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2026-05-06 |
COMPLAINT against THE INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES, PARTNERSHIPS, AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS IDENTIFIED ON SCHEDULE A TO THE COMPLAINT. (Filing Fee $ 405.00, Receipt Number BNYSDC-32808052)Document filed by Souper Products, LLC. |
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Exhibit Registered Trademarks |
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(Exhibit Registered Patents) |
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2
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2026-05-06 |
CIVIL COVER SHEET filed. |
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3
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2026-05-06 |
NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Christopher Tom on behalf of Souper Products, LLC. |
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2026-05-06 |
RULE 7.1 CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. No Corporate Parent. Document filed by Souper Products, LLC. |
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2026-05-06 |
AO 120 FORM TRADEMARK - NOTICE OF SUBMISSION BY ATTORNEY. AO 120 Form Patent/Trademark for case opening submitted to court for review. |
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2026-05-06 |
AO 120 FORM PATENT - NOTICE OF SUBMISSION BY ATTORNEY. AO 120 Form Patent/Trademark for case opening submitted to court for review. |
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7
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2026-05-06 |
PROPOSED ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WITHOUT EMERGENCY RELIEF. Document filed by Souper Products, LLC. Related Document Number: 1. Proposed Order to Show Cause to be reviewed by Clerk's Office staff. |
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8
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2026-05-06 |
MEMORANDUM OF LAW in Support re: 7 Proposed Order to Show Cause Without Emergency Relief. Document filed by Souper Products, LLC. |
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2026-05-06 |
DECLARATION of Christopher Tom in Support re: 7 Proposed Order to Show Cause Without Emergency Relief. Document filed by Souper Products, LLC. |
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Exhibit 1 - Mapping Global Trade in Fakes Report |
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Exhibit 2 - Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Intellectual Property Rights Seizure Statistics Report |
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(Exhibit 3 - Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters) |
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10
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2026-05-06 |
DECLARATION of Yingchun Hou re: 7 Proposed Order to Show Cause Without Emergency Relief. Document filed by Souper Products, LLC. |
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2026-05-06 |
DECLARATION of Jacob Sendowski re: 7 Proposed Order to Show Cause Without Emergency Relief. Document filed by Souper Products, LLC. |
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Exhibit 1 - Souper Cubes Federal Trademark Registration Certificates |
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(Exhibit 2 - Souper Cubes Patents) |
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2026-05-06 |
MOTION to Seal Schedule A to the Complaint, Exhibit 1 to the Declaration of Yingchun Hou, and Exhibit 3 to the Declaration of Jacob Sendowski. Document filed by Souper Products, LLC. |
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13
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2026-05-06 |
MOTION for Leave to File Excess Pages. Document filed by Souper Products, LLC. |
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2026-05-06 |
PROPOSED ORDER. Document filed by Souper Products, LLC. Related Document Number: 13. Proposed Order to be reviewed by Clerk's Office staff. |
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CASE OPENING INITIAL ASSIGNMENT NOTICE: The above-entitled action is assigned to Judge Lewis A. Kaplan. Please download and review the Individual Practices of the assigned District Judge, located at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/judges/district-judges. Attorneys are responsible for providing courtesy copies to judges where their Individual Practices require such. Please download and review the ECF Rules and Instructions, located at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/rules/ecf-related-instructions. |
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Magistrate Judge Barbara C. Moses is designated to handle matters that may be referred in this case. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 636(c) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 73(b)(1) parties are notified that they may consent to proceed before a United States Magistrate Judge. Parties who wish to consent may access the necessary form at the following link: https://nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/2018-06/AO-3.pdf. |
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Case Designated ECF. |
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***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING PARTY MODIFICATION. Notice to attorney Christopher Tom. The party information for the following party/parties has been modified: THE INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES, PARTNERSHIPS, AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS IDENTIFIED ON SCHEDULE A TO THE COMPLAINT. The information for the party/parties has been modified for the following reason/reasons: party name was entered in all caps;. |
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2026-05-07 |
***SEALED***NOTICE of Schedule A re: 1 Complaint, 12 MOTION to Seal Schedule A to the Complaint, Exhibit 1 to the Declaration of Yingchun Hou, and Exhibit 3 to the Declaration of Jacob Sendowski. Document filed by Souper Products, LLC. Motion or Order to File Under Seal: 12. |
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2026-05-07 |
***SEALED***DECLARATION of Yingchun Hou re: 7 Proposed Order to Show Cause Without Emergency Relief, 12 MOTION to Seal Schedule A to the Complaint, Exhibit 1 to the Declaration of Yingchun Hou, and Exhibit 3 to the Declaration of Jacob Sendowski. Document filed by Souper Products, LLC. Motion or Order to File Under Seal: 12. |
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(Exhibit 1 - Defendant Investigation Results) |
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2026-05-07 |
AO 120 FORM PATENT - CASE OPENING - SUBMITTED. In compliance with the provisions of 35 U.S.C. 290, the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is hereby advised that a court action has been filed on the following patent(s) in the U.S. District Court Southern District of New York. Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office electronically notified via Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF). |
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2026-05-07 |
AO 120 FORM TRADEMARK - CASE OPENING - SUBMITTED. In compliance with the provisions of 15 U.S.C. 1116, the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is hereby advised that a court action has been filed on the following trademark(s) in the U.S. District Court Southern District of New York. Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office electronically notified via Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF). |
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2026-05-07 |
***SEALED***DECLARATION of Jacob Sendowski re: 7 Proposed Order to Show Cause Without Emergency Relief, 12 MOTION to Seal Schedule A to the Complaint, Exhibit 1 to the Declaration of Yingchun Hou, and Exhibit 3 to the Declaration of Jacob Sendowski. Document filed by Souper Products, LLC. Motion or Order to File Under Seal: 12. |
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Exhibit 3 Part 1 of 54 |
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(Exhibit 3 Part 54 of 54) |
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***NOTICE TO COURT REGARDING PROPOSED ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WITHOUT EMERGENCY RELIEF. Document No. 7 Proposed Order to Show Cause Without Emergency Relief was reviewed and approved as to form. |
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***NOTICE TO COURT REGARDING PROPOSED ORDER. Document No. 14 Proposed Order was reviewed and approved as to form. |
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2026-05-08 |
MEMO ENDORSED ORDER granting 12 Motion to Seal. ENDORSEMENT: SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Lewis A. Kaplan on 5/8/26) |
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2026-05-08 |
ORDER TO EXCEED PAGE LIMIT granting 13 Motion for Leave to File Document. It is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiff may submit a memorandum of law in support of its ex parte application for entry of an order to show cause with a temporary restraining order and other relief in excess of the page limitations that may be set by the Court, and in the form attached to the Motion as Exhibit A. The Clerk shall terminate Dkt. 13. (Signed by Judge Lewis A. Kaplan on 5/8/26) |
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2026-05-08 |
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION AND TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER, Based on the foregoing findings of fact and conclusions of law, Plaintiff's Application is GRANTED, to the extent, and only to the extend, that it is ORDERED as follows: As sufficient causes have been shown, Defendants are temporarily enjoined and restrained from engaging in any of the following conduct pending the return date of the Application as referenced below: a. Using the SOUPER CUBES Trademarks or any reproductions, counterfeit copies, or colorable imitations thereof in any manner in connection with the distribution, marketing, advertising, offering for sale, or sale of any Infringing Products; b. Passing off, inducing, or enabling others to sell or pass off any product as a genuine Souper Product that is not, in fact, Plaintiffs SOUPER CUBES Products and/or not produced under the authorization, control, or supervision of Plaintiff and approved by Plaintiff for sale under the SOUPER CUBES Trademarks and as further set forth in this Order; Within five (5) days of receipt of this Order, the Marketplace Platforms, any domain name registry providing service to any User Account, and any other online service provider hosting or serving a USER Account who or which receives actual notice of this order and acts in active concert or participation with a defendant shall disable and cease displaying any advertisements used by or associated with such Defendant in connection with the sale of Infringing Products. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 64 and 65, as well as C.P.L.R. § 6201, and this Court's inherent equitable power to issue provisional remedies ancillary to its authority to provide final equitable relief, as sufficient cause has been show, Defendants and any persons in active concert or participation with them who have actual notice of this Order and are in active concert or participation with a defendant is temporarily restrained and enjoined transferring or disposing of any money or other of such Defendant's assets. The Court hereby authorizes expedited discovery by plaintiff as sufficient cause has been shown, within five (5) days of receipt of service of this by plaintiff, including of the Financial Institutions, including each of the Marketplace Platforms in their capacities as online marketplace platforms, any domain name registry providing service to any User Account, and other online service provider hosting or serving a User Account, containing or relating to: Identifying information for Defendants, including all available contact information (which shall include, if available, all known e-mail addresses and mailing addresses), as well as all associated account numbers and account balances regardless of the platform or institution; b. Any User Accounts and/or online marketplace websites affiliated with Defendants that are not listed on Schedule A to the Complaint (and attached hereto) and as further set forth in this Order; The Clerk of Court is directed to issue a single original summons in the name of "THE INDIVIDUALS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND CORPORATIONS, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES, UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS IDENTIFIED ON SCHEDULE A TO THE COMPLAINT" that shall apply to all Defendants. Plaintiff shall deposit with the Court Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), either by cash, company check, cashier's check, or surety bond, as security, which amount was determined adequate for the payment of such damages as any person may be entitled to recover as a result of a wrongful restraint hereunder. Schedule A to the Complaint, Exhibit 3 to the Declaration of Jacob Sendowski, and Exhibit 1 to the Declaration of Yingchun Hou shall be sealed and remain sealed until Defendants' Accounts and Defendants' Assets are restrained. Plaintiff shall file unsealed versions of Schedule A to the Complaint, Exhibit 3 to the Declaration of Jacob Sendowski, and Exhibit 1 to the Declaration of Yingchun Hou using the CM/ECF system prior to the expiration of this Order. Any Defendants that are subject to this Order may appear and move to dissolve or modify the Order on tow (2) days' notice to Plaintiff or on short notice as set by this Court. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a hearing on plaintiffs motion for a preliminary injunction shall be held on May 14, 2026 at 3 PM. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that opposing papers, if any, shall be filed and served on or before 5/12, 2026, at 4 p.m. This Temporary Restraining Order without notice is entered at 10:10 a.m. on May 8, 2026, and shall expire on May 22, 2026 at 11:59 pm unless otherwise ordered., (Status Conference set for 5/14/2026 at 03:00 PM before Judge Lewis A. Kaplan.) (Signed by Judge Lewis A. Kaplan on 5/8/26) (yv) Transmission to Civil Case Openings Clerk for processing. Transmission to Finance Unit (Cashiers) for processing. |
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2026-05-12 |
LETTER MOTION to Continue Preliminary Injunction Hearing to a later date addressed to Judge Lewis A. Kaplan from Christopher Tom dated 05/12/2026. Document filed by Souper Products, LLC. |
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2026-05-12 |
NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Alexander Warden on behalf of SOCISEN, BELLSAL. |
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2026-05-13 |
ORDER EXTENDING TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER granting 23 Letter Motion to Continue. It is hereby ORDERED that 1. Opposing papers, if any, shall be filed and served on or before May 26, 2026, at 4 p.m. 2. The preliminary injunction hearing scheduled for May 14, 2026, is adjourned until May 28, 2026, at 4 p.m. in Courtroom 21B. 3. For the reasons stated in Plaintiff's May 12 letter, the Court finds good cause under Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(b)(2) to extend the Temporary Retraining Order for a period of 14 days. Unless otherwise ordered, the Temporary Restraining Order entered on May 8, 2026, shall expire on June 5, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. SO ORDERED. Status Conference set for 5/28/2026 at 04:00 PM in Courtroom 21B, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007 before Judge Lewis A. Kaplan. (Signed by Judge Lewis A. Kaplan on 5/13/2026) |
