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

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1 TOWNSEND AN TOWNSEND AND CREW LLP

GREGORY S. GILCHRIST (Bar # 111536)

2 GIA L. CINCONE (Bar # 141668)

Two Embarcadero Center, 8th Floor

3 San Francisco, California 94111

Telephone: (415) 576-0200

4 Facsimile: (415) 576-0300

Email: gsgilchrstêtownsend.com.glcinconeêtownsend.com

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Attorneys for Plaintiff

6 LEVI STRAUSS & CO.

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8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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1 1 LEVI STRAUSS & CO.,

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case No. C 07-0388 JL

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STIPULATION TO FINAL

JUDGMENT AND PERMANENT

INJUNCTION

14 KOMAN SPORTWEAR MANACTURG

CORPORATION, et al.

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21 IT IS SO STIPULATED AN CONSENTED.

Defendants.

Plaintiff Levi Strauss & Co. and Defendant Koman Sportear Manufacturing Corporation

hereby stipulate to the facts and conclusions contained in the attached Final Judgment and Permanent

Injunction and consent to its entry by the cour.

22 Dated: May 31, 2007

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STIPULATION

Isl Gregory S. Gilchrist

Gregory S. Gilchrst

Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP

ATTORNYS FOR PLAINTIFF

LEVI STRAUSS & CO.

Isl Walter A. Lesnevich

Walter A. Lesnevich

Lesnevich & Marzano- Lesnevich

ATTORNYS FOR DEFENDANT

KOMAN SPORTWEAR MANACTURG CORP.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LEVI STRUSS & CO., Case No. C 07-0388 JL

Plaintiff, FINAL JUGMENT UPON

CONSENT AND PERMNT

INJUNCTION AGAINST

DEFENDANT KOMA

SPORTWEAR MAUFACTURING

CORPORATION

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KOMAN SPORTWEAR MANUFACTURIG

CORPORA TION, et al.

Defendants.

18 Plaintiff Levi Strauss & Co. ("LS&CO.") has fied a Complaint alleging trademark

1 9 infringement, dilution, and unfair competition under federal and California law against defendant

20 Koman Sportear Manufacturing Corporation ("Koman"). LS&CO. alleges that Koman has

21 manufactured, promoted, and sold clothing, including denim jeans, that violates LS&CO.'s rights in its

22 registered Arcuate Stitching Design Trademark (the "Arcuate trademark").

23 The Court now enters final judgment based upon the following undisputed facts. Each part

24 has waived the right to appeal from this final judgment and each part will bear its own fees and costs

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STIPULATED FACTS AND CONCLUSIONS

A. This Court has subject matter jurisdiction over this lawsuit and personal jurisdiction

28 over Koman. Venue is proper in this Court.

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1 B. LS&CO. owns the Arcuate trademark, which is a valid and famous trademark of

2 LS&CO. and which is registered as follows for use on a variety of casual apparel:

3 a. U.S. Registration No. 1,139,254 (first used as early as 1873; registered

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b. U.S. Registration No. 404,248 (first used as early as 1873; registered November

c. U.S. Registration No. 2,79l,156 (first used as early as September 1, 1936;

8 registered December 9,2003);

9 d. U.S. Registration No. 2,794,649 (first used as early as 1873; registered

10 December 16,2003);

11 e. California Registration No. 088399 (first used as early as 1873; registered

12 August 24, 1988).

13 C. Koman has manufactured, distributed, and sold jeans under the brand name KOMAN

14 that display the pocket design illustrated in Exhibit A (the "Koman design"). The Koman design is

15 confusingly similar to LS&CO.'s Arcuate trademark and has been used on directly competing

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17 II. ORDER

18 It is hereby ordered and adjudged as follows:

19 1. Commencing as of the "So Ordered" date of this Final Judgment and Permanent

20 Injunction, Koman, its principals, agents, affiiates, employees, offcers, directors, servants, privies,

21 successors, and assigns, and all persons acting in concert or participating with it or under its control

22 who receive actual notice of this Order, are hereby permanently enjoined and restrained, directly or

23 indirectly, from doing, authorizing or procuring any persons to do any of the following:

24 a. Manufacturing, licensing, sellng, offering for sale, distributing, importing,

25 exporting, advertising, promoting, or displaying any products that display any stitching or other design

26 in the shape illustrated in Exhibit A, or any other stitching or design that is substantially similar to the

27 Koman design or the Arcuate trademark;

28 b. Manufacturing, licensing, selling, offering for sale, distributing, importing,

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1 I exporting, advertising, promoting, or displaying any products that display any stitching or other design

2 that may reasonably be believed to be as similar or more similar to the Arcuate trademark than the

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c. Violating the rights of Levi Strauss & Co. in and to its Arcuate trademark; and

d. Assisting, aiding or abetting any person or entity engaging in or performing any

6 act prohibited by this paragraph.

7 2. In the event that Koman violates the terms of this Judgment by making, sellng or

8 offering for sale garments displaying the pocket design ilustrated in Exhibit A, it shall pay to

9 LS&CO. liquidated damages of 

(a) 20% of the sales revenue received by Koman at any time on

10 account of such garments, or (b) $10,000, whichever is greater, and judgment shall be entered against

1 1 Koman for that amount. Koman specifically acknowledges that this is a reasonable estimate of the

12 damages to which LS&CO. would be entitled by virte of Koman's sales of such garments and the

13 costs LS&CO. has incurred in enforcing its rights. Such liquidated damages shall be in addition to

14 any further damages award or equitable relief to which LS&CO. may be entitled with respect to future

15 sales by Koman that violate LS&CO.'s trademark rights, but any payments made by Koman pursuant

16 to this paragraph shall be deemed a credit against any potential award of damages under this

17 paragraph. If LS&CO. commences an action for enforcement of this liquidated damages provision,

18 the prevailing part shall be awarded reasonable attorneys' fees and costs from the other part.

19 3. This Court shall retain jurisdiction for the purpose of making any further orders

20 necessary or proper for the construction or modification of this Judgment, the enforcement thereof,

21 andlor the punishment for any violations thereof. In the event of any violation of this Permanent

22 Injunction, Koman shall be responsible to pay LS&CO., at a minimum, all of LS&CO.'s fees and costs

23 associated with this action as well as any enforcement or contempt proceedings. For the purpose of

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any future proceeding to enforce the terms of this Judgment, service by mail upon a party or their 

counsel of record at their last known address shall be deemed adequate notice for each party. 

IT IS SO ORDERED AND ADJUDGED. 

DATED: __________________ _________________________________ 

 Hon. James Larson 

 United States District Judge 

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Exhibit A

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