Las Vegas Sands Corp. v. First Cagayan Leisure & Resort Corp. et al

Filing 36

ORDER Granting Plaintiff's 21 Motion for Preliminary Injunction. Plaintiff need not post additional security because it has already deposited 10 $100 with the Clerk of the Court as security for the Court's previously issued 9 preliminary injunction/temporarily restraining order. Signed by Judge James C. Mahan on 2/17/2015. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - SLD)

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1 Michael J. McCue (NV Bar No. 6055)
[e-mail]
2 Jonathan W. Fountain (NV Bar No. 10351)
[e-mail]
3 Meng Zhong (NV Bar No. 12145)
[e-mail]
4 LEWIS ROCA ROTHGERBER LLP
3993 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 600
5 Las Vegas, Nevada 89169
Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone]
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Attorneys for Plaintiff
7 Las Vegas Sands Corp.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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10 LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP., a Nevada
corporation,
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Plaintiff,
12 v.

Case No: 2:14-cv-00424-JCM-NJK
[PROPOSED] PRELIMINARY
INJUNCTION

13 FIRST CAGAYAN LEISURE & RESORT
CORPORATION, et al.
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Defendants.
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UPON CONSIDERATION of the motion filed by Plaintiff Las Vegas Sands Corp. for a

17 preliminary injunction against the New Defendants (Dkt. No. 21), the supporting memorandum
18 of points and authorities, the supporting declaration of Meng Zhong, the record in this case, and
19 for other good cause shown;
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THE COURT HEREBY FINDS THAT:

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In accordance with the Court’s Temporary Restraining Order, Order for

22 Alternative Service, and Order Setting Hearing and Briefing Schedule On Plaintiff’s Motion for
23 Preliminary Injunction For The New Defendants, entered on December 19, 2014 (Dkt. No. 24),
24 and as set forth in the Certificate of Service (Dkt. No. 27), Las Vegas Sands Corp. served each of
25 the Defendants (including each of the New Defendants) by email on December 29, 2014 with the
26 Complaint, Amended Complaint, and Motion for Preliminary Injunction;
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Las Vegas Sands also served a copy of the Court’s order setting forth the briefing

28 schedule for the Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Dkt. No. 30);
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Las Vegas Sands Corp. will suffer irreparable injury to its valuable trademarks

2 and associated goodwill if the New Defendants are not preliminarily enjoined from transferring
3 the following domain names to other domain name registrars located outside the Court’s
4 jurisdiction, or from transferring the registrations for the following domain names to other
5 persons or entities located outside the Court’s jurisdiction: www.js3111.com, www.js3777.com,
6 www.js3222.com, www.5599js.com, www.5588js.com, www.js8777.com, www.6677js.com,
7 www.6633js.com, www.6644js.com, www.6611js.com, www.6666js.com, www.6688js.com,
8 www.7777js.com, www.1111js.com, www.2222js.com, www.3333js.com, www.5555js.com,
9 www.8888js.com, www.js8111.com, www.js8222.com, www.8877js.com, www.8833js.com,
10 www.8811js.com, www.8822js.com, www.8844js.com, www.8855js.com, www.2211js.com,
11 www.2255js.com, www.2266js.com, www.2277js.com, www.2288js.com, www.2299js.com,
12 www.1122js.com, www.1155js.com, www.1144js.com, www.3311js.com, www.3322js.com,
13 www.3355js.com, www.3377js.com, www.3388js.com, www.3399js.com, and www.3583.com
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Las Vegas Sands Corp. is likely to succeed on the merits of its Lanham Act

16 claims for trademark infringement and false designation of origin, brought pursuant to 15 U.S.C.
17 §§ 1114(a) and 1125(a)(1)(A), respectively, and on its claim for copyright infringement, brought
18 pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 101, et seq.;
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The balance of hardships tips in Las Vegas Sands Corp.’s favor because a

20 preliminary injunction order would merely place the New Domains on hold and lock pending
21 trial, and the failure to issue a preliminary injunction order would cause Las Vegas Sands Corp.
22 to suffer additional irreparable injury and incur additional expense if the New Domains are
23 transferred to other registrants during the pendency of this action, requiring Las Vegas Sands
24 Corp. to file additional lawsuit(s) in other jurisdictions;
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The issuance of a preliminary injunction order is in the public interest because it

26 would protect consumers against deception and confusion arising from the use of Las Vegas
27 Sands Corp.’s federally registered trademarks, by persons other than Las Vegas Sands Corp.; and
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The New Defendants will suffer minimal damage, if any damage at all, by the
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1 issuance of a preliminary injunction; accordingly, a nominal bond in the amount of $100 is
2 reasonable security;
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To date, none of the Defendants (New or otherwise) have filed a memorandum of

4 points and authority or any other response with the Court in opposition to Plaintiff’s motion for a
5 preliminary injunction.
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THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT, pending a full trial on the merits:

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1.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. need not post additional security because it has already

8 deposited $100 with the Clerk of the Court as security for the Court’s previously issued
9 preliminary injunction/temporarily restraining order (Dkt. No. 10), and that deposit is sufficient
10 security to support the issuance of this preliminary injunction;
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2.

eNom,

Inc.

(“eNom”),

GoDaddy.com,

Inc.,

and

PDR

LTD.

D/B/A

12 PUBLICDOMAINREGISTRY.COM (the domain name registrars) and VeriSign, Inc. (the.com
13 registry) shall immediately remove or disable the domain name server (“DNS”) information for
14 the New Domains, shall place the New Domains on hold and lock, and deposit them into the
15 registry of the Court;
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The New Defendants and their respective officers, agents, servants, employees,

17 and/or all other persons acting in concert or participation with the New Defendants are hereby
18 enjoined from: (a) using the SANDS mark, the Sunburst design, Jinsha, or any confusingly
19 similar variations thereof, alone or in combination with any other letters, words, letter string,
20 phrases or designs in commerce, including, without limitation, on any website, in any domain
21 name, in any social network user name, in any hidden website text, or in any website metatag;
22 and (b) engaging in false or misleading advertising or commercial activities likely to deceive
23 consumers into believing that any of the New Defendants is the Plaintiff or that any of the New
24 Defendants’ goods or services are associated or affiliated with, connected to, or approved, or
25 sponsored by, Plaintiff; and
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Plaintiff may serve follow-up subpoenas upon eNom, Inc. (“eNom”),

27 GoDaddy.com, Inc., and PDR LTD. D/B/A PUBLICDOMAINREGISTRY.COM (the domain
28 name registrars), and may serve subpoenas upon any other third party, but solely to the extent
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1 necessary to identify any unknown Defendant or any other person or entity who is or who may
2 be violating this Order.
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February 17, 2015.
ENTERED: this ______ day of January, 2015

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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