwood and Bic USA, Inc's 214 Motion for Summary Judgment and 215 Motion for Summary Judgment; denying Defendant Bic Corporation's 216 Motion for Summary Judgment on the Counterclaims; denying Defen dants' 289 Motion for Sanctions. Terminating as moot 199 Motion to Exclude, 205 Motion for Partial Summary Judgment, 217 Motion to Exclude, 218 Motion to Exclude, and 219 Motion to Exclude. Court dismisses Pla's 14 First Amended Complaint. Court dismisses Dfts' counterclaims. Court declines to issue an order to show cause why Dfts should not be sanctioned (as urged by Pla's Opposition to the motion 315 ). Signed by Judge Cynthia Bashant on 4/17/2015. (jah)
July 25, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 176 ORDER Denying 151 Motion for Reconsideration. The parties shall meet and confer and provide the Court, on or before August 1, 2014, with a mutually agreeable location for the deposition to go forward. Signed by Magistrate Judge Jill L. Burkhardt on 7/25/2014. (knb)
June 24, 2014 Opinion or Order Filing 175 ORDER denying Plaintiff's 157 Motion for Sanctions for Failure to Obey Discovery Orders. Court instructs the parties to promptly meet and confer regarding methods available for obtaining U.S. only sales figures and to ultimately select a mutually agreeable option. Signed by Magistrate Judge Jill L. Burkhardt on 6/24/2014. (jah)
November 7, 2011 Opinion or Order Filing 41 ORDER: (1) denying 27 Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction; (2) denying 40 Defendants' Motion to Strike. Signed by Judge Janis L. Sammartino on 11/7/11. (lmt)
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Plaintiff: Marketquest Group, Inc.
Represented By: David Michael Kohn
Represented By: Michael Thomas Lane
Represented By: Kent M. Walker
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Defendant: Bic Corporation
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Defendant: Bic USA, Inc.
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