HBI Innovations LLP v. Smartli LLC

1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 HBI Innovations LLP, No. CV-25-02508-PHX-SMB 10 Plaintiff, ORDER 11 v. 12 Smartli LLC, 13 Defendant. 14 15 The Court now considers Defendant Smartli LLC’s Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 20). 16 The Court denies the Motion for the following reasons. 17 I. BACKGROUND 18 This case arises out of a May 2022 sale of goods from Plaintiff HBI Innovations, 19 LLP, formerly known as BBK Tobacco & Foods LLP d/b/a HBI International (“HBI”) to 20 Smartli. (Doc. 16 at 3 ¶ 11.) 21 Smartli became an HBI customer in 2021—placing…