V.V.V. & Sons Edible Oils Limited v. Meenakshi Overseas LLC

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 V.V.V. & SONS EDIBLE OILS LIMITED, No. 2:14-cv-02961-DJC-CKD 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 MEENAKSHI OVERSEAS LLC, 15 Defendant. 16 17 18 This matter involves a trademark dispute over the mark IDHAYAM, an Indian 19 word for heart, in conjunction with the sale of sesame oil. Defendant is a New Jersey 20 company that sells sesame oil under the IDHAYAM mark and also owns a federal 21 trademark registration for that mark. Plaintiff, an Indian company that also sells 22 sesame oil under the IDHAYAM mark,…