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5 HONORABLE VALERIE BAKER FAIRBANK
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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8 CONSUMERINFO.COM, INC., )
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9 PLAINTIFF, )
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10 VS. ) CV 09-03783-VBF(MAN)
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11 ALEX CHANG, ET AL. )
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12 DEFENDANT. )
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ROSALYN ADAMS, CSR 11794
23 OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
100 UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE
24 312 NORTH SPRING STREET, ROOM 410
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90012
25 (213) 894-2665
1 APPEARANCES:
2 ON BEHALF OF PLAINTIFF:
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ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT, ALEX CHANG:
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ORRICK HERRINGTON SUTCLIFFE
9 BY: KENT B. GOSS
VALERIE M. GOO
10 SETH E. FREILICH
777 SOUTH FIGUEROA STREET
11 SUITE 3200
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90017
12 (213) 612-2020
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ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT, ADAPTIVE MARKETING LLC:
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GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP
15 BY: VINCENT H. CHIEFFO
2450 COLORADO AVENUE
16 SUITE 400E
SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA 90404
17 (310) 586-7700
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16 (FLAG SALUTE.)
19 PROTECTABLE TRADEMARK?
22 QUESTION.
24 FREECREDITREPORT.COM AS A TRADEMARK?
2 QUESTION.
14 (PAUSE IN PROCEEDINGS.)
20 MAY I HAVE MY CLERK SHOW THIS TO COUNSEL FOR ALL SIDES AND
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5 WITH SECTION B?
8 CLAIM, TRIPLEADVANTAGE.
10 PROTECTABLE TRADEMARK?
15 TRIPLEADVANTAGE AS A TRADEMARK?
8 MARK?
13 DEFENDANT.
1 DEFENDANT.
14 DEFENDANT.
23 TECHNOLOGIES, $120,000.
2 CYBERSQUATTING.
4 TECHNOLOGIES, $280,000.
7 MITIGATE DAMAGES?
15 OWNED BY CONSUMERINFO.
21 FREECREDITREPORT.COM IN COMMERCE?
11 TRADEMARKS?
17 OR TRIPLEADVANTAGE?
20 SECTION F.
25 TRADEMARKS?
14 INFRINGEMENT?
1 TRIPLEADVANTAGE.
4 MITIGATE DAMAGES?
7 PROCEED TO SECTION G.
12 MATERIAL FACT?
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7 FREECREDITREPORT.COM IS GENERIC?
10 FOREPERSON.
16 POLLED, INDIVIDUALLY?
22 (SIDEBAR.)
5 CONTINUE WITH IT. IT'S AFTER 2:00 O'CLOCK NOW. THEY'RE USED
8 8:30?
14 (END SIDEBAR.)
16 ITS HARD WORK AND TIME. I WOULD ASK THE JURY TO KINDLY
17 RETURN TO THE JURY ROOM FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES. WHEN YOU'RE
18 IN THE JURY ROOM NOW, DO NOT TALK ABOUT THIS CASE OR ANYTHING
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6 OF THE VERDICT FORM, LET MY CLERK KNOW AND WE'LL MAKE SOME
11 (RECESS.)
14 COURTROOM.
24 JURY IN THE JURY ROOM, AND NOT EXCUSED AND INSTRUCTED NOT TO
7 FILLED OUT?
15 DEFENDANTS.
22 LIABILITY --
7 CLAIM.
15 BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY BUSINESS TOGETHER WITH THEIR SEPARATE
18 I DON'T SEE THE HOW THE JURY CAN AWARD -- CAN MAKE A FINDING
19 WHERE THEY FOUND THAT WE'RE NOT LIABLE FOR THE UNDERLYING
7 INQUIRE OF THE JURY. THIS IS NOT A CLAIM THAT THEY CAN FIND
8 LIABILITY ON.
10 FORM?
13 EXCUSE THEM?
15 JURY. AND I ALWAYS TELL THE JURORS THAT THEY DON'T NEED TO
16 TALK ABOUT THE CASE WITH ANYONE, BUT THEY'RE ALSO FREE TO DO
19 WITH THEM, IF YOU COULD LET MY CLERK KNOW WHEN YOU'RE READY
1 AND THE COURT SYSTEM, THANK YOU FOR SERVING A JURORS. IT'S A
8 SAY THAT I WAS VERY THANKFUL AND ADMIRING OF THE JURY FOR THE
14 TO TALK ABOUT THIS CASE. YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THIS CASE OR
18 THANK MY COURT STAFF. YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY ALL WORKED VERY
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21 MS. ADAMS, BECAUSE I'M NOT VERY TALL AND I CAN'T SEE HER
22 USUALLY. (LAUGHTER.)
2 CASE.
4 SIDES. THEY'RE ALL VERY, VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND YOU CAN SEE
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23 (RECESS.)
2 EQUITABLE ISSUES.
13 PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE?
20 BECAUSE OF THE STORM IN THE EAST. NOW THE FUNERAL HAS BEEN
1 LONGER TIME.
6 EVIDENCE THAT HAS NOT BEEN ADMITTED THUS FAR IN THE CASE?
11 BE OKAY ON THAT.
13 MS. TROTTER.
8 15TH AND 14TH WOULD BE PRETTY PACKED, BUT I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN
17 O'CLOCK CASE.
6 TRIAL.
21 CASE YOU CAN GET TOGETHER AND TALK WITH THE CLERK ABOUT WHEN
22 YOU'D LIKE YOUR STAFF TO COME IN. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY
23 MUCH.
1 (END OF PROCEEDINGS.)
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