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Nature of Suit Code: 840
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 15:1051 Trademark Infringement

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Ginseng Board of Wisconsin, Inc. v. Triple Leaf Tea, Inc., et al. 

Consent Decree, Order for Judgment and Judgment 

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Michael T. Hopkins (WI SBN: 1014792) 

mth@hmclaw.com 

Hopkins McCarthy LLC 

207 E. Buffalo Street, Suite 422 

P.O. Box 510138 

Milwaukee, WI 53203 

Tel/Fax: 866-735-0515 

appearing pro hac vice 

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Sharon J. Adams (State Bar No: 154929) 

sjadams@adamslaw.biz 

Adams Law Office

2140 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 207 

Berkley, CA 94704 

Tel/Fax: 510-649-1331 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, Ginseng 

Board of Wisconsin, Inc. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

GINSENG BOARD OF WISCONSIN, INC., 

a Wisconsin corporation, 

 Plaintiff, 

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TRIPLE LEAF TEA, INC, a California 

corporation, VINCENT TEA 

INTERNATIONAL, INC., a California 

Corporation, and JOHNSON LAM, 

 Defendants. 

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Case No.: 5:09-cv-01784-SBA 

CONSENT DECREE, ORDER FOR 

JUDGMENT AND JUDGMENT 

Consent Decree 

 WHEREAS the parties have agreed to resolve this case pursuant to the terms of a 

Settlement Agreement entered into between them, without adjudication of any issue of fact or 

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law, the terms of which provide, inter alia, for the execution and entry of this Consent Decree 

and Order. 

 NOW THEREFORE, on the joint motion of Plaintiff and Defendants, it is hereby 

ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED as follows: 

Jurisdiction 

 1. This Court has jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties. 

Injunctive Relief 

 2. Triple Leaf Tea, Inc.; Vincent Tea International, Inc.; and Johnson Lam, their 

officers, agents, servants, employees, attorneys, and those persons in active concert or 

participation with them who receive actual notice of this ORDER by personal service or 

otherwise, are hereby permanently enjoined from: 

 (a) Using Ginseng Board of Wisconsin Inc.’s Certification Mark (USPTO 

registration no. 1755967), or any other mark which is confusingly similar to Ginseng 

Board of Wisconsin Inc.’s certification mark, in any illegal way or manner, including 

but not limited to use in conjunction with the sale, offering for sale, advertisement or 

marketing of ginseng or products containing ginseng; and 

 (b) Doing any other illegal act or thing likely to induce the belief that any 

ginseng or products containing ginseng which are sold, offered for sale, or marketed by 

them are in any way sponsored, affiliated, licensed, endorsed or certified by Ginseng 

Board of Wisconsin, Inc.; provided, however, that nothing herein shall otherwise limit 

or impair the right or ability of Triple Leaf Tea, Inc.; Vincent Tea International, Inc.; or 

Johnson Lam from selling Wisconsin grown ginseng not bearing Ginseng Board of 

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Wisconsin Inc.’s Certification Mark, or a colorable or confusingly similar imitation 

thereof. 

 (c) Any use by Defendants of marks in a manner that does not violate trademark 

law is permitted. For example, Defendants use of the mark attached hereto as Exhibit A 

is permitted and does not constitute a violation of this Consent Decree. 

Costs of Action 

3. Each party shall bear the attorney fees, costs and disbursements each has incurred in 

prosecuting or defending this action. 

 The parties, by their counsel, hereby consent to the terms and conditions of the Consent 

Decree as set forth above, and consent to the entry thereof. 

 Dated this 18th day of December, 2009. 

HOPKINS McCARTHY LLC 

by: /s/ Michael T. Hopkins .

Michael T. Hopkins (WI SBN: 1014792) 

mth@hmclaw.com 

Hopkins McCarthy LLC 

207 E. Buffalo Street, Suite 422 

P.O. Box 510138 

Milwaukee, WI 53203 

Tel/Fax: 866-735-0515 

appearing pro hac vice

 and 

Sharon J. Adams (State Bar No: 154929) 

sjadams@adamslaw.biz 

ADAMS LAW OFFICE 

2140 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 207 

Berkley, CA 94704 

Tel/Fax: 510-649-1331 

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Attorneys for Plaintiff, 

Ginseng Board of Wisconsin, Inc. 

DONAHUE GALLAGHER WOODS LLP 

by: /s/ John C. Kirke .

John C. Kirke (SBN: 175055) 

email: johnk@donahue.com 

Donahue Gallagher Woods LLP 

300 Lakeside Drive, Suite 1900 

Oakland, CA 94612-3570 

Tel: 510-451-0544 / Fax: 510-832-1486 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Order for Judgment 

 BASED UPON THE FOREGOING, it is hereby ORDERED that judgment be 

entered in favor of the Plaintiff, Ginseng Board of Wisconsin, Inc., and against the Defendants, 

Triple Leaf Tea, Inc.; Vincent Tea International, Inc.; and Johnson Lam, pursuant to all of the 

terms and conditions recited above in said Consent Decree. 

 Dated this 9th day of February 2010. 

_________________________________ 

 Honorable Saundra Brown Armstrong 

 U.S. District Court Judge 

Judgment

BASED UPON THE FOREGOING Consent Decree and Order for Judgment, 

judgment is hereby entered in favor of Plaintiff, Ginseng Board of Wisconsin, Inc., and against 

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Defendants, Triple Leaf Tea, Inc.; Vincent Tea International, Inc.; and Johnson Lam, pursuant 

to all of the terms and conditions recited above in said Consent Decree and incorporated into

the Order for Judgment

Dated this ____ day of _______________, 2009.

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Honorable Sandra B. Armstrong

U.S. District Court Judge

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