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

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JOINT STIPULATION TO DISMISS CASE NO. 3:11-cv-00870-JSW

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JACK RUSSO (State Bar No. 96068)

CHRISTOPHER SARGENT (State Bar No. 246285)

COMPUTERLAW GROUP LLP

401 Florence Street

Palo Alto, CA 94301

Telephone: (650) 327-9800

Facsimile: (650) 618-1863

E-mail: jrusso@computerlaw.com

csargent@computerlaw.com

Attorneys for GROUPION, LLC

and PETER-CHRISTOPH HAIDER 

[Specially Appearing] 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

GROUPION, LLC, a California limited liability 

company,

Plaintiff,

v.

GROUPON, INC., a Delaware corporation, THE 

POINT, INC., a Delaware corporation, and 

GOOGLE, INC., a Delaware corporation,

Defendants.

Case No.: 3:11-cv-00870-JSW (MEJ)

JOINT STIPULATION AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER TO DISMISS 

WITH PREJUDICE

GROUPON, INC., a Delaware corporation, 

Counterclaimant,

v.

GROUPION, LLC, a California limited liability 

company, and PETER-CHRISTOPH HAIDER, 

an individual,

Counterclaim Defendants.

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JOINT STIPULATION TO DISMISS 1 CASE NO. 3:11-cv-00870-JSW

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Pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1)(A) and (B) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the parties

hereby jointly stipulate to dismiss all claims and counterclaims in this action WITH PREJUDICE, as 

follows:

WHEREAS, on April 4, 2011, Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant Groupion, LLC (“Groupion”) 

filed a First Amended Complaint (Dkt. 10), asserting various claims against Defendant and 

Counterclaimant Groupon, Inc. (“Groupon”), The Point, Inc.1, and Google, Inc., including: (1) 

Declaratory Relief (pertaining to Defendants Groupon, Inc., and The Point, Inc.); (2) Trademark 

Infringement [15 U.S.C. § 1114] (against all Defendants); and, (3) Unfair Competition (against all 

Defendants);

WHEREAS, on February 10, 2012, Groupon filed its First Amended Answer To Plaintiff 

Groupion’s First Amended Complaint and Counterclaims (Dkt. 112), which included two 

counterclaims: (1) for violation of the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (15 U.S.C. § 

1125(d)) against Groupion and Counter-Defendant Mr. Peter-Christoph Haider; and, (2) for a 

Declaration of Cancellation of Groupion’s Trademark (under 15 U.S.C. § 1119);

WHEREAS, on May 8, 2012, the Court dismissed Groupion’s claims by its Order on 

Summary Judgment (Dkt. 145);

WHEREAS, on September 7, 2012, this Court entered an Order Dismissing Defendant 

Google, Inc., Without Prejudice (Dkt. 196), pursuant to a Joint Stipulation filed by the parties;

WHEREAS, on August 20, 2012, this Court ordered that the parties appear at a settlement 

conference before one of the district’s Magistrate Judges (Dkt. 192), and said settlement conference 

took place on September 24, 2012 before Magistrate Judge Cousins;

WHEREAS, the parties were subsequently able to reach an agreement settling this litigation 

(including all claims and counterclaims) and have entered into a confidential settlement agreement; 

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND REQUESTED, by and between the 

parties, that all claims and counterclaims by the parties in this litigation be DISMISSED WITH 

PREJUDICE, each side to bear its own attorneys’ fees and costs.

 

1 As of June 16, 2009, ThePoint.com, Inc., a/k/a The Point, changed its name to Groupon, Inc.

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JOINT STIPULATION TO DISMISS 2 CASE NO. 3:11-cv-00870-JSW

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The parties further stipulate that this Court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce the parties’ 

settlement agreement as necessary and to the fullest extent provided by law. The parties further 

stipulate that all disputes and/or disagreements arising under the parties’ settlement agreement shall 

first be subject to non-binding confidential mediation before Magistrate Judge Cousins.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: December 21, 2012

FENWICK & WEST LLP

By: /s/Jedediah Wakefield

Jedediah Wakefield

Attorneys for Counterclaimant

Groupon, Inc.

Dated: December 21, 2012 COMPUTERLAW GROUP LLP

By: /s/Jack Russo

Jack Russo

Attorneys for Counterclaim Defendants 

Groupion, LLC and Peter Christoph Haider

ATTORNEY ATTESTATION

Pursuant to General Order 45, I hereby attest that concurrence in the filing of this document 

has been obtained from the signatory indicated by a ‘conformed’ signature (/s/) within this e-filed 

document.

 /s/Jack Russo

Jack Russo, Esq.

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JOINT STIPULATION TO DISMISS 3 CASE NO. 3:11-cv-00870-JSW

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to the Joint Stipulation of the Parties, all claims and counterclaims in this litigation 

are hereby DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE, each party to bear its own attorneys’ fees and costs.

The Court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce the parties’ settlement Agreement as necessary 

and to the fullest extent provided by law. All disputes and/or disagreements arising under their 

Agreement shall first be subject to non-binding confidential mediation before Magistrate Judge 

Cousins.

Dated: ________________, 2012

THE HONORABLE JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Court Judge

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January 2, 2013

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