Deckers Outdoor Corporation v. Golden Asia Footwear Inc. et al
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ORDER RE CONSENT JUDGMENT INCLUDING PERMANENT INJUNCTION AND VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL OF ACTION WITH PREJUDICE by Judge Manuel L. Real: Upon Stipulation 9 , IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: Defendants Golden Asia Footwear Inc. and Guochang Jiang and their agen ts, servants, employees and all persons in active concert and participation with it who receive actual notice of this Final Consent Judgment are hereby permanently restrained and enjoined re Plaintiff's Bailey Button Boot Trade Dress and/or Bail ey Button Design Patents, etc. Plaintiff Deckers Outdoor Corporation and Defendants shall bear their own costs and attorneys' fees associated with this action. Except as otherwise provided in this Order, this action is fully resolved with prejudice. See document for details. ( MD JS-6. Case Terminated ) (gk)
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Brent H. Blakely (SBN 157292)
bblakely@blakelylawgroup.com
Cindy Chan (SBN 247495)
cchan@blakelylawgroup.com
BLAKELY LAW GROUP
1334 Parkview Avenue, Suite 280
Manhattan Beach, California 90266
Telephone: (310) 546-7400
Facsimile: (310) 546-7401
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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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) CASE NO. 2:15-cv-00750-R (Ex)
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) ORDER RE CONSENT JUDGMENT
) INCLUDING PERMANENT
) INJUNCTION AND VOLUNTARY
Plaintiff,
) DISMISSAL OF ACTION WITH
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) PREJUDICE
GOLDEN ASIA FOOTWEAR INC., a )
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California Corporation; and
GUOCHANG JIANG, an individual, and )
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DOES 1-10, inclusive,
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Defendants.
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DECKERS OUTDOOR
CORPORATION, a Delaware
Corporation,
WHEREAS Deckers Outdoor Corporation has filed a Complaint in this
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action charging Defendants Golden Asia Footwear Inc. and Guochang Jiang
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(collectively “Defendants”) with Trade Dress Infringement, False Designations of
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Origin, Unfair Competition, and Patent Infringement arising from Defendants’
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manufacture, distribution, promotion, advertisement, offering for sale, and/or sale of
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footwear, the designs of which Deckers has alleged infringe upon its Bailey Button
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Boot Trade Dress (defined below) and Bailey Button Design Patents (defined below),
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which are identified by Style Names “8903” and “9903” (hereinafter “Disputed
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Products”) and shown below:
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ORDER
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WHEREAS, Deckers is the owner of the following design patents issued by the
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United States Patent and Trademark Office: U.S. Patent Nos. D599,999 for the “Bailey
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Button Single” boot (registered on September 15, 2009) and D616,189 for the “Bailey
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Button Triplet” boot (registered on May 25, 2010) (hereinafter “Bailey Button Design
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Patents”); and
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WHEREAS, Deckers is the owner of the “Bailey Button Trade Dress,” which is
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characterized by a combination of the following non-functional elements: (a) classic
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suede boot styling made famous by the UGG brand; (b) overlapping of front and rear
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panels on the lateral side of the boot shaft; (c) curved top edges on the overlapping
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panels; (d) exposed fleece-type lining edging the overlapping panels and top of the
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boot shaft; and (e) one or more buttons (depending on the height of the boot)
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prominently featured on the lateral side of the boot shaft adjacent the overlapping
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panels, and which characterization is accompanied by the following images:
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WHEREAS, the parties hereto desiring to fully settle all of the claims in this
action among the parties to this Final Judgment; and
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ORDER
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WHEREAS, the parties hereto desiring to fully settle all of the claims in this
action among the parties to this Final Judgment; and
WHEREAS, the parties herein have simultaneously entered into a Confidential
Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release,
WHEREAS, Defendants have agreed to consent to the below terms of a
permanent injunction, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
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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.
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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 Bailey Button Boot Trade Dress and/or Bailey Button Design Patents either
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directly or conributorily in any manner, including:
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(a)
Manufacturing, purchasing, producing, distributing, circulating,
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selling, offering for sale, importing, exporting, advertising, promoting, displaying,
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shipping, marketing and/or incorporating in advertising or marketing the Accused
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Products and/or any other products which infringe upon the Bailey Button Boot Trade
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Dress and/or Bailey Button Design Patents;
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(b)
In any future proceedings between the parties, challenging the
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validity, enforceability, or Deckers’ ownership of the Bailey Button Boot Trade Dress
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and/or Bailey Button Design Patents, provided that notwithstanding the foregoing
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Defendant reserves all other arguments and positions that may be available to them
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should they be required to defend any design patent and/or trade dress infringement
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claims by Deckers;
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(c)
Knowingly assisting, aiding or attempting to assist or aid any other
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person or entity in performing any of the prohibited activities referred to in Paragraphs
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2(a) to 2(c) above.
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ORDER
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Deckers and Defendants shall bear their own costs and attorneys’ fees
associated with this action.
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The execution of this Final Consent Judgment shall serve to bind and
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obligate the parties hereto. However, dismissal with prejudice of this action shall not
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have preclusive effect on those who are not a party to this action or who are not
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specifically released in the parties’ written settlement agreement, all claims against
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whom Plaintiff expressly reserves.
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The jurisdiction of this Court is retained for the purpose of making any
further orders necessary or proper for the construction or modification of this Final
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Consent Judgment, the enforcement thereof and the punishment of any violations
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thereof. Except as otherwise provided herein, this action is fully resolved with
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prejudice.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
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DATED: March 25, 2015
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Hon. Manuel L. Real
United States District Judge
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