Monster Energy Company v. Beastup LLC

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MONSTER ENERGY COMPANY, a No. 2:17-cv-01605-KJM-EFB Delaware corporation, 12 Plaintiff, 13 ORDER v. 14 BEASTUP LLC, a California limited 15 liability company, 16 Defendant. 17 18 This trademark action arises from two energy drink companies’ use of stylized 19 claw marks and a formulation of the word “beast” on their cans and in their advertisements. 20 Plaintiff Monster Energy Company (“Monster”) has brought this lawsuit against defendant 21 BeastUp LLC (“BeastUp”) to stop BeastUp from using claw…