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Nature of Suit Code: 840
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 15:44 Trademark Infringement

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

We The People, USA, Inc.,

Plaintiff, 

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Paul Brown and Judy Brown,

Defendants. 

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No. CV-07-1789-PHX-SMM

STIPULATED PERMANENT

INJUNCTION

Pursuant to a settlement agreement, the parties have stipulated that the following

Permanent Injunction (the “Injunction”) may be entered by the Court. Therefore, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that,

1. Defendant Paul Brown (“Defendant”) and, as applicable, his officers, members,

agents, servants, and employees, and any other persons or entities in active concert or

participation with Defendant, are permanently enjoined from:

A. Directly or indirectly owning, maintaining, engaging in, or participating

in the operation of a paralegal document preparation service at Defendant's current business

addresses (15224 N. 59th Ave. #15, Glendale, AZ 85306), within Defendant's former

Exclusive Territory, or within the exclusive territory of any We The People franchisee, for

a period of two years, commencing on August 17, 2007;

B. Using or disclosing to third parties We The People's trade secrets,

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including but not limited to We The People's System, Confidential Operating Manual, and

legal document workbooks; and

C. Making any use of the "We The People" name or distinctive Liberty 

Bell-like symbol, or any other trademarks, trade names, service marks, or symbols

associated with We The People USA, Inc. (collectively, the "We The People Marks"), any

colorable imitation thereof, or any other confusingly similar marks.

2. Defendant is further ordered to immediately and permanently cease use of the

We The People Marks in advertising, forms, manuals, slogans, signs or in any other manner.

Defendant shall not represent or advertise that Defendant was formerly a We The People

franchisee, or that Defendant did business under the We The People Marks or System.

3. Defendant is further ordered to ensure, it his own expense, that all uses of the

We The People Marks in connection with Defendant is removed at the earliest possible time

from all telephone directories, directory assistance records, building directories, signboards,

memberships rosters, and every other place and publication. 

4. Defendant is further ordered to take all action to cancel any assumed name or

equivalent registration that includes any of the We The People Marks.

5. Defendant is further ordered to deliver to We The People USA, Inc., or its duly

authorized representative, all materials and papers on which the We The People Marks

appear.

6. Defendant is further ordered to assign to We The People USA, Inc. all of

Defendant's interest in the telephone numbers that were used in connection with the operation

of his We The People franchise, and shall execute all documents and instruments and give

all instructions necessary to affect the transfer to We The People USA, Inc. 

7. Defendant is further ordered that he shall, at his own expense, make such

changes to the signs, displays, and interior décor of his former We The People store as We

The People USA, Inc. reasonably requests in order to effectively distinguish the premises

from its former appearance and from the appearance of other We The People franchises.

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These changes shall be made within 30 days of the date such request is made by We the

People USA, Inc.

8. Defendant is further ordered to return to We The People USA, Inc. the

Confidential Operating Manual and all documents and records that are reasonably necessary

or important to the continuation of Defendant's former We The People franchise, including

but not limited to all client and customer lists and pertinent legal documents. 

 DATED this 25th day of September, 2007.

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