1661 Inc. v. Clear Sky Assets, Inc.
1661 Inc. v. Clear Sky Assets, Inc.
Trial Court Opinion
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4 Ns CW__ □□□□□ 6 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 | 1661 INC. D/B/A GOAT, Case No. 2:20-cv-01144-CJC-RAO 12 Plaintiff, JUDGMENT AND PERMANENT 3 INJUNCTION
14 | CLEAR SKY ASSETS INC., 15 Defendant. 16 17 | IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that: 18 FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW 19 Plaintiff 1661 Inc. dba GOAT (“GOAT”) has alleged and Defendant Clear 20 || Sky Assets Inc., (“Clear Sky”) has stipulated to and does not contest the following: 21 l. GOAT is the owner of the following United States Trademark 22 || Registrations for the GOAT trademark (as shown below), and it has acquired 23 || substantial common law trademark rights in the GOAT marks and related logos 24 || (collectively, the “GOAT Marks’): 25 26 27 28
! feowr |e eosin [Meh □□□ 8 2. Since its launch in 2018, Clear Sky has used the “GOAT”, 9 | “GREATEST OF ALL TIME”, “GOAT SHIELD”, “GOAT SHOE CARE”, and 10 | “GOAT GREATEST OF ALL TIME” trademarks, as well as the below logo, 11 | (collectively, the “Clear Sky Marks’) to market and sell its shoe-cleaning products 12 | on its goatshoecare.com domain name and website (the “Clear Sky Domain’’) and 13 | through its Facebook, Instagram, and Amazon pages (facebook.com/goatshoecare/, 14 | instagram.com/goatshoecare/, 15 | amazon.com/stores/GOATSHIELD/Homepage/page/F3E55AF 4-5 F2D-4A E0- 16 | 9C1D-01A39SB565B6 (collectively, “Clear Sky Marketing Pages’’). iM ro) 18 19 20 : INJUNCTION 22 23 l. The Clear Sky Settling Parties, and other persons who are in active 24 | concert or participation with them who receive notice of this injunction by personal 25 || service or otherwise or individuals within Clear Sky’s control (collectively, the 26 || “Enjoined Parties”) are permanently enjoined and ordered as follows: 97 a. The Enjoined Parties will cease all use of the Clear Sky Marks 28 | and any other mark containing the term “GOAT” or “GREATEST OF ALL
1 TIME” (including any misspelling, abbreviations, or variations of any of these 2 terms that are confusingly similar) and never use, apply for, or register any 3 trademark, trade name, domain name, storefront or shopping page, or social media 4 account containing the Clear Sky Marks, the GOAT Marks, or the term “GOAT” 5 or the term “GREATEST OF ALL TIME” (including any misspelling, 6 abbreviations, or variations of any of these terms that are confusingly similar). 7 b. The Enjoined Parties shall assign all rights, title, and interest to 8 the Clear Sky Domain, Clear Sky Marketing Pages, and any other domain names, 9 storefront or shopping pages, or social media accounts that they own, have the 10 right to use, or are otherwise using that contain the term “GOAT” or “GREATEST 11 OF ALL TIME” (including any misspelling, abbreviations, or variations of any of 12 these terms that are confusingly similar), to GOAT. 13 c. The Enjoined Parties shall not, whether acting alone or with or 14 through other persons or entities, and regardless of whether acting on their own 15 behalf or on behalf of others, oppose, sue on the basis of, seek cancellation of, 16 object to, challenge the strength or validity of, or otherwise attack the GOAT 17 Marks, any trademark filing or registration owned by GOAT, or any domain name, 18 storefront or shopping page, or social media account owned by, registered to, or 19 otherwise used by GOAT, or assist, support, or encourage others to oppose, seek 20 cancellation of, object to, challenge the strength or validity of, or otherwise attack 21 any of the foregoing intellectual property. 22 2. It is further ORDERED that the Enjoined Parties shall: 23 a. Take reasonable steps sufficient to monitor and ensure that all 24 persons within their control or employment (whether as affiliates, independent 25 contractors, employees, agents, partners or in some other capacity) comply with 26 this Order, including by providing a copy of this Order to any person or entity 27 controlled or employed by Clear Sky. 28 1 b. Take all reasonable corrective action with respect to any 2 || individual within their control or employment whom any Enjoined Party 3 || determines is not in compliance with the terms of this Order, which may include 4 | training, disciplining, and/or terminating such individual, and notifying GOAT 5 || promptly in writing of the underlying conduct. 6 C. Be fully responsible for any violations of this Order by any of 7 || the foregoing parties. 8 JURISDICTION AND RETENTION OF SAME 9 1. It is further ORDERED that this Court shall retain jurisdiction of this 10 | matter in law and equity for purposes of enforcing and/or adjudicating claims of 11 | violations of this Order. Further, the Court shall retain ancillary jurisdiction over 12 || this matter in law and equity for purposes of enforcing and/or adjudicating any 13 | violation of the Parties’ confidential settlement agreement. See Kokkonen □□□ 14 | Guardian Life Ins. Co.,
511 U.S. 375, 381-2(1994). Any such matters shall be 15 | raised by noticed motion. 16 2. The Court finds that the parties have consented to the jurisdiction of 17 | this Court and waived any and all arguments or challenges as to (i) the jurisdiction 18 || of this Court, (11) the convenience of this forum; and/or (111) the enforceability of 19 | this injunction in other jurisdictions. 20 3. The Court finds that the parties have waived the right to appeal the 21 | entry of this Order and a waiver of the right to contest the validity of any clause, 22 | term, or provision herein in any subsequent proceeding, and enters the Order on 23 || that basis; provided, however, that if for any reason any clause, term, or provision 24 || herein is deemed unlawful or invalid, the remaining clauses, terms and provisions 25 | shall remain in full force and effect. Ko qe 26 | IT IS SO ORDERED. a f | DATED: March 30, 2021 coRMAC) CARNEY 28 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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