BMW of North America LLC v. Mateas

• Court: District Court, C.D. California
• Decided: May 12, 2023
• Docket: 2:23-cv-00508
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

4 NOTE CHANGES MADE BY THE COURT 5 JS-6 6

8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 WESTERN DIVISION

11 BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC, a Case No.: 2:23-cv-00508-MCS-JC 12 Delaware limited liability company; et al. PERMANENT INJUNCTION 13 Plaintiffs, AGAINST DEFENDANT JASON MATEAS AND DISMISSAL WITH 14 v. PREJUDICE (ECF No. 23)

15 JASON MATEAS, an individual d/b/a Mini Parts Store; et al. 16 Defendants. 17

19 20 21 The Court, pursuant to Plaintiffs Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (“BMW 22 AG”) and BMW of North America, LLC’s (“BMW NA”) (collectively “Plaintiffs”) 23 and Defendant Jason Mateas (“Defendant”) Stipulation to Entry of a Permanent 24 Injunction Against Defendant Jason Mateas and Dismissal with Prejudice, finds 25 good cause to set aside the default entered against Defendant Jason Mateas 26 and hereby ORDERS, ADJUDICATES, and DECREES that a permanent 27 injunction shall be and hereby is entered against Defendant in the above-referenced 28 matter as follows: 1 1. PERMANENT INJUNCTION. Defendant is hereby restrained and 2 enjoined, pursuant to 15 United States Code (“U.S.C.”) § 1116(a), from engaging 3 in, directly or indirectly, or authorizing or assisting any third party to engage in, any 4 of the following activities in the United States and throughout the world: 5 i. unlawfully copying, manufacturing, importing, exporting, 6 purchasing, marketing, advertising for sale, offering for sale, selling, transporting, 7 distributing or otherwise dealing in any product or service that unlawfully uses, or 8 otherwise makes any unlawful, unauthorized use of, any of BMW’s trademarks, 9 including but not limited to the BMW® (U.S.P.T.O. Reg. Nos. 0,611,710; 10 0,613,465; 1,450,212; 2,816,178; 4,293,991; 5,333,863; 5,333,865; 5,333,899; 11 5,333,900), 1 SERIES® (U.S.P.T.O. Reg. No. 3,256,742), 3 SERIES® 12 (U.S.P.T.O. 2,799,930), 5 SERIES® (U.S.P.T.O. 2,799,929), 7 SERIES® 13 (U.S.P.T.O. Reg. No. 2,799,928), 8 SERIES® (U.S.P.T.O. 5,644,496), XDRIVE® 14 (U.S.P.T.O. Reg. No. 2,947,275), M® (U.S.P.T.O. Reg. Nos. 1,438,545; 3,526,899; 15 3,767,662; 3,767,663), M3® (U.S.P.T.O. Reg. No. 2,535,373; 2,758,102), M5® 16 (U.S.P.T.O. Reg. No. 2,381,292; 2,683,596), M6® (U.S.P.T.O. Reg. No. 17 3,265,555), X 1® (U.S.P.T.O. Reg. No. 3,256,739), X3® (U.S.P.T.O. Reg. No. 18 2,867,087), X5® (U.S.P.T.O. Reg. No. 2,484,353; 2,826,976), X5 M® (U.S.P.T.O. 19 Reg. No. 3,635,625), BMW M® (U.S.P.T.O. Reg. No. 4,541,350), Z3® 20 (U.S.P.T.O. Reg. No. 2,203,053; 2,816,179), Z4® (U.S.P.T.O. Reg. No. 2,783,636; 21 2,848,370), MINI COOPER® (U.S.P.T.O. Reg. No. 2,376,477; 3,696,191), 22 MINI® (U.S.P.T.O. Reg. No. 2,757,755; 2,746,570; 3,462,517; 3,507,903; 23 3,515,455; 4,352,147; 4,967,020), MINI COUNTRYMAN® (U.S.P.T.O. Reg. 24 No. 4,283,367), COUNTRYMAN® (U.S.P.T.O. Reg. No. 3,972,790) and/or 25 CLUBMAN® (U.S.P.T.O. Reg. No. 3,291,242) marks (collectively “BMW 26 Trademarks”), and/or any intellectual property that is unlawfully confusingly or 27 substantially similar to, or that constitutes an unlawful colorable imitation of, any 28 BMW Trademarks, whether such use is as, on, in or in connection with any 1 trademark, service mark, trade name, logo, design, Internet use, website, domain 2 name, metatags, advertising, promotions, solicitations, commercial exploitation, 3 television, web-based or any other program, or any product or service, or otherwise; 4 ii. knowingly advertising or displaying images and/or photographs 5 of infringing or non-genuine BMW products using BMW Trademarks; 6 iii. knowingly using BMW Trademarks, including but not limited 7 to the BMW®, 1 SERIES®, 3 SERIES®, 5 SERIES®, 7 SERIES®, 8 SERIES®, 8 XDRIVE®, M®, M3®, M5®, M6®, X 1®, X3®, X5®, X5 M®, BMW M®, Z3®, 9 Z4®, MINI COOPER®, MINI®, MINI COUNTRYMAN®, COUNTRYMAN® 10 and/or CLUBMAN® trademarks in advertising to suggest that non-genuine BMW 11 products being advertised are sponsored by, endorsed by, or are otherwise affiliated 12 with BMW and/or advertising non-genuine BMW automotive parts using 13 descriptions that imply that the products are genuine BMW products. Defendant 14 may, however, use “BMW” or other BMW wordmarks to advertise non-BMW 15 products for sale with fair use descriptions such as ‘for BMW automobiles’ or ‘fits 16 BMW model _______,’ or similar language, provided that “BMW” or any other 17 BMW wordmarks that are used are in the identical font, format, size, and color as, 18 and no more prominently displayed than the surrounding text. In no event may any 19 BMW, M and/or MINI logo, design mark, or other graphical BMW Trademarks be 20 used by Defendant under this exception for; 21 iv. performing, or allowing others employed by Defendant or under 22 Defendant’s control to perform, any unlawful act or thing which is likely to injure 23 Plaintiffs, any BMW Trademarks, and/or BMW’s business reputation or goodwill. 24 v. knowingly engaging in any acts of trademark infringement, 25 false designation of origin, dilution, unfair business practices under California law, 26 or other act which would tend damage or injure Plaintiffs; and/or 27 vi. unlawfully using any Internet domain name, URL, or online 28 seller name/ID that includes any BMW Trademarks. 1 2. Defendant is ordered to deliver to Plaintiffs immediately for 2 destruction all infringing or non-genuine products bearing BMW Trademarks to the 3 extent that any of these items are in Defendant’s possession, custody, or control. 4 3. This Permanent Injunction shall be deemed to have been served upon 5 Defendant at the time of its execution by the Court. 6 4. The Court finds there is no just reason for delay in entering this 7 Permanent Injunction against Defendant, and, pursuant to Rule 54(a) of the Federal 8 Rules of Civil Procedure, the Court directs immediate entry of this Permanent 9 Injunction against Defendant. 10 5. NO APPEALS. No appeals shall be taken from this Permanent 11 Injunction against Defendant, and Plaintiffs and Defendant waive all rights to 12 appeal. 13 6. NO FEES AND COSTS. Plaintiffs and Defendant shall bear their 14 own attorneys’ fees and costs incurred in this matter. 15 7. DISMISSAL. Upon entry of this Permanent Injunction against 16 Defendant, the case shall be dismissed with prejudice in its entirety based upon 17 Plaintiffs’ notice of dismissal pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(i). 18 /// 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 8. CONTINUING JURISDICTION BY THE COURT. The Court 2 ||shall retain jurisdiction over this matter to enforce any violation of the terms of this 3 ||Permanent Injunction against Defendant—and-any—Helatenofthe terms—ofithe — || meee et et eee te ee te 5 ||Court declines to exercise discretion to retain jurisdiction over the parties’ 6 ||Confidential Settlement Agreement. See Ogbuehi_yv. Comcast _ of 7 || Cal /Colo/Fla/Or., Inc., 303 F.R.D. 337, 351 (E.D. Cal. 2014). Federal courts 8 || have no inherent power to enforce settlement agreements after dismissal, and 9 ||“enforcement of the settlement agreement is for state courts, unless there is 10 |}some independent basis for federal jurisdiction.” See Kokkonen v. Guardian 11 || Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 U.S. 375, 378, 382 (1994). 12 13 ORDERED, ADJUDIVa1ED, and DECREED this12th day of May 14 ||2023. 4, ZL 15 ake L COndA 16 Mark C. Scarsi United States District Judge

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