TRO Case
BRIDLINGTON BUD LTD v. The Partnerships, Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A
Trademark Infringement
Case No.
1:2025-cv-25197
Filing Date
Nov 08, 2025
Plaintiff
BRIDLINGTON BUD LTD
Court
Southern District of Florida
Docket Entries (22)
Jul 16, 2026
ORDER DISMISSING Amended Complaint [23] WITHOUT PREJUDICE. The Court's Order at (ECF No. 24) is VACATED. The case remains CLOSED. Signed by Judge K. Michael Moore on 7/16/2026. See attached document for full details.
Jul 15, 2026
ORDER DISMISSING Complaint [1] without prejudice. The case is now CLOSED. Signed by Judge K. Michael Moore on 7/15/2026. See attached document for full details.
Jul 15, 2026
AMENDED COMPLAINT against QinSiLiStore, US Standard & Co. Shop, sgsgsgsgsdg, filed by Bridlington Bud, Ltd.
Jul 11, 2026
RESPONSE TO ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE re [17] Order on Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, Order on Motion for Service by Publication, by Bridlington Bud, Ltd.
Jul 08, 2026
PAPERLESS ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. THIS CAUSE came before the Court upon a sua sponte examination of the record. Plaintiff filed its Complaint 1 alleging trademark infringement against ten (10) Defendants. Upon a review of the Complaint, the allegations are insufficient to justify joinder of multiple Defendants. Actions for infringement of intellectual property with online defendants such as this have become increasingly prevalent in the Southern District of Florida in recent years and have routinely been allowed to proceed without careful and independent judicial scrutiny as to whether a plaintiff has properly joined the many defendants on their respective Schedule A. "On motion or on its own, the court may at any time, on just terms, add or drop a party. The court may also sever any claim against a party." Fed. R. Civ. P. 21. As it pertains to joinder of Defendants, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 20(a)(2) provides, in relevant part: "Persons--as well as a vessel, cargo, or other property subject to admiralty process in rem--may be joined in one action as defendants if: (A) any right to relief is asserted against them jointly, severally, or in the alternative with respect to or arising out of the same transaction, occurrence, or series of transactions or occurrences; and (B) any question of law or fact common to all defendants will arise in the action." Fed. R. Civ. P. 20(a)(2) (emphasis added). "The district court has broad discretion to join parties or not and that decision will not be overturned as long as it falls within the district court's range of choices." Swan v. Ray, 293 F.3d 1252, 1253 (11th Cir. 2002). Here, while there may well be common questions of law and fact as to some or all Defendants, it is not at all clear from nonconclusory allegations in the Complaint how the Defendants' alleged infringement "aris[e] out of the same transaction, occurrence, or series of transactions or occurrences[.]" Fed. R. Civ. P. 20(a)(2)(A); In re EMC Corp., 677 F.3d 1351, 1359 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (explaining that the "sameness of accused products is not enough to establish that claims of infringement arise from the 'same transaction'"). It is also not clear that any relief sought against Defendants would be joint and several. The Court notes that Plaintiff filed a Motion for Limited Third-Party Discovery, wherein it seeks leaves to conduct discovery from Walmart, Inc. to obtain Defendants' email addresses. (ECF No. 19) at 1. Before deciding this Motion, the Court deems it prudent to determine the scope of this potential discovery, including how many Defendants' email addresses Plaintiff would be seeking for the purposes of this case. Accordingly, Plaintiff is hereby ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE on or before July 15, 2026, as to why Defendants, aside from the first named Defendant, should not be severed and dismissed. In its response, Plaintiff must set forth a proper basis for joinder under Rule 20 and explain why joinder would promote judicial economy, including addressing concerns that Schedule A Plaintiffs are utilizing improper joinder to avoid paying filing fees. See Eric Goldman, A Sad Scheme of Abusive Intellectual Property Litigation, 123 Colum. L. Rev. F. 183, 199 (2023). Plaintiff's Motion at (ECF No. 19) is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE, and can be refiled after the Court determines whether to sever any Defendants. Signed by Judge K. Michael Moore on 7/8/2026.
Jul 07, 2026
Summons Issued as to Herise, Next Day, Noiaea, Pine, QinSiLiStore, The Partnerships, Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A, US Standard & Co. Shop, US long gang shop, US long yuan shop.
Jul 07, 2026
NOTICE of Filing Proposed Summons(es) by Bridlington Bud, Ltd. re [17] Order on Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, Order on Motion for Service by Publication
Jul 07, 2026
Plaintiff's MOTION Motion for Limited Third-Party Discovery re [17] Order on Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, Order on Motion for Service by Publication, by Bridlington Bud, Ltd. Responses due by 7/21/2026.
Jul 06, 2026
ORDER denying [15] Plaintiff's Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and granting [16] Plaintiff's Motion for Service by Publication. Plaintiff shall serve the Summonses, Complaint, and all other existing and future filings in this matter upon Defendants via: (1) their email addresses and (2) website posting on Plaintiff's designated serving notice website. Should Plaintiff seek to proceed with this case in light of this Order, the Court ORDERS Plaintiff to SHOW CAUSE within five (5) days of this Order as to why this Court has personal jurisdiction over each Defendant. Plaintiff's response shall not exceed ten (10) pages. Signed by Judge K. Michael Moore on 7/6/2026. See attached document for full details.
Dec 24, 2025
MOTION for Service by Publication Plaintiffs Motion for Order Authorizing Alternate Service of Process on Defendants Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(f)(3) and Memorandum of Law in Support Thereof by Bridlington Bud, Ltd.
Dec 24, 2025
Plaintiff's MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order by Bridlington Bud, Ltd. Responses due by 1/7/2026.
Dec 24, 2025
Notice of Entry of Parties Listed on [1] Complaint, into CM/ECF. NOTE: New Filer(s) will appear twice, since they are also a new party in the case. New Filer(s)/Party(s): Herise, US Standard & Co. Shop, Next Day, QinSiLiStore, sgsgsgsgsdg, Pine, Noiaea, US long yuan shop and US long gang shop.
Dec 22, 2025
PAPERLESS ORDER. THIS CAUSE came before the Court upon Plaintiff's Motion to File Under Seal. [10]. Therein, Plaintiff requests that Schedule A to Plaintiff's Complaint "remain under seal until the Court can rule on Plaintiff's request for temporary ex parte relief. If the Court grants Plaintiff's requests for temporary ex parte relief, Plaintiff further requests that the Court's Order thereon be sealed until, at least, the relief ordered therein has been effectuated." Id. at 2. Motions to file documents under seal or to proceed anonymously or pseudonymously in intellectual property rights cases are disfavored by the Court. See Landmark Commc'ns, Inc. v. Virginia, 435 U.S. 829, 839 (1978) ("The operations of the courts and the judicial conduct of judges are matters of utmost public concern."); Chicago Trib. Co. v. Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., 263 F.3d 1304, 1311 (11th Cir. 2001) ("The common-law right of access to judicial proceedings, an essential component of our system of justice, is instrumental in securing the integrity of the process."); Doe v. Frank, 951 F.2d 320, 323 (11th Cir. 1992) ("It is the exceptional case in which a plaintiff may proceed under a fictitious name."). Accordingly, such motions shall be denied absent a showing of exceptional circumstances. See Brown v. Advantage Eng'g, Inc., 960 F. 2d 1013, 1016 (11th Cir. 1992). Here, Plaintiff argues temporary sealing is required because "Plaintiff has good reason to believe that providing advance notification of Plaintiff's claims would cause Defendants to hide or transfer their ill-gotten assets, inventory, and related records beyond the jurisdiction of this Court and thereby thwart the Courts ability to grant meaningful relief." [10] at 2. Plaintiff's Motion fails to articulate any particular reason these particular Defendants are likely to destroy evidence. Further, the Motion fails to articulate exceptional circumstances necessitating the temporary sealing of portions of the court file. See, e.g., Zorro Prods., Inc. v. Individuals, Corps., Ltd. Liab. Cos., Partnerships, & Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A Hereto, No. 23-CV-5761, 2023 WL 8807254, at *2-5 (N.D. Ill. Dec. 20, 2023) (explaining why a motion to seal will rarely be justified in a Schedule A case). Accordingly, UPON CONSIDERATION of the Motion, the pertinent portions of the record, and being otherwise fully advised in the premises, it is hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the Motion [10] is DENIED. Plaintiff shall file Schedule "A" as an attachment to the Complaint on the public docket on or before December 29, 2025. Further, Plaintiff filed a sealed Ex Parte Motion for Entry of a Temporary Restraining Order [11] and sealed Ex Parte Motion for Alternative Service [12] (collectively, the "Sealed Ex Parte Motions"). In light of the Court denying Plaintiff's Motion to Seal, all filings must now appear on the public docket. However, in lieu of automatically unsealing the filings and revealing information Plaintiff may not wish to make public, the Court denies the Sealed Ex Parte Motions without prejudice. Plaintiff may refile the Sealed Ex Parte Motions and the accompanying exhibits on the public docket on or before December 29, 2025. Failure to comply with this order may result in dismissal of this Action. Signed by Judge K. Michael Moore on 12/22/2025.
Nov 18, 2025
Certificate of Other Affiliates/Corporate Disclosure Statement - NONE disclosed by BRIDLINGTON BUD LTD
Nov 18, 2025
NOTICE Certification Regarding Prior Suits by BRIDLINGTON BUD LTD re [6] Administrative Order
Nov 18, 2025
MOTION to Seal per Local Rule 5.4 by BRIDLINGTON BUD LTD.
Nov 18, 2025
Order
Nov 14, 2025
- Order (PAPERLESS or pdf attached)
Nov 13, 2025
Pretrial Order
Nov 10, 2025
FORM AO 120 SENT TO DIRECTOR OF U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK
Nov 08, 2025
COMPLAINT against The Partnerships, Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A. Filing fees $ 405.00 receipt number AFLSDC-18938954, filed by BRIDLINGTON BUD LTD.
Nov 08, 2025