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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

CASE NO. 08 CV 0171 JM (WMc)

ORDER GRANTING JOINT

MOTION FOR ENTRY OF AND

ENTERING CONSENT

PERMANENT INJUNCTION AS

TO DEFENDANTS RYAN

MOALEMI AND JOSHUA

MOALEMI

vs.

EUROTECH WHEELS, LLC, et al.,

Defendants.

The parties filed a joint motion for entry of consent permanent injunction as to Defendants

Ryan Moalemi and Joshua Moalemi. (Doc. no. 28.) Pursuant to the joint motion and for good

cause shown, the court hereby GRANTS the joint motion and issues the following ORDER:

This matter having been opened to the Court upon the Complaint of Plaintiffs BMW of

North America, LLC and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (collectively, “BMW”) against

Defendants Eurotech Wheels, LLC, Eurotech Rims, LLC, Ryan Moalemi and Joshua Moalemi

(collectively, “Eurotech”) alleging trademark infringement under the Federal Trademark Act (the

“Lanham Act”), 15 U.S.C. § 1114 and the common law of California; unfair competition and false

designation of origin under 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a) and under the common law of California;

trademark counterfeiting under 15 U.S.C. § 1114(1); unfair competition under Cal. Bus. & Profs.

Code § 17200 et seq.; and, as to the corporate defendants, design patent infringement under 35

U.S.C. §271;

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Ryan and Joshua Moalemi, 

a) having allegedly advertised and sold wheels in violation of BMW’s

trademark and design patent rights; 

b) having represented and warranted that Eurotech Wheels, LLC’s only

warehouses for wheels that fit BMWs are three located at 6350 Nancy Ridge Road, Suite #104,

San Diego, CA 92121, and that it has no parent, subsidiary, or affiliated businesses of any kind

that are involved in wheels for BMWs;

c) having represented and warranted that each of them has no challenged

wheel designs in his personal possession, custody or control; that the only other business(es)

involving wheels for BMW in which either of them is involved is Eurotech Wheels, LLC; and that

no other business, person or entity with which either of these individuals has any involvement

(except Eurotech Wheels LLC, which is a party to the contemporaneous Consent Judgment) has

any challenged wheel designs or any wheels for BMWs in its possession, custody or control;

d) having represented and warranted that the defendants’ total sales of

challenged wheel designs and profit thereon are $20,000 and $10,000, respectively; and that their

total sales of wheel bearing BMW’s Roundel or M-stripes logo and profit thereon are $20,000 and

$10,000, respectively;

e) without admitting any liability, and expressly denying same, solely to avoid

the expense and distraction of protracted litigation, and wishing to settle their dispute with BMW

amicably; and

f) California residents residing at 777 6th Ave., San Diego, CA 92101 and

6364 El Sicomoro, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067, respectively; and having acknowledged the

jurisdiction of this Court over them and the subject matter hereof; 

With the consent of BMW and Ryan and Joshua Moalemi, and for good cause, IT IS

DECLARED AND HEREBY ADJUDGED that:

This Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter hereof; 

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BMW has extensively used and advertised its “Roundel” logo, M-Stripes logo and “BMW”

word mark in connection with its business of designing, manufacturing, distributing, offering for

sale and selling motor vehicles, wheels and other goods and services; 

BMW is the exclusive owner of valid and subsisting federal trademark registrations,

including incontestable trademark registrations for its BMW “Roundel” logo, M-Stripes logo and

“BMW” word mark (see Exhibit A hereto), and BMW’s Roundel logo and “BMW” word mark are

famous; and

BMW AG is the owner of various valid and lawfully issued United States Design Patents

for designs of vehicle wheels, including but not limited to U.S. Design Patent Nos. 515,491;

514,999; 504,382; 493,404; 470,093; 532,358; 558,114; 560,585; 528,962; and 449,028

(collectively, the “BMW design patents”) (see Exhibit B), and BMW NA is the licensee of said

patents in the United States.

With the consent of BMW and Ryan and Joshua Moalemi, and for good cause, IT IS

HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that:

1. Ryan and Joshua Moalemi, their agents, servants, employees, representatives,

partners, successors, assigns, attorneys-in-fact, and all those persons in active concert or

participation with them who receive actual notice of this Consent Permanent Injunction by

personal service or otherwise, and each of them, be and hereby are permanently enjoined and

restrained from:

A. Manufacturing, ordering, accepting orders for, accepting shipment or

delivery of, warehousing, manufacturing, importing, advertising or displaying (on the

Internet or otherwise), marketing, promoting, offering for sale, selling or otherwise

distributing, any wheels depicting, bearing, or in connection with BMW’s Roundel or M

Stripes logo (whether standing alone or on a wheel center cap or other tangible item), or

any colorable imitations thereof; 

B. Depicting BMW’s Roundel or M stripes logo, or any other BMW logo, in

Eurotech’s advertising, or making any trademark use of the “BMW” word mark, or

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colorable imitation thereof on or in connection with advertising, offering for sale,

displaying, selling, or otherwise distributing wheels, including but not limited to using the

phrase “BMW wheels” or the like in connection with its Internet- or other advertising or

sales. Metatags, keywords or keyword advertising may not include the phrase “BMW

wheels,” “BMW rims,” “M3 wheels,” “M3 rims,” “328 wheels,” “328 rims” or the like,

and may not otherwise create a likelihood of confusion as to any connection between

BMW and Eurotech, or as to the source, sponsorship, or approval of BMW’s or Eurotech’s

goods. They shall cancel Eurotech’s registration of www.eurotechbmw.com and shall

cease and desist from registering or using any domain name containing “BMW” or any

other BMW Group mark;

C. Any trademark use of any other BMW Group trademark or colorable

imitation thereof; 

D. Doing any other act or thing, directly or indirectly, that is 1) likely to

confuse, mislead, or deceive others into believing that Ryan Moalemi, Joshua Moalemi,

Eurotech Wheels, Eurotech Rims, or any other person or entity or any of their products or

services is connected with, affiliated with, sponsored by, licensed by, or approved by

BMW; or that is 2) likely to dilute BMW’s Roundel logo or “BMW” word mark;

E. Manufacturing, importing, ordering, accepting orders for, accepting

shipment or delivery of, warehousing, advertising, displaying, marketing, promoting,

offering for sale, selling, trading, disposing of for commercial gain, or otherwise

distributing the wheel models identified in Exhibit C hereto, or any and all other wheels

that are covered by the BMW U.S. Design Patent Nos. 515,491; 514,999; 504,382;

493,404; 470,093; 532,358; 558,114; 560,585; 528,962; or 449,028.

2. Ryan and Joshua Moalemi may make a “fair use” or “nominative use” textual

reference, in the identical font, format, size, and color as, and no more prominently than the

surrounding text, to “BMW” or to other BMW word marks solely to communicate truthfully that

certain Eurotech wheels identified prominently as Eurotech wheels and/or by their third party

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supplier or manufacturer “fit BMWs” or are “for BMWs,” or fit or are for specific BMW models

(such as the M3). No BMW word mark may appear in any of their product or service names.

3. Ryan and Joshua Moalemi shall, within thirty (30) days of entry of this Consent

Permanent Injunction, notify in writing, with a copy to BMW, any and all third parties with which

Ryan or Joshua Moalemi, Eurotech Wheels, Eurotech Rims, or any other person or entity with

which either them is involved have placed advertisements using BMW’s Roundel logo, M-Stripes

logo or trademark use of the “BMW” word mark, that such usage in advertisements must be

removed immediately.

4. Ryan and Joshua Moalemi shall, within thirty-five (35) days of entry of this

Consent Permanent Injunction, certify personally in a sworn written statement their compliance

with and completion of those actions ordered by paragraphs 1 and 3 herein.

5. This Court shall retain jurisdiction of this matter and over the parties thereto for the

purpose of enforcing the terms of this Consent Permanent Injunction. The parties acknowledge

that a breach of this Consent Permanent Injunction by Ryan or Joshua Moalemi would result in

immediate and irreparable injury to BMW, and that it would be difficult or impossible to establish

the full monetary value of such damage, and that BMW would be entitled to reimbursement of its

reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. 

6. Ryan and Joshua Moalemi shall immediately provide a copy of this Consent

Permanent Injunction to any and all of their partners, employees, agents, servants, representatives,

successors, and assigns, and any companies in which either of them is involved. 

7. In the event that Eurotech Wheels fails to timely pay the concurrently agreed-upon

$25,000.00 to BMW, Ryan and Joshua Moalemi shall be jointly and severally liable to BMW for

that amount, to be paid immediately to BMW by wire in care of Howrey LLP General Escrow

account at Citibank FSB Washington, DC, account number 3700-5235, routing number

254070116, identifying on the wire transfer instructions that Eurotech is the party sending the

wire.

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8. Within ten days of the entry of this Permanent Injunction, Ryan and Joshua

Moalemi shall identify, in writing and with specificity, each of their sources, by company name

and address, telephone number, principal individual contact, shipper, broker or other purchasing

agent, shipping location, and port of entry for each of its wheels accused of design patent

infringement. Ryan and Joshua Moalemi shall also provide representative transactional

documents sufficient to identify each of their different sources of such wheels. 

9. In accordance with § 34 of the Federal Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1116, the Clerk

of the Court shall notify the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks of the entry of this Consent

Permanent Injunction who shall enter it upon the records of the United States Patent and

Trademark Office.

10. There being no just reason for delay, the Clerk of this Court is hereby directed to

enter this Consent Permanent Injunction forthwith.

The parties have consented to the entry of the foregoing Consent Permanent Injunction and

waive any and all rights of appeal. 

The Clerk of Court is instructed to close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: July 25, 2008

 Hon. Jeffrey T. Miller

 United States District Judge

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