Verragio, Ltd. v. Malakan Diamond Co.

Filing 90

CONSENT JUDGMENT and PERMANENT INJUNCTION Against Malakan Diamond Co.; ORDER, signed by Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto on 5/16/18. CASE CLOSED. (Gonzalez, R)

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TUCKER ELLIS LLP
Howard A. Kroll SBN 100981
[e-mail]
515 South Flower Street
Forty-Second Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071-2223
Telephone:
213.430.3400
Facsimile:
213.430.3409

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Attorneys for Plaintiff
VERRAGIO, LTD.

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TUCKER ELLIS LLP

Chicago ♦ Cleveland ♦ Columbus ♦ Houston ♦ Los Angeles ♦ San Francisco ♦ St. Louis

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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VERRAGIO, LTD.,

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Plaintiff,
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MALAKAN DIAMOND CO.,
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Defendant.
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MALAKAN DIAMOND CO.,
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Counterclaimant/Crossclaimant,
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VERRAGIO, LTD.; AE JEWELERS, INC.,; AE )
JEWELERS OF APPLETON, LLC; HAROLD
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JAFFE JEWELRY, INC.; JENSEN JEWELERS )
OF IDAHO, LLC; and DOES 1 to 10, inclusive, )
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Counterclaim and Crossclaim
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Defendants.
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Case No. 1:16-cv-01647-SKO
CONSENT JUDGMENT AND PERMANENT
INJUNCTION AGAINST MALAKAN
DIAMOND CO.
(Doc. 89)

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Plaintiff Verragio, Ltd. (“Verragio”), and Defendant Malakan Diamond Co. (“Malakan”), have

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entered into a confidential settlement agreement to resolve this matter. As part of this agreement,

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Verragio and Malakan agree to the entry of this Consent Judgment and Permanent Injunction against

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Malakan.

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Therefore, it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED as follows:

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1.

This case is a civil action arising under the Trademark and Copyright Laws of the United

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Chicago ♦ Cleveland ♦ Columbus ♦ Houston ♦ Los Angeles ♦ San Francisco ♦ St. Louis

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States, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1051, et seq. and 17 U.S.C. §§ 101, et seq., respectively.

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jurisdiction over the claims which relate to copyright infringement pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1121, 17

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This Court has

U.S.C. § 501, and 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1338(a).

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Venue is proper in this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1391(b) and 1400(a).

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Verragio is a New York corporation with its principal place of business at 330 Fifth

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Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10001.
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Malakan is a California corporation with its principal place of business at 1354 W.

Herndon Ave., Fresno, CA 93711.

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Barry Nisguretsky (“Nisguretsky”) is the Chief Executive Officer of Verragio.

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Among Nisguretsky’s jewelry designs are Style Nos. D100, AFN 5005 CU, AFN 5060

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CU and INS 7061R, each an original design comprising copyrightable subject matter under the laws of

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the United States.

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At all relevant times, Nisguretsky complied in all respects with the Copyright Acts, 17

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U.S.C. § 101, et seq., and secured the exclusive rights and privileges in and to the copyrights of D100

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(VA 1-818-420), AFN 5005 CU (VA 1-848-332), AFN 5060 CU (VA 1-866-432) and INS 7061R (VA

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1-818-623) (collectively the “Verragio Copyrights”). Copies of the Certificates of Registration from the

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Register of Copyrights for the Verragio Copyrights, as well as the deposit copies of the Verragio

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Copyrights, are attached to this Consent Judgment as Exhibit A.

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Nisguretsky has exclusively licensed his copyrighted jewelry designs to Verragio,

including Style Nos. D100, AFN 5005 CU, AFN 5060 CU and INS 7061R.

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Since its creation, Style Nos. D100, AFN 5005 CU, AFN 5060 CU and INS 7061R have

been manufactured by Verragio or under its authority.

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The Verragio Copyrights are valid and enforceable.

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Each engagement ring in Verragio’s Insignia Collection, as well as in most of the other

of the configuration of a crest in the shape of a crown with three points featured as a part of a ring

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design.” Verragio owns a United States trademark registration for the Verragio Crest, Registration No.

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Verragio collections, contains the Verragio Crest. The Verragio Crest, as it applies to jewelry, “consists

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4,336,434. A copy of the registration certificate for this is attached to this Consent Judgment as Exhibit

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B.

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The Verragio Crest is unique and distinctive and, as such, designates a single source of

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The Verragio Crest is valid and enforceable.

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Malakan sold and/or offered to sell rings pictured in Exhibit C (collectively, the

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“Malakan Rings”).

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Malakan and Malakan’s officers, directors, employees, representatives, agents,

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successors-in-interest, parent corporations, subsidiary corporations, legal entities or persons controlled

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by Malakan, and all other persons who are in active concert or participation with them, are hereby

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permanently enjoined from:

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Selling, offering to sell, imitating, copying, distributing, advertising, marketing or

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manufacturing any ring protected by the Verragio Copyrights or rings that are substantially

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similar to the Verragio Copyrights under the United States Copyright Law;

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b.

Selling, offering to sell, imitating, copying, distributing, advertising, marketing or

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manufacturing any ring protected by the Verragio Crest or rings that are likely to cause

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confusion with the Verragio Crest under the United States Trademark Law;

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c.

Selling, offering to sell, imitating, copying, distributing, advertising, marketing or

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manufacturing any of the Malakan Rings, or rings that are substantially similar or likely to cause

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confusion with the Malakan Rings under the United States Copyright and Trademark Laws; and

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Knowingly assisting, aiding or abetting any other person or business entity in

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engaging in or performing any of the activities referred to in subparagraphs 15(a) through 15(c)

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above.

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The parties waive notice of entry of this Consent Judgment and Permanent Injunction and

its terms. This Court expressly retains jurisdiction over this matter to enforce, implement or construe

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this Consent Judgment and Permanent Injunction.

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the right to appeal therefrom or to test its validity and consent to its immediate entry in accordance with

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DATED: May 16, 2018

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By: __/s/Howard A. Kroll_______________
Attorneys for Plaintiff
VERRAGIO, LTD.

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DATED: May 16, 2018

YARRA, KHARAZI, CLASON &
ANIOTZBEHERE

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By: __/s/H. Ty Kharazi_______________
Attorneys for Defendant
MALAKAN DIAMOND CO.

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ORDER

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

May 16, 2018

/s/

Sheila K. Oberto

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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