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Case Number: CGC-09488101Filing Date: May-06-2009 10:34

Juke Box 001 lmage:02487393COMPLAINT

ANTHONY LA RUSSAVS. TWITTER,INCA DELAWARE CORPORATIoN et al

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FOR COUN'USE OXLYlsoo PAR tr$o oE t COf,tE

You havs 30 CAIENDAR DAYS efte thl rummonr nd logl pp aro lorvod on lou to file s'ritten ro3pons at thls courl and hvo copy rerved on th plaintiff. A ltlor or phone cll wlll not pftect yor. Your rrrltten rponsr murd be In propsr logal form lf you want thecouri lo hoar your caso' Thero may bo a court fomr lhtt you can uro lor your rerponse. You can ftrd tholo courl fon! End moroInfofmatlofl at lh Ctlforn|' Coufli Onln Self-llelp Cmter (vnrrwcarrllnfo.ca.govlretfhelp), your county t,v library. or ths corrdhousonrst you. ll yor cnnot py tftc fllng fe!, rsk tho court cleft for I leo vraivor form. I you do nol flle your roJponse on tlmo. yo mayloso thr cc by defautt, &d your wages, rnoney, sd proprty my bo takon wlthort furihor smlng from tho court.Ther ara thor l6gal rqulrorDent$. Ycil my tnl to cll tn Ettrncy rlght Eray. you do not knsw an frtomy, you may want to cll anattomey relerral ervlca lf yotr crnnot afford sn attot'r19y, yo may bo sllglblo tor freo legl ervicer from a nonprofit legal sryc!program. You can locat the nonproflt groups rt lhe Cliforl Legal Servlcer Web tto (wvw.lawhelpcalifomla.oq), lh6 ClilornlaCourts Onllne Solf-Hlp Cefitor lwww.courtfnfo.ct.gorr&ltholp), or by contclng your local court or county br !3ocltlon.ftne 30 DfS D CALENDAHA orespug de que le enfregue cla cltaclc/n y papates agats pa. ptlsxtr un, respucsfr por escrtfoen esfr crfc y t acf gue so grrfrugur unr cpl' al denandart. una a o un llar'd lellnl no Io Notsgen. sU resprres porescrfto t/ene gue e$tr or lormato eg]al cor''clo sJ deso't guprocesgn su cso en tt corlo. Es pos/bfe gue hayt un vrmularlo que uxadF ada ugr parx su resp{rosfa Pf.nde enconlra' asto, lonnulrd3 d le clc y ms lnloflnacln e al Centm d Aya de las Cortos doCalio'na (*wv.corlrn'[email protected]'espnoll), s4 l blbllocs a teyoj de su c,ndado o n la coe que le guede ms rca. I nopted pgar la qrol do pressnfacln, fia al sed'arlo d. ts corlo W I d un formulalo do exencln dc prgo dr cuotas Sl no presetasu asplre31r r tlemp, r,'ed perds'- eI so pr lnanmpllmtfito y lt .rt ,c pdr qultar x sueldo, dlnerc y lenes sn mg sdvrlocrHy otrs rqrrfsrtos retlato$, Er rcn ondle ql'to llarno t .tn togado Inmedlatamonl. Sl no Gonoce l un rogdq r,nd flamon anservfclo dc rmlsf I aogBdoc Sl no pued pqar e un a@ada, os poslre quo rmprr con los rwulsffos pr ofanr ssrylcfos,eglcs g,Gtuitoi d un f'1gram de sendlos ,grles sln ln de fuqo, Puede ftoonrrr es'o! gnrpos srn fincs d lucm en el stllo veb dCallorrrlt Logr, Sr+r,fcs, fffivrv-lawhelpctlifotnlaaq, cn el Cenuo d Ayuda d las Cots ds Calomla,lwww.courllnfo,ca.oottlsllholalsnol o oaalndosg ert flfaclon It ctlco elcofaqrdeaoqadosroclo-r

Fsur-.oNS(ctTAclov JUDICIAL)NOTTC TO DEFENDANT:IAWSO AL DETIANDADOI:twrtrEn, iNc., a Deraware corporation,25, inclusive

Gregory L. McCoy, CSB *063399Gagen, McCoy, McMahon, Koss,279 Front, Sree

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Markor.itz & Raines

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YOU RE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF:Ir.o Esr DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE):ANTHONY LA RUSSA

Ths name end address of tho curt is:(El nombre y dieccln de b cute es):SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT4O0 McAlllster streetSan Francisco, CA 94102Th name, address, and telephone number of plalnlffs attomey. or plaintiff without an attomey, is:{EI nombra, ,a diec;cin y el nmerc da telfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandanta qu no tiane abogado, es):

Danville, CA 94526l#F;, ilAre-zflgg conqNf,i ,*il; q. qo."r",*J- ., Deputy(For proo of service of this surmrc,n$, use Proof of Service of Summons (form PAS0).)(Para prueba ds entrcga de esfa citatin use el fumular'n Proof of Servico of Summons, (POS410)).NOilCE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are servedL f] as an ndMdual defendanl.2, E as the person sued under the lictitious name of (specify):3. I onbehafof(specy):

unde: F CCP 416.10 (corporation)Fn Ad4tsdkMdatrylEcJdtid Cqncil ol Carf m |SU*10O lRd. Jmu!.y t. 2q

[:] CCP416.60(minor)fl CCP 416.20 (defunct corporation) n CCP 41 6.70 (conservatee)f--l CCp qlO.40 (association or partnership) [-] CCp 416.90 (authorlzed person)on

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Plaintiffalleges:FIRST CAUSE OE ACTTON

(Trademark Infri ngem ent)l. Defendant TWITTER, INC. ('TV/ITTER") is a Delarvare corporation withits principal place of business in San Francisco, California.

2. Plaintiff ANTIIONY LA RUSSA ("L RUSSA") is an inrlivdual residingin Alamo, Califomia.3. The true names antl capacities, rvhether individual, corporate, associatc, orothenvise of Defendants DOES l-25, inclusive, are unknorvn to Plaintiff at this time, andPlainliff therefore sues these Delendants under such lctitious names. When the trueFIC LG LM\2302\Twitte/'Complaint.dnc

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ANTTIONY LA RUSSA,Plaintiff,

vs.TWITTER, INC., a Delarvare corporation, andDOES l-25, inclusive,

Defendants.

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