Case 2:21-cv-01051-AB-JEM Document 39 Filed 04/20/21 Page 1 of 31 Page ID #:1089 1 MAYER BROWN LLP JOHN NADOLENCO (SBN 181128) 2
[email protected] C. MITCHELL HENDY (SBN 282036) 3
[email protected] 350 South Grand Avenue, 25th Floor 4 Los Angeles, CA 90071-1503 Telephone: (213) 229-9500 5 6 A. JOHN P. MANCINI (pro hac vice)
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[email protected] 8 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 9 Telephone: (212) 506-2295 10 Attorneys for Plaintiff Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association 11 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 13 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 14 PASADENA TOURNAMENT OF Case No.: 2:21-cv-01051 15 ROSES ASSOCIATION, 16 PLAINTIFF PASADENA Plaintiff, TOURNAMENT OF ROSES 17 ASSOCIATION’S RESPONSE IN v. OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT’S 18 MOTION TO DISMISS 19 CITY OF PASADENA, Hon. André Birotte, Jr. Date: May 14, 2021 20 Time: 10:00 am Defendant. Courtroom: 7B 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 PASADENA TOURNAMENT OF ROSES ASSOCIATION’S OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO DISMISS, CASE NO. 2:21-CV-01051 Case 2:21-cv-01051-AB-JEM Document 39 Filed 04/20/21 Page 2 of 31 Page ID #:1090 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Page 3 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................... 1 BACKGROUND ...................................................................................................... 2 4 ARGUMENT ............................................................................................................ 3 5 I. This Court Has Subject Matter Jurisdiction Over This Active and Concrete Controversy .................................................................... 3 6 II. The Tournament’s Trademark, False Advertising, and Contract 7 Claims Are Sufficiently Pleaded .......................................................... 6 A. The Tournament Sufficiently Pleads Claims for 8 Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition, False Association, False Endorsement, and False Designation 9 of Origin in Counts 3-5, 7, and 8 of the FAC ...........................