Legal Opinion

Symbolstix, LLC v. Smarty Ears, LLC

District Court, N.D. Ohio

Decided December 28, 2015No. Case No. 3:14CV1850PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

James G. Carr, Sr., United States District Judge

ORDER

This is a copyright infringement, case between two publishers of pictogram stick-figure symbols that speech therapists use in their work with speech-impaired children.

Plaintiff Symbolstix, LLC (Symbolstix) is an Ohio limited liability company. (Doc. ■1 ¶ 1). Defendants are Smarty Ears, LLC *1031(Smarty Ears), a Texas limited liability company, and its Manager and Director, Barbara Fernandes, a resident of Texas. (Id. ¶¶ 1-3).

Pending is defendants’ motion to dismiss for want of personal jurisdiction or, alternatively, to transfer venue. (Doc.…

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