National Tax Service Inc v. Coast 2 Coast Tax Relief Inc

Filing 17

JUDGMENT by Judge George H. King: Pursuant to the Court's January 8, 2013 Order 16 , IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that default judgment shall be entered in favor of Plaintiff National Tax Service, Inc. ("Plaintiff") against De fendant Coast 2 Coast Tax Relief, Inc. ("Defendant") in the following amount: $50,000 in statutory damages for Plaintiff's cybersquatting claim. Pursuant to the Court's January 8, 2013 Order, Defendant is permanently enjoine d as follows: Defendant, its officers, agents, servants, employees, and attorneys, and all persons in active concert or participation with any of them, who receive actual notice by personal service or otherwise, are permanently enjoined. Also pursuant to the Courts January 8, 2013 Order, Defendant'sCoast2CoastTax.com domain name registration shall be transferred to plaintiff under 15 U.S.C. § 1125(d)(1)(C). (MD JS-6, Case Terminated). (ir)

1
2
3

FILED: 1/08/2013

4
5
6
7
8

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

9

FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10
11
12
13
14
15

)
)
)
Plaintiff,
)
)
v.
)
)
Coast 2 Coast Tax Relief, Inc.,
)
)
Defendant.
)
_______________________________ )

National Tax Service, Inc.,

CASE NO. CV 12-5396-GHK (PLAx)
JUDGMENT

16
17

Pursuant to the Court’s January 8, 2013 Order, IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED,

18

AND DECREED that default judgment shall be entered in favor of Plaintiff National

19

Tax Service, Inc. (“Plaintiff”) against Defendant Coast 2 Coast Tax Relief, Inc.

20

(“Defendant”) in the following amount: $50,000 in statutory damages for Plaintiff’s

21

cybersquatting claim.

22

Pursuant to the Court’s January 8, 2013 Order, Defendant is permanently enjoined

23

as follows: Defendant, its officers, agents, servants, employees, and attorneys, and all

24

persons in active concert or participation with any of them, who receive actual notice by

25

personal service or otherwise, are permanently enjoined from: (1) using in commerce the

26

trademark or trade name COAST 2 COAST or any confusingly similar variant thereof;

27

(2) infringing plaintiff’s trademarks; and (3) conspiring, encouraging, inducing, allowing,

28

abetting, or assisting others in infringing plaintiff’s trademarks.

1

Also pursuant to the Court’s January 8, 2013 Order, Defendant’s

2

Coast2CoastTax.com domain name registration shall be transferred to plaintiff under 15

3

U.S.C. § 1125(d)(1)(C).1

4

IT IS SO ORDERED.

5

DATED: January 8, 2013
_______________________________
GEORGE H. KING
Chief United States District Judge

6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27

1

15 U.S.C. § 1125(d)(1)(C) provides as follows: “In any civil action involving
the registration, trafficking, or use of a domain name under [§ 1125(d)], a court
may order . . . the transfer of the domain name to the owner of the mark.”

28
2