Eko Brands v. Adrian Rivera Maynez Enterprises Inc

Opinion

Honorable Michelle L. Peterson

2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 EKO BRANDS, LLC, Civil Action No. 15-cv-522MLP 9 Plaintiff, AMENDED STIPULATED MOTION AND 10 ORDER TO DISBURSE FUNDS v. 11 ADRIAN RIVERA MAYNEZ 12 || ENTERPRISES, INC.; and ADRIAN B RIVERA, NOTE ON MOTION CALENDAR: 14 Defendants. April 23, 2020 15 STIPLULATION 16 The Court issued judgment in this case on July 13, 2018, which included a monetary award 17 and post-judgment interest. (Dkt. 273) The parties stipulated to a deposit into the Court’s registry 18 pending appeal (Dkt. 305), and Defendants deposited into the Court’s registry $440,000 on 19 August 23, 2018 (see Receipts re 305 Order) pursuant to the parties’ stipulation and the Court’s 20 order setting the deposit amount (Dkt. 303). 21 The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the final judgment in this case in Eko 22 Brands, LLC vy. Adrian Rivera Maynez Enters., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 962 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 13, 23 2020). The parties have agreed not to seek rehearing or further appeal the Federal Circuit decision 24 and wish to expeditiously conclude this matter, disburse the award and accrued interest to Plaintiff 25 in the principal amount of $347,487.13 plus all accrued interest through April 4, 2020, and refund 26 AMENDED STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER LOWE GRAHAM JONES... ORDER TO DISBURSE FUNDS - 1 se Civil Action No. 15-cv-522MLP 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 4800 ESUP-6-0005P56 StipDisbursement03.docx __ Seattle, Washington 98104

] the balance to Defendants. W9s for the parties’ respective firms shall be provided via email to 2 seafin@wawd.uscourts.gov. 3 The parties agree that such disbursement will constitute full and final satisfaction of the 4 monetary judgment in this case. The parties disagree regarding the extent to which (if at all) the 5 present judgment amounts to an election of remedies or otherwise operates to create a double 6 recovery in a separate action for trademark infringement with respect to overlapping goods in Eko 7 Brands, LLC y. Adrian Rivera Maynez Enters., WAWD Case No. 17-cv-894TSZ (the “Trademark 8 Matter’), as well as whether the entry of this stipulation or Eko’s acceptance of the distribution 9 bars recovery in the Trademark Matter. With respect to such arguments, each of the parties reserves 10 their respective rights. 11 12 s/David A. Lowe, WSBA No. 24,453 s/William A. Delgado, Pro Hac Vice Lowe@LoweGrahamJones.com wdelgado@dtolaw.com 13 LOWE GRAHAM Jones? DTO Law 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 4800 700 S. Flower Street, Suite 1000 14 Seattle, WA 98104 Los Angeles, CA 90017 15 T: 206.381.3300 T: 213.335.6999 F: 206.381.3301 F: 203.335.7802 16 Attorneys for Plaintiff Attorneys for Defendants 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 AMENDED STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER LOWE GRAHAM JONES... TO DISBURSE FUNDS - 2 se Civil Action No. 15-cv-522MLP 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 4800 ESUP-6-0005P56 StipDisbursement03.docx Seattle, Washington 98104 206.381.3300 + F: 206.381.3301

ORDER DISBURSING REGISTRY FUNDS

5 The Courts GRANTS the parties’ stipulation. The clerk is authorized and directed to draw

3 checks on the funds deposited in the registry of this court from the principal amount of

4 $440,000.00. Disbursement of $347,487.13 plus all accrued interest through April 4, 2020, minus

; any statutory users fees, payable to LOWE GRAHAM JoNEs"!!©, and mail or deliver the check as follows: 6 4 LOWE GRAHAM JonEs'1© 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 4800 8 Seattle, WA 98104 9 With the balance of $92,512.87, plus remainder of interest to be disbursed to Defendants, payable 10 to DTO Law, to be mailed or delivered as follows: 11 DTO LAw 700 S. Flower Street, Suite 1000 12 Los Angeles, CA 90017 13 15 . . DATED this 23rd day of April, 2020. 16

18 MICHELLE L. PETERSON 19 United States Magistrate Judge 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 AMENDED STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER LOWE GRAHAM JONES... TO DISBURSE FUNDS - 3 se Civil Action No. 15-cv-522MLP 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 4800 ESUP-6-0005P56 StipDisbursement03.docx Seattle, Washington 98104 206.381.3300 + F: 206.381.3301