Deckers Outdoor Corporation v. Dreams Footwear, Inc. et al

Filing 25

ORDER RE CONSENT JUDGMENT INCLUDING PERMANENT INJUNCTION AND VOLUNTARYDISMISSAL OF ACTION WITH PREJUDICE as to defendants Dreams Footwear, Inc., Frank Chen Plaintiff and Defendants. Parties shall bear their own costs and attorneys fees by Judge Otis D. Wright, II ( MD JS-6. Case Terminated ) (lc)

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Brent H. Blakely (SBN 157292)
[e-mail]
Cindy Chan (SBN 247495)
[e-mail]
BLAKELY LAW GROUP
1334 Parkview Avenue, Suite 280
Manhattan Beach, California 90266
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Attorneys for Plaintiff
Deckers Outdoor Corporation

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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DECKERS OUTDOOR CORPORATION, ) CASE NO. 2:14-cv-02649-ODW (PLAx)
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a Delaware Corporation,
) ORDER RE CONSENT JUDGMENT
) INCLUDING PERMANENT
Plaintiff,
) INJUNCTION AND VOLUNTARY
v.
) DISMISSAL OF ACTION WITH
) PREJUDICE
DREAMS FOOTWEAR, INC., a
California Corporation; FRANK CHEN, )
an individual and DOES 1-10, inclusive, )
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Defendants.
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WHEREAS Plaintiff Deckers Outdoor Corporation having filed a Complaint

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in this action charging Defendant Dreams Footwear, Inc. and Frank Chen

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(collectively “Defendants”) have entered into a Settlement Agreement and Mutual

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Release as to the claims in the above referenced matter. Defendants, having stipulated

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to the below terms, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1.

This Court has jurisdiction over the parties to this Final Consent Judgment

and has jurisdiction over the subject matter hereof pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1121.
2.

Deckers is the owner of the “Bailey Button Boot Trade Dress,” which is

characterized, inter alia, by

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Classic suede boot styling made famous by the UGG brand;

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Overlapping of front and rear panels on the lateral side of the boot shaft;
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Curved top edges on the overlapping panels;

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Exposed fleece-type lining edging the overlapping panels and top of the

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boot shaft; and

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One or more buttons (depending on the height of the boot) prominently

featured on the lateral side of the boot shaft adjacent the overlapping panels.
Exemplars of Deckers’ UGG® boots that bear the Bailey Button Boot Trade
Dress are depicted below.

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3.

Deckers is the owner of the well known and registered UGG® trademark

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for footwear, and is the owner of common law rights in and to the “UGG Classic

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Trade Dress” for boots, which consists substantially of the following primary features

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in combination: An exaggerated, raised, and exposed circular stitch pattern in vertical

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lines on the sides and back of the boot shaft and in a substantially horizontal line at the

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intersection of the boot vamp and shaft; a license plate type shape on the heel; exposed

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fleece tufting, and foldable boot cuff; a raised and rounded dome shaped toe; a heel

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overlay on the boot’s exterior; brushed suede-like exterior; a thick flat sole; and fabric

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binding on the top of the shaft and above the outsole (as illustrated in the photos

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below)

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4.

Many of Deckers’ UGG® footwear designs, including those with the

Bailey Button Boot Trade Dress, are also protected by design patents issued by the
United States Patent and Trademark Office. Design Patents for UGG® Bailey Button
Boot styles include, but are not limited to, U.S. Patent Nos. D599,999 for the “Bailey
Button Single” boot (registered on September 15, 2009) and D616,189 for the “Bailey
Button Triplet” boot (registered on May 25, 2010) (hereinafter “Bailey Button Design
Patents”).
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Defendants and their agents, servants, employees and all persons in active

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concert and participation with it who receive actual notice of this Final Consent

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Judgment are hereby permanently restrained and enjoined from infringing upon

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Plaintiff’s UGG Classic Trade Dress, Bailey Button Boot Trade Dress and/or Bailey

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Button Design Patents, either directly or contributorily in any manner, including:

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(a)

Manufacturing, importing, advertising, marketing, promoting,

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supplying, distributing, offering for sale, or selling products which infringe upon the

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UGG Classic Trade Dress, Bailey Button Boot Trade Dress, and/or Bailey Button

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Design Patents, including but not limited to those depicted in Exhibit A attached

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hereto;

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(b)

Delivering, holding for sale, returning, transferring or otherwise

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moving, storing or disposing in any manner the products depicted in Exhibit A, except

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as otherwise provided by the parties’ written settlement agreement;

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(c)

Committing any other act which falsely represents or which has the

effect of falsely representing that the goods and services of Defendants are licensed by,

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authorized by, offered by, produced by, sponsored by, or in any other way associated

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with Plaintiff;

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(d)

Assisting, aiding or attempting to assist or aid any other person or

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entity in performing any of the prohibited activities referred to in Paragraphs 5(a) to

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5(c) above.

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Plaintiff and Defendants shall bear their own costs and attorneys’ fees

associated with this action.
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The execution of this Consent Judgment shall serve to bind and obligate

the parties hereto. However, dismissal with prejudice of this action shall not have

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preclusive effect on those who are not a party to this action or who are not specifically

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released in the parties’ written settlement agreement, all claims against whom Plaintiff

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expressly reserves.

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The jurisdiction of this Court is retained for the purpose of making any

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further orders necessary or proper for the construction or modification of this Final

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Judgment, the enforcement thereof and the punishment of any violations thereof.

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Except as otherwise provided herein, this action is fully resolved with prejudice.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED: September 2, 2014

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Hon. Otis D. Wright II

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United States District Judge

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EXHIBIT A

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NOTE: The photos attached hereto are exemplars and the prohibitions contained in

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this Injunction are not specific to color.
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