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8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ) 11 Sanrio Company, Ltd. and Sanrio, Inc., ) Case No. 8:20-cv-02037-FLA (ADSx) ) 12 Plaintiffs, ) CONSENT DECREE AND v. ) 13 ) PERMANENT INJUNCTION Gearment, LLC, Terry Le a/k/a Ton ) [DKT. 28] 14 Truong Le and Does 1 through 10, ) inclusive, ) 15 ) Defendants. ) 16 )
17 18 The court has read and considered the Joint Stipulation for Entry of Consent 19 Decree and Permanent Injunction that has been executed by Plaintiffs Sanrio 20 Company, Ltd. and Sanrio, Inc. (collectively “Plaintiffs”) and Defendants Gearment 21 Inc. f/k/a Gearment, LLC and Terry Le a/k/a Ton Truong Le (collectively 22 “Defendants”) in this action. Dkt. 28. The court finds the proposed Consent Decree 23 fair, adequate, and reasonable. See United States v. State of Or., 913 F.2d 576, 580 24 (9th Cir. 1990). Good cause appearing therefore, the court ORDERS that based on the 25 parties’ Stipulation and only as to Defendants, their successors, heirs, and assignees, 26 this Consent Decree and Permanent Injunction shall be and is hereby entered in the 27 within action as follows: 28 1 1. This court has jurisdiction over the parties to this action and over the subject 2 matter hereof pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq., and 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 3 1338. Service of process was properly made against Defendants. 4 2. This court has jurisdiction over the parties to this action and over the subject 5 matter hereof pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq., and 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 6 1338. Service of process was properly made against Defendants. 7 3. Plaintiffs have expended considerable resources in the creation and commercial 8 exploitation of Plaintiffs’ Properties on merchandise and in the enforcement of 9 the intellectual property rights in Plaintiffs’ Properties. 10 4. Plaintiffs have alleged that Defendants have made unauthorized uses of 11 Plaintiffs’ Properties or substantially similar likenesses or colorable imitations 12 thereof. 13 5. Defendants and their agents, servants, employees, representatives, successor and 14 assigns, and all persons, firms, corporations or other entities in active concert or 15 participation with them who receive actual notice of the Injunction are hereby 16 restrained and permanently enjoined from infringing – directly, contributorily or 17 vicariously – or enabling, facilitating, permitting, assisting, soliciting, 18 encouraging, inducing, authorizing, aiding or abetting, materially contributing 19 to, or persuading anyone to infringe in any manner Plaintiffs’ Properties, 20 including, but not limited to, manufacturing, importing, distributing, 21 advertising, selling, offering for sale, any unauthorized product which features 22 any of Plaintiffs’ Properties (“Unauthorized Products”), and, specifically: 23 a) Importing, manufacturing, distributing, advertising, selling, offering for sale, 24 the Unauthorized Products or any other unauthorized products which picture, 25 reproduce, copy or use the likenesses of or bear a substantial similarity to 26 any of Plaintiffs’ Properties; 27 b) Importing, manufacturing, distributing, advertising, selling, offering for sale, 1 promotional materials, labels, packaging or containers which picture, 2 reproduce, copy or use the likenesses of or bear a confusing similarity to any 3 of Plaintiffs’ Properties; 4 c) Engaging in any conduct that tends falsely to represent that, or is likely to 5 confuse, mislead or deceive purchasers, Defendants’ customers and/or 6 members of the public to believe, the actions of Defendants, the products 7 sold by Defendants, or Defendants themselves are connected with Plaintiffs, 8 are sponsored, approved or licensed by Plaintiffs, or are affiliated with 9 Plaintiffs; or 10 d) Affixing, applying, annexing or using in connection with the importation, 11 manufacture, distribution, advertising, selling, offering for sale, or other use 12 of any goods or services, a false description or representation, including 13 words or other symbols, tending to falsely describe or represent such goods 14 as being those of Plaintiffs. 15 6. Plaintiffs shall be entitled to recover from Defendants the sum of Forty-Five 16 Thousand U.S. Dollars ($45,000.00) pursuant to the terms of the parties’ 17 Release and Settlement Agreement dated and effective February 24, 2021. 18 7. Each side shall bear its own fees and costs of suit. 19 8. Except as provided herein, all claims alleged in the Complaint are dismissed 20 without prejudice. 21 9. This Consent Decree and Permanent Injunction shall be deemed to have been 22 served upon Defendant at the time of its execution by the court. 23 10. The court finds there is no just reason for delay in entering this Consent Decree 24 and Permanent Injunction and, pursuant to Rule 54(a) of the Federal Rules of 25 Civil Procedure, the court directs immediate entry of this Consent Decree and 26 Permanent Injunction against Defendants. 27 11. The court shall retain jurisdiction over Defendants and this action to entertain 1 appropriate to implement and enforce the provisions of this Consent Decree an 2 Permanent Injunction or of the Parties’ Release and Settlement Agreement date 3 and effective February 24, 2021. 4 5 || DATED: April 12, 2021 sel) 6 FERNANDO L. AENELE-ROCHA , United States District Judge 8 9 10 ll 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -4-
1 EXHIBIT A 2 SANRIO CO.’S COPYRIGHTED DESIGNS 3 i . Title of Work (Character) 4 SANRIO 1993 Product and Sales Promotion Catalog 5 Sanrio 2005 Character Guide Character Merchandising 6 2004 — 100 Characters Cotton Flower Summer 2006 Catalog No. 0602 7 Hello Kitty Noteboo Sanrio 2002 Hello Kitty Style Guide 8 Sanrio 2010 Character Guide Sanrio Character Mini Brochure 2015 9 Hello Kitty Head Dress 2001 10 Hello Kitty with Teddy Bear Stickers (Supplement Hello Kitty with Teddy Bear Stickers Hello Kitty Bus Stop Seal Set Bad Badtz Maru 12 CHARMMY KITTY / August 04 Chococat 13 Hello Kitty, Little Twin Stars, My Melody and Robby Rabbit z Independence Da Stickers Supplement 14 ello Kitty, Little [win Stars, elody and Robby Rabbit Independence Da Stickers 15 KeroKeroKeropp1 KeroKeroKeropp1 16 keepin’ it green (KEROPPI “HARMMY KITTY (honey); KUROMI; SUGARBUNNIES; HELLO KITTY (jewel) Everyday Catalog 2005 18 Little Twin Stars with Unicorn Stickers (Supplement Little Twin Stars 19 LITTLE TWIN STARS, a boy and girl with star background Monkichi 20 MY MELODY, a bunny with hood MY MELODY&KUROMI(flower); HELLO KITTY (bee bear 21 Everyday Catalog December 2005 » MY MELODY AND FRIENDS FRAGRANT STICKERS Patty & Jimm 3 Pekkle Picke Bicke 24 Pochaco Tuxedo Sam 25 Winkipinki Zashikibuta 26 Keroppi / Little Frog...Big Splash KOBUTA NO PIPPO 27 SANRIO 2005 KEROPPI STYLE GUIDE THE RUNABOUTS — 2001 -5-
TENORIKUMA(BLUE CAFE), MY MELODY(HEART), VA 1-416-374 KUROMICEUROMI): CHARMMY kay RABBIT), HELLO KITTY(LOGO) EVERYDAY CAT. E 2006 MASYUMARUUINTRO); CINNAMOROLL(SPORT); 3 SUGARBUNN ES(DOUGHNUTS); VA 1-416-375 CHARMMYKITTY(RA BIT): LITTLE TWIN 4 STARS(STARS); HELLO Kary EAR); EVERYDAY CATALOG JULY 2006 5 PANDAPPLE(INTRO), FROOLIEMEW(FANCY), VA 1-370-020 CHOCOCAT(DOT)/SANRIO 2005 PRODUCT CATALOG ° S N N See K 067. trawberry News No.
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8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ) 11 Sanrio Company, Ltd. and Sanrio, Inc., ) Case No. 8:20-cv-02037-FLA (ADSx) ) 12 Plaintiffs, ) CONSENT DECREE AND v. ) 13 ) PERMANENT INJUNCTION Gearment, LLC, Terry Le a/k/a Ton ) [DKT. 28] 14 Truong Le and Does 1 through 10, ) inclusive, ) 15 ) Defendants. ) 16 )
17 18 The court has read and considered the Joint Stipulation for Entry of Consent 19 Decree and Permanent Injunction that has been executed by Plaintiffs Sanrio 20 Company, Ltd. and Sanrio, Inc. (collectively “Plaintiffs”) and Defendants Gearment 21 Inc. f/k/a Gearment, LLC and Terry Le a/k/a Ton Truong Le (collectively 22 “Defendants”) in this action. Dkt. 28. The court finds the proposed Consent Decree 23 fair, adequate, and reasonable. See United States v. State of Or., 913 F.2d 576, 580 24 (9th Cir. 1990). Good cause appearing therefore, the court ORDERS that based on the 25 parties’ Stipulation and only as to Defendants, their successors, heirs, and assignees, 26 this Consent Decree and Permanent Injunction shall be and is hereby entered in the 27 within action as follows: 28 1 1. This court has jurisdiction over the parties to this action and over the subject 2 matter hereof pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq., and 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 3 1338. Service of process was properly made against Defendants. 4 2. This court has jurisdiction over the parties to this action and over the subject 5 matter hereof pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq., and 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 6 1338. Service of process was properly made against Defendants. 7 3. Plaintiffs have expended considerable resources in the creation and commercial 8 exploitation of Plaintiffs’ Properties on merchandise and in the enforcement of 9 the intellectual property rights in Plaintiffs’ Properties. 10 4. Plaintiffs have alleged that Defendants have made unauthorized uses of 11 Plaintiffs’ Properties or substantially similar likenesses or colorable imitations 12 thereof. 13 5. Defendants and their agents, servants, employees, representatives, successor and 14 assigns, and all persons, firms, corporations or other entities in active concert or 15 participation with them who receive actual notice of the Injunction are hereby 16 restrained and permanently enjoined from infringing – directly, contributorily or 17 vicariously – or enabling, facilitating, permitting, assisting, soliciting, 18 encouraging, inducing, authorizing, aiding or abetting, materially contributing 19 to, or persuading anyone to infringe in any manner Plaintiffs’ Properties, 20 including, but not limited to, manufacturing, importing, distributing, 21 advertising, selling, offering for sale, any unauthorized product which features 22 any of Plaintiffs’ Properties (“Unauthorized Products”), and, specifically: 23 a) Importing, manufacturing, distributing, advertising, selling, offering for sale, 24 the Unauthorized Products or any other unauthorized products which picture, 25 reproduce, copy or use the likenesses of or bear a substantial similarity to 26 any of Plaintiffs’ Properties; 27 b) Importing, manufacturing, distributing, advertising, selling, offering for sale, 1 promotional materials, labels, packaging or containers which picture, 2 reproduce, copy or use the likenesses of or bear a confusing similarity to any 3 of Plaintiffs’ Properties; 4 c) Engaging in any conduct that tends falsely to represent that, or is likely to 5 confuse, mislead or deceive purchasers, Defendants’ customers and/or 6 members of the public to believe, the actions of Defendants, the products 7 sold by Defendants, or Defendants themselves are connected with Plaintiffs, 8 are sponsored, approved or licensed by Plaintiffs, or are affiliated with 9 Plaintiffs; or 10 d) Affixing, applying, annexing or using in connection with the importation, 11 manufacture, distribution, advertising, selling, offering for sale, or other use 12 of any goods or services, a false description or representation, including 13 words or other symbols, tending to falsely describe or represent such goods 14 as being those of Plaintiffs. 15 6. Plaintiffs shall be entitled to recover from Defendants the sum of Forty-Five 16 Thousand U.S. Dollars ($45,000.00) pursuant to the terms of the parties’ 17 Release and Settlement Agreement dated and effective February 24, 2021. 18 7. Each side shall bear its own fees and costs of suit. 19 8. Except as provided herein, all claims alleged in the Complaint are dismissed 20 without prejudice. 21 9. This Consent Decree and Permanent Injunction shall be deemed to have been 22 served upon Defendant at the time of its execution by the court. 23 10. The court finds there is no just reason for delay in entering this Consent Decree 24 and Permanent Injunction and, pursuant to Rule 54(a) of the Federal Rules of 25 Civil Procedure, the court directs immediate entry of this Consent Decree and 26 Permanent Injunction against Defendants. 27 11. The court shall retain jurisdiction over Defendants and this action to entertain 1 appropriate to implement and enforce the provisions of this Consent Decree an 2 Permanent Injunction or of the Parties’ Release and Settlement Agreement date 3 and effective February 24, 2021. 4 5 || DATED: April 12, 2021 sel) 6 FERNANDO L. AENELE-ROCHA , United States District Judge 8 9 10 ll 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -4-
1 EXHIBIT A 2 SANRIO CO.’S COPYRIGHTED DESIGNS 3 i . Title of Work (Character) 4 SANRIO 1993 Product and Sales Promotion Catalog 5 Sanrio 2005 Character Guide Character Merchandising 6 2004 — 100 Characters Cotton Flower Summer 2006 Catalog No. 0602 7 Hello Kitty Noteboo Sanrio 2002 Hello Kitty Style Guide 8 Sanrio 2010 Character Guide Sanrio Character Mini Brochure 2015 9 Hello Kitty Head Dress 2001 10 Hello Kitty with Teddy Bear Stickers (Supplement Hello Kitty with Teddy Bear Stickers Hello Kitty Bus Stop Seal Set Bad Badtz Maru 12 CHARMMY KITTY / August 04 Chococat 13 Hello Kitty, Little Twin Stars, My Melody and Robby Rabbit z Independence Da Stickers Supplement 14 ello Kitty, Little [win Stars, elody and Robby Rabbit Independence Da Stickers 15 KeroKeroKeropp1 KeroKeroKeropp1 16 keepin’ it green (KEROPPI “HARMMY KITTY (honey); KUROMI; SUGARBUNNIES; HELLO KITTY (jewel) Everyday Catalog 2005 18 Little Twin Stars with Unicorn Stickers (Supplement Little Twin Stars 19 LITTLE TWIN STARS, a boy and girl with star background Monkichi 20 MY MELODY, a bunny with hood MY MELODY&KUROMI(flower); HELLO KITTY (bee bear 21 Everyday Catalog December 2005 » MY MELODY AND FRIENDS FRAGRANT STICKERS Patty & Jimm 3 Pekkle Picke Bicke 24 Pochaco Tuxedo Sam 25 Winkipinki Zashikibuta 26 Keroppi / Little Frog...Big Splash KOBUTA NO PIPPO 27 SANRIO 2005 KEROPPI STYLE GUIDE THE RUNABOUTS — 2001 -5-
TENORIKUMA(BLUE CAFE), MY MELODY(HEART), VA 1-416-374 KUROMICEUROMI): CHARMMY kay RABBIT), HELLO KITTY(LOGO) EVERYDAY CAT. E 2006 MASYUMARUUINTRO); CINNAMOROLL(SPORT); 3 SUGARBUNN ES(DOUGHNUTS); VA 1-416-375 CHARMMYKITTY(RA BIT): LITTLE TWIN 4 STARS(STARS); HELLO Kary EAR); EVERYDAY CATALOG JULY 2006 5 PANDAPPLE(INTRO), FROOLIEMEW(FANCY), VA 1-370-020 CHOCOCAT(DOT)/SANRIO 2005 PRODUCT CATALOG ° S N N See K 067. trawberry News No. 548/ Introducing Kirimichan and 7 VA 1-967-937 Gudetama, et al. VA 1-303-873 DOKIDOKI HOTDOG / THE CHILI PEPPER TRIO 8 CATALOG EVERYDAY 5 MAY 2003 VA 1-967-946 GUDETAMA Fan Boo 9 VA 1-962-577 Gudetama Clear Folder VA 1-967-947 Gudetama Philosoph 10 VAu 1-307-709 AGGRETSUKO/AGGRESSIVERETSUKO A RETSUKO/AGGRESSIVERETSUKO: Smartphone VA 2-102-318 Application Stamp Images VA 2-090-675 First Official Fan Book! Sanrio Charariman VA 2-090-677 AGGRETSUKO/AGGRESSIVERETSUKO Book of Phrases B ae and Expressions 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -6-
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