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Nature of Suit Code: 840
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 15:1114 Trademark Infringement

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

Acushnet Company, a Delaware 

corporation, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

Thomas Allan Thiede a/k/a Thomas 

Thiede a/k/a Tom Thiede a/k/a Tom T., 

an individual, d/b/a Showcase Studios 

d/b/a Showcase Companies d/b/a 

Showcase Architectural Products d/b/a 

Showcase Custom Homes, Inc. d/b/a 

Makeovermygaragedoor.com and Does 

1-10, 

 Defendants. 

No. CV 12-02508-PHX-JAT 

STIPULATED CONSENT 

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION AND 

ORDER CONFIRMING SEIZURE 

[FILED UNDER SEAL] 

 WHEREAS, this action having been commenced by Plaintiff, Acushnet 

Company (“Acushnet” or “Plaintiff”) against the Defendant, Thomas Allan Thiede 

a/k/a Thomas Thiede a/k/a Tom Thiede a/k/a Tom T., an individual, d/b/a Showcase 

Studios d/b/a Showcase Companies d/b/a Showcase Architectural Products d/b/a 

Showcase Custom Homes, Inc. d/b/a Makeovermygaragedoor.com, alleging inter 

alia, trademark infringement, trademark counterfeiting, false designation of origin, 

and common law trademark infringement, and a copy of the Summons, Verified 

Complaint, Temporary Restraining Order and Seizure Order, supporting papers, and 

Orders issued to date having been served upon the Defendant: 

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I. ORDER 

 IT IS STIPULATED, ORDER, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that: 

1. This Court has jurisdiction of the subject matter of all counts of this 

action and over all of the named parties hereto. 

2. Acushnet is the owner, and/or exclusive licensee, of the following 

United States Federal Trademark Registrations: 

Trademark Registration 

Number 

Registration 

Date Class(es)/Goods 

2,620,432 September 

17, 2002 

IC 28- Golf clubs and accessories, 

namely golf tees, golf gloves, golf 

bags, golf putters, golf drivers, 

golf woods, golf irons, golf green 

repair tools, golf club covers, and 

golf bag covers. 

SCOTTY 

CAMERON 2,525,024 January 1, 

2002 

IC 28 – Golf clubs and 

accessories thereof 

TITLEIST 934,406 May, 23, 

1972 

IC 28- Golf equipment 

comprising golf balls, golf clubs, 

golf bags, golf gloves and golf 

covers 

1,155,766 May 26, 

1981 

IC 28- Golf Equipment-Namely, 

Golf Balls, Golf Clubs and Golf 

Bags. 

3,376,961 February 5, 

2008 

IC 24 – Golf towels 

IC 25 – Clothing, namely, jackets, 

shirts, hats and visors 

IC 28 – Golf equipment, namely, 

golf putters, golf club head 

covers, golf club grips and divot 

tools 

TOUR RAT 4,189,312 August 14, 

2012 

IC 28 – Golf balls; golf putter 

covers 

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All of these United States Trademark Registrations are registered in International 

Class 28 and used in connection with the manufacture and distribution of, among 

other things, high quality golf club headcovers. Additionally, Acushnet is the owner 

of all common law rights in and to the Marks JUNKYARD DOG and SCOTTY’S 

CUSTOM SHOP as associated with clothing, including shirts and golf club 

headcovers (the above-identified common law and registered marks shall 

collectively be referred to herein as the “Acushnet Marks”). 

3. Defendant and his respective officers, agents, servants, employees, and 

attorneys, and all persons in active concert and participation with them are hereby 

restrained and enjoined, pending termination of this action, from, intentionally and/or 

knowingly: 

A. manufacturing or causing to be manufactured, importing, 

advertising, or promoting, distributing, selling or offering to 

sell counterfeit and infringing goods; bearing the Acushnet 

Marks; 

B. using the Plaintiff’s Marks in connection with the 

manufacturing and/or sale of any unauthorized goods; 

C. using any logo, and/or layout which may be calculated to 

falsely advertise the services or products of the Defendant as 

being sponsored by, authorized by, endorsed by, or in any way 

associated with the Plaintiff; 

D. using any reproduction, counterfeit, copy, or colorable 

imitation of the Acushnet Marks in connection with the 

publicity, promotion, sale or advertising of any goods sold by 

the Defendant, including, without limitation, clothing, 

including shirts, and golf club headcovers; 

E. affixing, applying, annexing or using in connection with the 

sale of any goods, a false description or representation, 

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including words or other symbols tending to falsely describe 

or represent the Defendant’s goods as being those of the 

Plaintiff, or in any way endorsed by the Plaintiff; 

F. offering such goods in commerce; and from otherwise unfairly 

competing with the Plaintiff; 

G. secreting, destroying, altering, removing, or otherwise dealing 

with the unauthorized products or any books or records which 

contain any information relating to the importing, 

manufacturing, producing, distributing, circulating, selling, 

marketing, offering for sale, advertising, promoting, renting or 

displaying of all unauthorized products which infringe the 

Acushnet Marks; and 

H. effecting assignments or transfers, forming new entities or 

associations or utilizing any other device for the purpose of 

circumventing or otherwise avoiding the prohibitions set forth 

in subparagraphs (A) through (G). 

4. Upon receipt of notice of this Order, Paypal, Inc. (“Paypal”) and any 

related companies and affiliates, shall, to the extent not already done, immediately 

restrain and limit all accounts controlled and\or used by the Defendant and/or his 

aliases identified above and/or in the name of Showcase Studios, Showcase 

Companies, Showcase Architectural Products, Showcase Custom Homes, Inc., 

Makeovermygaragedoor.com and/or showcasecompanies@cox.net; 

5. Paypal shall further, to the extent not already done, within five (5) days 

of receiving this Order, provide Plaintiff’s counsel with all data which identifies the 

accounts frozen as well as an accounting of the funds in the restrained accounts. Such 

restraint of the accounts and the disclosure of the related financial institution account 

information shall be made without prior notice to the account owners or the financial 

institutions until further order of this Court; 

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6. Any financial institutions, and any related companies and affiliates, 

including those identified by Paypal in connection with Paragraphs 4 and 5 above (the 

“Financial Institutions”), which hold funds on behalf of or derived from the 

Defendant’s business, upon receipt of notice of this Order, shall immediately, to the 

extent not already done, restrain and limit all accounts controlled and\or used by the 

Defendant and/or his aliases identified above and/or in the name of Showcase Studios, 

Showcase Companies, Showcase Architectural Products, Showcase Custom Homes, 

Inc., Makeovermygaragedoor.com and/or showcasecompanies@cox.net; 

7. The Financial Institutions shall further, to the extent not already done, 

within five (5) days of receiving this Order, provide Plaintiff’s counsel with all data 

which identifies the accounts restrained as well as an accounting of the funds in the 

restrained accounts. Such restraint of the accounts and the disclosure of the related 

financial institution account information shall be made without prior notice to the 

account owners or the financial institutions until further order of this Court; 

8. The seizure affected on December 6, 2012 pursuant to this Court’s 

Order is hereby confirmed and the hearings scheduled for December 19, 2012 at 1:30 

p.m. MST are hereby canceled. 

II. CONCLUSION 

 Based on the foregoing, 

 IT IS ORDERED THAT the parties’ Stipulation for Entry of Stipulated 

Consent Preliminary Injunction and Order Confirming Seizure (Doc. 21) is granted. 

 Dated this 17th day of December, 2012. 

Copies to only: Counsel for Plaintiff and Counsel for Defendant 

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