Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Electronic Filing System. http://estta.uspto.gov
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`ESTTA Tracking number:
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`ESTTA905310
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`Filing date:
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`06/25/2018
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`Proceeding
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`Applicant
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`86363987
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`Smooch Labs Inc.
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`Applied for Mark
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`JSWIPE
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`Correspondence
`Address
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`Submission
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`Attachments
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`Filer's Name
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`Filer's email
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`Signature
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`Date
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`JOHN STRAND
`WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS PC
`600 ATLANTIC AVENUE
`BOSTON, MA 02210
`UNITED STATES
`Email: jlstrademarks@wolfgreenfield.com, sgstrademarks@wolfgreenfield.com
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`Applicant's Motion to Suspend
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`S1923.20000US00.MOTION TO SUSPEND APPEAL PROCEED-
`INGS.pdf(2469901 bytes )
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`Stephanie G. Stella
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`sgstrademarks@wolfgreenfield.com
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`/sgs/
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`06/25/2018
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRLAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`DOCKET NO.: Sl923.20000US00
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`Applicant
`Serial No.
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`Date Filed
`Mark
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`Class No.
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`Smooch Labs Inc.
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`86/363987
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`: August 12, 2014
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`J SWIPE
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`MOTION TO SUSPEND APPEAL PROCEEDINGS
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`(cid:21).(&.(cid:31) !(cid:1)!#(cid:1)(cid:15),(cid:1)(cid:5)(cid:2)(cid:24)(cid:2)(cid:22)(cid:2)(cid:1)5(cid:1)(cid:14)(cid:2)(cid:12)(cid:12),6(cid:30)7(cid:1)(cid:31) -(cid:1)(cid:8)(cid:25)(cid:23)(cid:21)(cid:1)55(cid:1)8(cid:12)(cid:16)(cid:1)(cid:31) -(cid:1)(cid:12)(cid:14)(cid:12)(cid:15)0(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:27)(cid:27)(cid:28)(cid:29)(cid:30)(cid:31) !(cid:1)(cid:11)"##(cid:30)$(cid:1)(cid:26)(cid:31)%&(cid:1)
`Pursuant to 37 CPR. § 2.117(c) and TBMP §§ 510 and 1213, Applicant Smooch Labs
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`(cid:18) (cid:30)(cid:2)(cid:1)69(cid:20)(cid:27)(cid:27)(cid:28)(cid:29)(cid:30)(cid:31) !:(cid:1)#((cid:1)9(cid:11)"##(cid:30)$(cid:1)(cid:26)(cid:31)%&:70(cid:1)!$(#./$(cid:1)(cid:29)!&(cid:1). -’(&(cid:29)/ ’-(cid:1)(cid:30)#. &’(cid:28)0(cid:1)$’(’%;(cid:1)"#<’&(cid:1)!$’(cid:1)(cid:25)#(cid:31)(-(cid:1)
`Inc. (“Applicant” or “Smooch Labs”), through its undersigned counsel, hereby moves the Board
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`=#((cid:1)(cid:31) (cid:1)#(-’((cid:1)&.&(cid:27)’ -(cid:29) /(cid:1)!$’(cid:1)(cid:31)(cid:27)(cid:27)’(cid:31)(cid:28)(cid:1)#=(cid:1)!$’(cid:1)(’=.&(cid:31)(cid:28)(cid:1)!#(cid:1)(’/(cid:29)&!’((cid:1)(cid:17)(cid:2)(cid:11)(cid:2)(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:27)(cid:27)(cid:28)(cid:29)(cid:30)(cid:31)!(cid:29)# (cid:1)(cid:11)’((cid:29)(cid:31)(cid:28)(cid:1)(cid:9)#(cid:2)(cid:1)
`for an order suspending the appeal of the refilsal to register US. Application Serial No.
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`)*+(cid:15)*(cid:15)(cid:13)),(cid:1)=#((cid:1)!$’(cid:1)"(cid:31)(2(cid:1)3(cid:11)4(cid:18)(cid:21)(cid:7)(cid:1)6!$’(cid:1)9>(cid:13)),(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:27)(cid:27)(cid:28)(cid:29)(cid:30)(cid:31)!(cid:29)# :7(cid:1)(cid:27)’ -(cid:29) /(cid:1)!$’(cid:1)#.!(cid:30)#"’(cid:1)#=(cid:1)(cid:31)(cid:1)(’(cid:28)(cid:31)!’-(cid:1)(cid:30)(cid:29)<(cid:29)(cid:28)(cid:1)
`86/363987 for the mark JSWIPE (the “’987 Application”) pending the outcome of a related civil
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`(cid:31)(cid:30)!(cid:29)# (cid:2)(cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:11)(cid:31)(cid:29)-(cid:1)(cid:31)(cid:30)!(cid:29)# (cid:1)6(cid:12)7(cid:1)?(cid:31)&(cid:1)=(cid:29)(cid:28)’-(cid:1)(cid:29) (cid:1)(cid:17)(cid:2)(cid:11)(cid:2)(cid:1)(cid:3)(cid:29)&!((cid:29)(cid:30)!(cid:1)(cid:5)#.(!(cid:1)=#((cid:1)!$’(cid:1)4’&!’( (cid:1)(cid:3)(cid:29)&!((cid:29)(cid:30)!(cid:1)#=(cid:1)(cid:8)’@(cid:31)&(cid:1)%;(cid:1)
`action. Said action (1) was filed in US. District Court for the Western District of Texas by
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`(cid:23)(cid:31)!(cid:30)$(cid:1)A(#.(cid:27)0(cid:1)(cid:26)(cid:26)(cid:5)(cid:1)69(cid:5)(cid:29)!’-(cid:1)(cid:22)’/(cid:29)&!((cid:31) !:70(cid:1)#? ’((cid:1)#=(cid:1)(cid:17)(cid:2)(cid:11)(cid:2)(cid:1)(cid:22)’/(cid:29)&!((cid:31)!(cid:29)# (cid:1)(cid:9)#(cid:2)(cid:1)11*8(cid:13)(cid:14)*(cid:1)=#((cid:1)!$’(cid:1)"(cid:31)(2(cid:1)
`Match Group, LLC (“Cited Registrant”), owner of US. Registration No. 4465926 for the mark
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`(cid:11)4(cid:18)(cid:21)(cid:7)(cid:1)6!$’(cid:1)9(cid:5)(cid:29)!’-(cid:1)(cid:23)(cid:31)(2:70(cid:1)?$(cid:29)(cid:30)$(cid:1)(cid:22)’/(cid:29)&!((cid:31)!(cid:29)# (cid:1)?(cid:31)&(cid:1)(cid:30)(cid:29)!’-(cid:1)%;(cid:1)!$’(cid:1)(cid:7)@(cid:31)"(cid:29) (cid:29) /(cid:1)(cid:20)!!#( ’;(cid:1)(cid:29) (cid:1)!$’(cid:1)
`SWIPE (the “Cited Mark”), which Registration was cited by the Examining Attorney in the
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`(cid:28)(cid:29)2’(cid:28)(cid:29)$##-(cid:1)#=(cid:1)(cid:30)# =.&(cid:29)# (cid:1)(’=.&(cid:31)(cid:28)(cid:1)# (cid:1)?$(cid:29)(cid:30)$(cid:1)!$’(cid:1)(cid:29) &!(cid:31) !(cid:1)(cid:31)(cid:27)(cid:27)’(cid:31)(cid:28)(cid:1)(cid:29)&(cid:1)%(cid:31)&’-0(cid:1)6(cid:14)7(cid:1)(cid:31)(cid:28)(cid:28)’/’&(cid:1)(cid:29) =((cid:29) /’"’ !(cid:1)%;(cid:1)(cid:31)(cid:1)
`likelihood of confiision refiisal on which the instant appeal is based, (2) alleges infringement by a
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`!$(cid:29)(-(cid:1)(cid:27)(cid:31)(!;(cid:1)#=(cid:1)!$’(cid:1)(cid:5)(cid:29)!’-(cid:1)(cid:23)(cid:31)(20(cid:1)(cid:31) -(cid:1)6(cid:15)7(cid:1)?(cid:29)(cid:28)(cid:28)(cid:1)(cid:28)(cid:29)2’(cid:28);(cid:1)(cid:29) <#(cid:28)<’(cid:1)(cid:31)(cid:1)(cid:30)$(cid:31)(cid:28)(cid:28)’ /’(cid:1)!#(cid:1)!$’(cid:1)<(cid:31)(cid:28)(cid:29)-(cid:29)!;(cid:1)#=(cid:1)!$’(cid:1)(cid:5)(cid:29)!’-(cid:1)
`third party of the Cited Mark, and (3) will likely involve a challenge to the validity of the Cited
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`(cid:23)(cid:31)(2(cid:2)(cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:25)’(cid:30)(cid:31).&’(cid:1)!$’(cid:1)#.!(cid:30)#"’(cid:1)#=(cid:1)!$’(cid:1)(cid:30)(cid:29)<(cid:29)(cid:28)(cid:1)(cid:31)(cid:30)!(cid:29)# (cid:1)?(cid:29)(cid:28)(cid:28)(cid:1)(cid:28)(cid:29)2’(cid:28);(cid:1)-(cid:29)(’(cid:30)!(cid:28);(cid:1)(cid:31)==’(cid:30)!(cid:1)!$’(cid:1)#.!(cid:30)#"’(cid:1)#=(cid:1)!$’(cid:1)
`Mark. Because the outcome of the civil action will likely directly affect the outcome of the
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`(cid:29) &!(cid:31) !(cid:1)(cid:31)(cid:27)(cid:27)’(cid:31)(cid:28)0(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:27)(cid:27)(cid:28)(cid:29)(cid:30)(cid:31) !(cid:1)&.%"(cid:29)!&(cid:1)!$(cid:31)!(cid:1)/##-(cid:1)(cid:30)(cid:31).&’(cid:1)’@(cid:29)&!&(cid:1)=#((cid:1)&.&(cid:27)’ &(cid:29)# (cid:1)#=(cid:1)!$’(cid:1)&(cid:31)"’(cid:1)(cid:27)’ -(cid:29) /(cid:1)
`instant appeal, Applicant submits that good cause exists for suspension of the same pending
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`resolution of the civil action.
`(’&#(cid:28).!(cid:29)# (cid:1)#=(cid:1)!$’(cid:1)(cid:30)(cid:29)<(cid:29)(cid:28)(cid:1)(cid:31)(cid:30)!(cid:29)# (cid:2)(cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:1)
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`BACKGROUND AND GROUND FOR MOTION
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`(cid:4) (cid:1)(cid:23)(cid:31)((cid:30)$(cid:1)(cid:14)(cid:13)0(cid:1)(cid:14)(cid:16)(cid:12))0(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:27)(cid:27)(cid:28)(cid:29)(cid:30)(cid:31) !(cid:1)=(cid:29)(cid:28)’-(cid:1)(cid:31)(cid:1)(cid:22)’B.’&!(cid:1)=#((cid:1)(cid:22)’(cid:30)# &(cid:29)-’((cid:31)!(cid:29)# (cid:1)69(cid:22)’B.’&!:7(cid:1)#=(cid:1)!$’(cid:1)
`On March 29, 2018, Applicant filed a Request for Reconsideration (“Request”) of the
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`(cid:7)@(cid:31)"(cid:29) (cid:29) /(cid:1)(cid:20)!!#( ’;>&(cid:1)(’=.&(cid:31)(cid:28)(cid:1)!#(cid:1)(’/(cid:29)&!’((cid:1)!$’(cid:1)>(cid:13)),(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:27)(cid:27)(cid:28)(cid:29)(cid:30)(cid:31)!(cid:29)# (cid:1). -’((cid:1)(cid:8)((cid:31)-’"(cid:31)(2(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:30)!(cid:1)5(cid:1)(cid:14)6-7(cid:1)# (cid:1)!$’(cid:1)
`Examining Attomey’s refiisal to register the ’987 Application under Trademark Act § 2(d) on the
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`/(#. -(cid:1)#=(cid:1)(cid:28)(cid:29)2’(cid:28)(cid:29)$##-(cid:1)#=(cid:1)(cid:30)# =.&(cid:29)# (cid:1)(cid:29) (cid:1)<(cid:29)’?(cid:1)#=(cid:1)!$’(cid:1)(cid:5)(cid:29)!’-(cid:1)(cid:23)(cid:31)(2(cid:2)(cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:27)(cid:27)(cid:28)(cid:29)(cid:30)(cid:31) !(cid:1)!(cid:29)"’(cid:28);(cid:1)=(cid:29)(cid:28)’-(cid:1)?(cid:29)!$(cid:1)(cid:29)!&(cid:1)
`ground of likelihood of confusion in View of the Cited Mark. Applicant timely filed with its
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`(cid:22)’B.’&!(cid:1)(cid:31)(cid:1)(cid:9)#!(cid:29)(cid:30)’(cid:1)#=(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:27)(cid:27)’(cid:31)(cid:28)(cid:2)(cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:4) (cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:27)((cid:29)(cid:28)(cid:1)(cid:14)(cid:14)0(cid:1)(cid:14)(cid:16)(cid:12))0(cid:1)!$’(cid:1)(cid:7)@(cid:31)"(cid:29) (cid:29) /(cid:1)(cid:20)!!#( ’;(cid:1)-’ (cid:29)’-(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:27)(cid:27)(cid:28)(cid:29)(cid:30)(cid:31) !>&(cid:1)
`Request a Notice of Appeal. On April 22, 2018, the Examining Attorney denied Applicant’s
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`(cid:22)’B.’&!0(cid:1)(cid:31) -(cid:1)# (cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:27)((cid:29)(cid:28)(cid:1)(cid:14)10(cid:1)(cid:14)(cid:16)(cid:12))0(cid:1)!$’(cid:1)(cid:25)#(cid:31)(-(cid:1)(’&."’-(cid:1)!$’(cid:1)(cid:31)(cid:27)(cid:27)’(cid:31)(cid:28)(cid:1)(cid:27)(#(cid:30)’’-(cid:29) /&(cid:1)(cid:31) -(cid:1)&’!(cid:1)!$’(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:27)(cid:27)’(cid:31)(cid:28)(cid:1)
`Request, and on April 24, 2018, the Board resumed the appeal proceedings and set the Appeal
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`(cid:25)((cid:29)’=(cid:1)-’(cid:31)-(cid:28)(cid:29) ’(cid:1)=#((cid:1)3. ’(cid:1)(cid:14)80(cid:1)(cid:14)(cid:16)(cid:12))(cid:1)63. ’(cid:1)(cid:14)(cid:15)(cid:1)%’(cid:29) /(cid:1)(cid:31)(cid:1)(cid:11)(cid:31)!.(-(cid:31);7(cid:2)(cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:30)(cid:30)#(-(cid:29) /(cid:28);0(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:27)(cid:27)(cid:28)(cid:29)(cid:30)(cid:31) !>&(cid:1)"#!(cid:29)# (cid:1)(cid:29)&(cid:1)
`Brief deadline for June 25, 2018 (June 23 being a Saturday). Accordingly, Applicant’s motion is
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`!(cid:29)"’(cid:28);(cid:1)=(cid:29)(cid:28)’-(cid:2)(cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:1)
`timely filed.
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`(cid:4) (cid:1)(cid:23)(cid:31)((cid:30)$(cid:1)(cid:12)*0(cid:1)(cid:14)(cid:16)(cid:12))0(cid:1)(cid:5)(cid:29)!’-(cid:1)(cid:22)’/(cid:29)&!((cid:31) !(cid:1)=(cid:29)(cid:28)’-(cid:1)(cid:31) (cid:1)(cid:31)"’ -’-(cid:1)(cid:30)#"(cid:27)(cid:28)(cid:31)(cid:29) !(cid:1)(cid:31)/(cid:31)(cid:29) &!(cid:1)(cid:31)(cid:1)!$(cid:29)(-(cid:1)(cid:27)(cid:31)(!;0(cid:1)
`On March 16, 2018, Cited Registrant filed an amended complaint against a third party,
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`(cid:25)."%(cid:28)’(cid:1)(cid:8)((cid:31)-(cid:29) /(cid:1)(cid:18) (cid:30)(cid:2)(cid:1)69(cid:3)’=’ -(cid:31) !:70(cid:1)(cid:29) (cid:1)!$’(cid:1)(cid:17)(cid:2)(cid:11)(cid:2)(cid:1)(cid:3)(cid:29)&!((cid:29)(cid:30)!(cid:1)(cid:5)#.(!(cid:1)=#((cid:1)!$’(cid:1)4’&!’( (cid:1)(cid:3)(cid:29)&!((cid:29)(cid:30)!(cid:1)#=(cid:1)(cid:8)’@(cid:31)&0(cid:1)
`Bumble Trading Inc. (“Defendant”), in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas,
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`(cid:29) (cid:1)?$(cid:29)(cid:30)$(cid:1)(cid:5)(cid:29)!’-(cid:1)(cid:22)’/(cid:29)&!((cid:31) !(cid:1)(cid:31)(cid:28)(cid:28)’/’-0(cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:2)(cid:3)(cid:4)(cid:5)(cid:6)(cid:7)(cid:8)(cid:1)(cid:7)0(cid:1)!$(cid:31)!(cid:1)(cid:3)’=’ -(cid:31) !(cid:1)$(cid:31)-(cid:1)(cid:29) =((cid:29) /’-(cid:1)!$’(cid:1)(cid:5)(cid:29)!’-(cid:1)(cid:23)(cid:31)(2(cid:2)(cid:1)(cid:1)C(cid:9)(cid:4)(cid:4)(cid:6)
`in which Cited Registrant alleged, inter alia, that Defendant had infringed the Cited Mark.
`[See
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`of the Cited Mark is likely to be challenged by Defendant in the district court proceeding, and
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`thus directly bears on the outcome of the instant appeal, Applicant submits that good cause exists
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`for granting the requested suspension.
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`suspend the instant appeal pending the outcome of Cited Registrant’s district court infringement
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`No. 6:18-cv-00080-RP-JCM
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`§ § § § § § § § § § § §
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`MATCH GROUP, LLC
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`BUMBLE TRADING, INC.
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`Defendant.
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`PLAINTIFF MATCH GROUP, LLC(cid:146)S FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION
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`Match Group, Inc. is the worldwide leader in online dating, with multiple popular brands
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`of matchmaking services, including Match, Plenty of Fish, OkCupid, and more. Plaintiff Match
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`Group, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Match Group, Inc., owns Tinder and its related
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`intellectual property. Tinder is one of Match(cid:146)s flagship brands. When released, it launched a
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`cultural revolution in social networking and online dating. Tinder is famously characterized by a
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`stack of swipeable cards containing photographs of potential matches nearby. If a user is
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`interested in the person shown, the user swipes right. If not, the user swipes left. If two users
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`swipe right on each other, a match has been made, and the users are permitted to communicate
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`with one another through the app. The app has become so well-known that an entire generation
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`is often described as the (cid:147)Tinder generation.(cid:148)
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`Match, through Tinder, spent significant time and effort developing and implementing
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`the inventions embodied in versions of the Tinder app and claimed in a recently issued utility
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`patent. Match, through its Tinder team, has spent significant time and money advertising the
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`Tinder brand, including Tinder(cid:146)s unique card-based swipe design. Match has also spent
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`significant time and money designing an attractive, artistic app, protected by both design patents
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`and copyrights. And Match has spent significant time and money on confidential internal
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`research and development, including brainstorming potential feature roll-outs. As a result of all
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`of these efforts, Match has significant intellectual property rights related to the Tinder
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`application and the Tinder brand. This is a case about infringement and misappropriation of that
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`intellectual property.
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`Bumble, founded by three ex-Tinder executives, copied Tinder(cid:146)s world-changing, card-
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`swipe-based, mutual opt-in premise. As acknowledged by third-party publications upon its
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`release, Bumble is (cid:147)virtually identical(cid:148) to Tinder in its functionality and general look-and-feel.
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`The competitive reason is obvious. Bumble sought to mimic Tinder(cid:146)s functionality, trade off of
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`Tinder(cid:146)s name, brand, and general look and feel, meet user expectations that Tinder itself and its
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`brand created, and build a business entirely on a Tinder-clone, distinguished only by Bumble(cid:146)s
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`women-talk-first marketing strategy. Compounding matters, Bumble has released at least two
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`features that its co-founders learned of and developed confidentially while at Tinder in violation
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`of confidentiality agreements. All of these actions infringe upon Match(cid:146)s valid and enforceable
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`intellectual property rights.
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`To be clear, this case is not about any Bumble personnel(cid:146)s personal history with anyone
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`previously at Tinder. This case is not about feminism or a business marketed based on feminist
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`themes; Match applauds Bumble(cid:146)s efforts at empowering women, both in its app and offline, and
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`Match cares deeply both about its women users and about women(cid:146)s issues generally. Rather,
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`this case is simply about forcing Bumble to stop competing with Match and Tinder using
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`Match(cid:146)s own inventions, patented designs, trademarks, and trade secrets. Match brings this
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`complaint to stop Bumble(cid:146)s unlawful use of this intellectual property.
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`II.
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`THE PARTIES
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`1.
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`Plaintiff Match Group, LLC ((cid:147)Match(cid:148)) is a Delaware Corporation with a principal
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`place of business in Dallas, Texas at 8750 N. Central Expressway, Suite 1400.
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`2.
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`Bumble Trading Inc. ((cid:147)Bumble(cid:148)) is a Delaware corporation with a principal place
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`of business at 1105 W 41st St., Austin, TX 78756.
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`3.
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`Although Bumble Trading Inc. continues to conduct business in Texas, as of the
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`date of filing this complaint, Bumble has failed to comply with Texas(cid:146)s franchise tax laws.
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`4.
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`As of March 16, 2018, Bumble Trading Inc. forfeited its charter and corporate
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`privileges under Section 171.309 of the Texas Tax Code.
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`III.
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`JURISDICTION AND VENUE
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`5.
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`This Court has personal jurisdiction over Bumble Trading Inc. consistent with the
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`requirements of the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution and the Texas Long
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`Arm Statute. Bumble conducts business, maintains an established place of business, and has
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`committed acts of patent infringement and/or has induced and/or has contributed to acts of patent
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`infringement by others in the Western District of the Texas, the State of Texas, and elsewhere in
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`the United States. In addition, Bumble(cid:146)s headquarters and principal place of business is located
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`in Austin, Texas, within the District.
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`6.
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`This Court has original subject matter jurisdiction over Match(cid:146)s claims for patent
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`infringement pursuant to the Federal Patent Act, 35 U.S.C. § 101 et seq. and 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331
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`and 1338(a). This Court has original subject matter jurisdiction over Match(cid:146)s federal trade secret
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`claim pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 1836-39 et seq. ((cid:147)Defend Trade Secrets Act(cid:148)) and 28 U.S.C. §§
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`1331 and 1343. The Court also has supplemental jurisdiction over the state law claims pursuant
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`to 28 U.S.C. § 1367.
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`7.
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`Venue is proper in this District for Bumble Trading, Inc. under 35 U.S.C. §
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`1400(b) because Bumble Trading Inc. has a regular and established place of business in Austin,
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`Texas and has committed acts of infringement in the District by making, using, and selling the
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`Bumble app in the District. Venue is also proper for Match(cid:146)s remaining claims against Bumble
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`under 28 U.S.C. § 1391 because Bumble resides in the District, has its principal place of business
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`in the District, is subject to personal jurisdiction in this District, and a substantial part of the
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`events or omissions giving rise to the claim(s) occurred within the District.
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`8.
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`The Waco Division of the Western District of Texas is convenient for both
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`parties. The Waco Federal Courthouse is less than 100 miles as the crow flies from both
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`Bumble(cid:146)s Austin-based headquarters and Match(cid:146)s Dallas-based headquarters.
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`9.
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`Match also has a significant server deployment in the Waco area.
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`10.
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`Bumble, meanwhile, employs at least four people at Baylor University. One
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`campus director, along with three campus ambassadors, plan events on and around the Baylor
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`campus to promote the Bumble app amongst Baylor University students.
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`IV.
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`FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS
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`A.
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`The Creation of Tinder
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`11.
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`The Tinder app was first conceived at and created by (cid:147)Hatch Labs,(cid:148) a technology
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`incubator owned by Match(cid:146)s ultimate parent company, IAC/InterActive Corp ((cid:147)IAC(cid:148)). Sean
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`Rad, Justin Mateen, Jonathan Badeen, Joe Munoz, Chris Gulczynski, Whitney Wolfe-Herd, and
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`others formed the early Tinder team that conceived, designed, developed, and conducted initial
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`marketing efforts for the Tinder app.
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`12.
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`Chris Gulczynski(cid:146)s position as Tinder was (cid:147)Lead Designer(cid:148) or (cid:147)Chief Creative.(cid:148)
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`Gulczynski was integral in designing the general look and feel of the earliest iterations of the
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`Tinder app.
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`13. Whitney Wolfe-Herd(cid:146)s position with Tinder was (cid:147)Vice President of Marketing.(cid:148)
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`She assisted in promoting the app and encouraging users to sign up in the app(cid:146)s early days.
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`14.
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`Sarah Mick joined Tinder in 2013, after Tinder(cid:146)s initial launch. Mick(cid:146)s title was
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`(cid:147)Vice President of Design(cid:148) and she assisted Gulczynski on various design aspects of the Tinder
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`interface.
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`15.
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`First released in September 2012 for iPhone devices, Tinder revolutionized online
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`dating services. From its earliest days, the premise of Tinder has been fundamentally the same.
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`Tinder users are shown other users ((cid:147)potential match(es)(cid:148)) based on certain parameters,
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`including age range and geographic location. The user is shown a card with a photo of a
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`potential match nearby. The user is then given a choice to indicate interest (or lack thereof) in
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`the potential match merely by swiping the card right (if interested) or left (if not). Although the
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`earliest iterations of Tinder did not include the ability to swipe left or right, once implemented,
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`swiping on Tinder became a cultural sensation.
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`16.
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`Tinder is now one of the most popular apps in the world.
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`B. Match(cid:146)s Tinder-Related Intellectual Property
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`17. Match has been awarded one utility patent, U.S. Patent No. 9,733,811 (the (cid:147)(cid:146)811
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`Patent(cid:148)), entitled (cid:147)Matching Process System and Method,(cid:148) in connection with the functional
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`innovations embodied in versions of the Tinder app. The (cid:146)811 Patent is attached as Exhibit A.
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`18. Match has been awarded another utility patent, U.S. Patent No. 9,959,023 (the
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`(cid:147)(cid:146)023 patent(cid:148)), entitled (cid:147)Match Process System and Method,(cid:148) in connection with other
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`innovations embodied in Tinder app. That patent issued at 12:00 AM EDT on May 1, 2018, or
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`11:00 PM CDT on April 30, 2018.
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`19. Match has also been awarded numerous design patents related to ornamental
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`aspects of the Tinder app. One such patent, United States Patent No. D798,314 (the (cid:147)(cid:146)314
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`Patent(cid:148)), entitled (cid:147)Display Screen or Portion Thereof with a Graphical User Interface of a
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`Mobile Device,(cid:148) issued September 26, 2017. The (cid:146)314 Patent is attached hereto as Exhibit B.
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`20. Match also has a federally registered trademark, Reg. No. 4,465,926, for (cid:147)swipe(cid:148)
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`in connection with computer application software for mobile devices, namely, software for social
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`introduction and dating services. Tinder first used this mark in commerce on or around March
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`28, 2013. The registration for Tinder(cid:146)s (cid:147)swipe(cid:148) mark is attached as Exhibit C.
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`21. Match is also currently seeking federal registration for (cid:147)swipe left(cid:148) and (cid:147)swipe
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`right(cid:148) in connection with mobile applications for social introduction and dating services.
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`22. Match also has common law trademark rights. For example, Match, through
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`Tinder, has used the marks (cid:147)swipe left(cid:148) and (cid:147)swipe right(cid:148) in connection with mobile applications
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`for social introduction and dating services nationwide. It first used these marks in commerce on
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`or around March 28, 2013.
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`23.
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`(cid:147)Swipe,(cid:148) (cid:147)swipe left,(cid:148) and (cid:147)swipe right(cid:148) have become synonymous with the
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`Tinder app.
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`24.
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`For example, the Telegraph listed (cid:147)swipe(cid:148) as a 2015 (cid:147)word of the year,(cid:148) writing
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`that its choice (cid:147)reflect[ed] the popularity of the dating app Tinder, in which users can swipe their
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`finger across the screen to approve or dismiss would-be dates.(cid:148)
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`25.
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`The English Oxford Dictionary also specifically defines the terms (cid:147)swipe right(cid:148)
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`and (cid:147)swipe left(cid:148) in connection with the Tinder brand:
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`26.
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`The English Oxford Dictionary also indicates that (cid:147)swipe right (or left) of dating
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`app Tinder fame(cid:148) was consistently one of the dictionary(cid:146)s most (cid:147)popular look-ups(cid:148) in 2017.
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`27.
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`Similarly, a recent episode of the game show (cid:147)Jeopardy(cid:148) indicated that (cid:147)swipe
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`left(cid:148) and (cid:147)swipe right(cid:148) were trademarks of the Tinder app.
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`28.
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`Indeed, Tinder(cid:146)s wordmarks have been famous since before Bumble even existed.
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`For example, in a February 2014 article in TIME Magazine, TIME described the swipe in Tinder
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`as (cid:147)iconic.(cid:148)
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`29.
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`Similarly, in February 2015, a CIO.com article described Tinder(cid:146)s (cid:147)swipe right(cid:148)
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`as a (cid:147)trademark(cid:148) of Tinder.
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`30.
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`In fact, the Atlanta Hawks, in connection with Tinder, hosted a highly publicized
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`(cid:147)Swipe Right Night(cid:148) at an Atlanta Hawks game in January 2015, reflecting the then-existing
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`fame of the mark.
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`31. Match, through Tinder, also has legally protectable trade dress. For example, the
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`ornamental design claimed in US D798,314 is a non-functional design element with source-
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`identifying significance, either because it is inherently distinctive or has acquired secondary
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`meaning.
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`32. Match, through Tinder, regularly advertises this design, showing a user(cid:146)s card
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`being swiped left or right.
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`33.
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`Third-party Internet publications have recognized that this design is synonymous
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`with Tinder, describing the (cid:147)Tinder swipable cards interface(cid:148) as (cid:147)famous(cid:148) and as taking (cid:147)the app
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`store by storm.(cid:148)
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`34.
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`This card swipe interface has also been described as (cid:147)iconic.(cid:148)
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`35.
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`Indeed, this interface is so well-known and iconic that, when other businesses use
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`similar interfaces in connection with non-social network, non-dating apps, third-party
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`publications describe such uses as making the app look like Tinder.
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`36.
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`As reflected by the United States Patent and Trademark Office(cid:146)s decision to grant
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`the (cid:146)314 Patent, this card-swipe design is non-functional.
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`37.
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`Similarly, Match has protectable trade dress in its (cid:147)It(cid:146)s a Match!(cid:148) screen, shown
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`below:
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`38.
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`As with the swipeable card interface, this screen has distinctive trade dress
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`source-identifying significance.
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`39. Match, through Tinder, also regularly uses this screen as a source-identifier in
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`various advertising materials, including in the Apple App Store, the Google Play Store, and on
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`YouTube.
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`40.
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`Finally, Match, like most companies, has trade secrets related to confidential
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`business planning and research and development efforts.
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`41. Match Group, LLC owns all rights to the intellectual property identified above.
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`C.
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`Whitney Wolfe-Herd, Chris Gulczynski, and Sarah Mick Leave Tinder and
`Create a Tinder Copycat, Bumble.
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`42.
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`As discussed above, the early Tinder team included Sean Rad, Justin Mateen,
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`Jonathan Badeen, Joe Munoz, Chris Gulczynski, Whitney Wolfe-Herd, and others. In December
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`2013, Chris Gulcznyski and Sarah Mick left Tinder. Wolfe-Herd left Tinder shortly thereafter.
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`Exactly one year after the effective date of Chris Gulczynski and Sarah Mick(cid:146)s severance
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