Liu v. Shapiro

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 XIAO SHENG LIU, 10 Case No. 22-cv-04616-RS Plaintiff, 11 v. ORDER DENYING MOTION TO 12 DISMISS DASHIELL SHAPIRO, 13 Defendant. 14 15 16 I. INTRODUCTION 17 Plaintiff Xiao Sheng Liu, aka Vincent Yap, alleges defendant “John Doe” stole the internet 18 domain name 717.com from him, and that defendant Dashiell Shapiro subsequently purchased it 19 through a domain name broker. “John Doe” has not yet been served. Shapiro moves to dismiss, 20 arguing the complaint advances no viable claim against him because he is a bona…