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

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FROM : HIDALGO & ASSOC I ATES

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FAX NO. : 7145446601 Feb. 29 2008 01: 07PM P3

TOWNSEND AND TOWNSEND AND CREW LLP

GREGORY S. GILCHRIST (SaN i 11536); gsgi/christ(ilownnend.cQm

2 VERONICA BESMER (SaN 246560); vbe:;mer(jwwn~'end.com

Two Embarcadero Center, 8th Floor

3 San Francisco, California 94111

Telephone: (415) 576-0200

4 Facsimile: (415) 576.0300

5 Attorneys for PllÙntiff

WILLIAMS-SONOMA, INC.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

WILLIAMS-SONOMA, INC., a California

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Case No. C-07-401 7 JSW

STIPULATION TO FINAL JUDGMENT

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Defendants.

Plaintiff WilJams-Sonoma, Inc. and defendant Cocoon Furni5hings, Inc, hereby stipulate to

the facts and conclusions contained in the attched Final Judgment and Permanent Injunction and

consent to its entry by the court.

IT IS SO STIPULATr:D AND CONSENTED.

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STIPULATION

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TOWNSEND AND TOWNSEND AND CREW LLP

GREGORY S. GILCHRIST (SBN 111536); gsgilchrist(gtownsend. com

2 VERONICA BESMER (SBN 246560); vbesmer(gtownsend. com

Two Embarcadero Center, 8th Floor

3 San Francisco, California 94111

Telephone: (415) 576-0200

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WILLIAMS-SONOMA, INC.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

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WILLIAMS-SONOMA, INC., a California

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Case No. C-07-401 7 JSW

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Plaintiff Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ("WSI") has filed a Complaint alleging trademark

infringement, dilution, copyright infringement, and unfair competition under federal and California

law against defendant Cocoon Furnishings, Inc. ("Cocoon Furnishings"). WSI alleges that Cocoon

Furnishings has sold furniture and home items that have been marketed in ways that infringe WSI's

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i. STIPULATED FACTS AND CONCLUSIONS

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

over Cocoon Furnishings. Venue is proper in this Court.

B. WSI owns a federal trademark registration for POTTERY BARN (Registration No.

CONSENT JUDGMENT

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2021077; first used April of 1956; registered on December 3, 1996) for use on a variety of furniture

2 and home furnishings. This registration, and all other WSI registrations, applications, and common

3 law marks incorporating the Pottery Barn(ß name, including "PB," which is a common consumer

4 reference to WSI's "Pottery Barn" brands, will be referred to collectively hereafter as "Pottery Barn

5 Marks." WSI also owns valid copyright registrations for its Pottery Barn(ß catalogs.

6 C. Cocoon Furnishings has promoted and sold furniture and other home items using the

7 Pottery Barn Marks, including but not limited to featuring references to the Pottery Barn Marks in its

8 print advertising and on its website, as well as displaying Pottery Barn(ß and Williams Sonoma

9 Home(ß catalogs in its showroom. WSI alleges that these uses are likely to cause confusion and

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ORDER AND INJUNCTION

It is hereby ordered and adjudged as follows:

1. Cocoon Furnishings shall pay the sum of $5,000 to WSI within ten days of entry of this

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Judgment.

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

16 Injunction, Cocoon Furnishings, its principals, agents, employees, offcers, directors, servants,

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

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

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

20 a. Any and all use of the Pottery Barn(ß name or trademark in connection with any

21 advertising or promotion of Cocoon Furnishings' stores, products, or services, including advertising or

22 promotion of its website, via domain names, URL's, meta tags or metatext, or in any other way.

23 Cocoon Furnishings will, likewise, not use the Pottery Barn(ß trademarks or "PB" in connection with

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25 b. Distributing or displaying any Pottery Barn(ß or Williams-Sonoma(ß catalogs,

26 in whole or in part, or any pages from Pottery Barn(ß catalogs, in stores, on web sites, in advertising or

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likely to cause consumer confusion or misapprehension about any relationship, affiiation, sponsorship

2 or other connection between Cocoon Furnishings and Williams-SonomaCI, Pottery Barn,CI or any

3 other Williams-Sonoma brand, or (b) tends to deceive consumers that (i) Cocoon Furnishings'

4 products are manufactured by the same source as Pottery Barn products, (ii) Cocoon Furnishings'

5 products are equal or equivalent quality as Pottery Barn products if they are not, or (iii) Cocoon

6 Furnishings' products are "discounted" from prices charged for the same products at Pottery BarnCI

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8 3. Each party has waived the right to appeal from this final judgment and each party will

9 bear its own fees and costs in connection with this action.

10 4. This Court shall retain jurisdiction for the purpose of making any further orders

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

12 and/or the punishment for any violations thereof.

13 5. In the event that Cocoon Furnishings violates the terms of this Judgment, subject to

14 five (5) business days' notice of any such violation and Cocoon Furnishings' failure to cure such

i 5 default within such 5-day period, Cocoon Furnishings shall pay to WSI for WSl's reasonable

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United States Magistrate Judge

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CONSENT JUDGMENT

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