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Nature of Suit Code: 840
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 15:1114 Trademark Infringement (Lanham Act)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

On November 7, 2017, Plaintiff Eden Foods, Inc. (“Eden”) filed its Complaint 

against Defendant Eden’s Ethnos LLC (“Eden’s Ethnos”). The Complaint asserts that 

Eden’s Ethnos has engaged in infringing use of Eden’s superior and exclusive rights 

to use Eden’s EDEN formative marks through Eden’s Ethnos’s adoption and/or use 

of an “EDEN’S ETHNOS” designation and that such acts constitute trademark 

infringement, unfair competition, and dilution by tarnishment under federal law.

Eden and Eden’s Ethnos have agreed to the entry of this final judgment and 

permanent injunction (“Consent Judgment and Permanent Injunction”) upon the 

following stipulated facts. Each party has waived the right to appeal from this 

Consent Judgment and Permanent Injunction. Should judicial enforcement of any of 

EDEN FOODS, INC.

Plaintiff.

vs.

EDEN’S ETHNOS LLC

Defendant,

Case No. 3:17-CV-2275-ALB-NLS

CONSENT JUDGMENT AND 

PERMANENT INJUNCTION

(Doc. No. 15)

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the terms of this Consent Judgment and Permanent Injunction become necessary in 

the future, the prevailing party will be entitled to its attorneys’ fees and costs.

STIPULATED FACTS AND CONCLUSIONS

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

jurisdiction over Eden’s Ethnos. Venue is proper in this Court.

2. Eden is a leading producer of natural and organic food and beverage 

products sold under a variety of trademarks consisting in whole or part of the brand 

name EDEN.

3. Eden adopted and commenced use of the EDEN name as a trademark in 

the 1960s and has used the EDEN name as a trademark continuously and without 

interruption since at least as early as November 1969 and continuing to the present 

day. 

4. Eden’s EDEN brand products are sold throughout the United States 

through virtually all types of merchandising outlets, including, without limitation, 

national and regional supermarket chains, local grocery stores, food cooperatives, 

health food stores, convenience stores, and department stores. Eden’s products also 

are available through mail order outlets and via the Internet at Eden’s website found 

at <edenfoods.com> as well as leading on-line retailers.

5. Over the years, Eden has developed and adopted many EDEN formative 

marks, including, EDEN, EDEN ORGANIC, EDEN FOODS, EDENEWS and 

EDENBALANCE (collectively the “EDEN Marks”).

6. Eden is the owner of all right, title and interest in the following federal 

registrations, which presently are valid and subsisting in law:

(a) Reg. No. 2,360,206 – EDEN for food supplements, 

namely, orally ingested enzymes beneficial to human intestinal bacteria, 

registered on the Principal Register June 20, 2000.

(b) Reg. No. 2,326,024 – EDENBALANCE for a food 

supplement, namely, an orally ingested enzyme beneficial to human intestinal 

bacteria, registered on the Principal Register March 7, 2000.

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(c) Reg. No. 4,431,041 – EDEN for tooth powder; dietary food 

supplements and nutritional supplement concentrates; sushi mats; processed 

vegetables; chili; processed mushrooms; raisins; tofu; vegetable based food 

beverages; prepared entrees consisting primarily of beans with rice and other 

side dishes; Umeboshi plum paste; grain based food beverages; natural food 

sweeteners; arrowroot for use as a food thickener; rice; Ponzu sauce; prepared 

entrees consisting primarily of rice with beans and other side dishes; edible 

spices; concentrates for making non-alcoholic beverages; and cooking wine, 

registered on the Principal Register November 12, 2013.

(d) Reg. No. 1,440,754 -- EDENSOY for soybean based food 

beverages, registered on the Principal Register May 26, 1987.

(e) Reg. No. 1,918,958 – EDENBLEND for soybean and rice 

based food beverages, registered on the Principal Register September 12, 

1995.

(f) Reg. No. 2,272,652 – EDEN ORGANIC & Design for 

vegetable oils; processed vegetables; soybean based food beverages; soybean 

based misos; nut and fruit butters; processed nuts; processed edible seeds; 

processed mixture consisting of any combination of fruits, nuts and seeds; 

vegetable chips; and dried fruits; tea; sugar; rice; pasta and noodles; flour; 

breakfast cereals; honey; syrup for table use; candy; salt; mustard; vinegar; 

sauces, namely, pizza and spaghetti sauces, soy sauce; processed grains; rice 

and grain based food beverages; herbal food beverages; seasonings, namely, 

processed sesame seeds, garlic pastes, furikake, pickled beefsteak leaf powder, 

bonito flakes, pickled ginger, tekka, wasabi powder; crackers; brown rice 

chips; granola; unprocessed vegetables, unprocessed grains, unprocessed nuts 

and unprocessed edible seeds; fruit juices; beverage concentrates for use in 

making non alcoholic soft drinks, registered on the Principal Register August 

24, 1999.

(g) Reg. No. 1,452,337-- EDEN for pickled plums; processed 

and unprocessed dried fruits; processed nuts; processed seeds; vegetable oils; 

namely, corn oil, olive oil, safflower oil, sesame oil; snack foods consisting of 

processed nuts, processed seeds and dried fruits; processed grains, namely, 

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corn meal, soy flour, chickpea flour, barley flour, wheat flour, buckwheat 

flour, millet flour, rice flour, rye flour; pasta, namely, wheat noodles, wheat 

and egg noodles, wheat and soy noodles, wheat and spinach noodles, wheat 

and buckwheat noodles; soy sauce; barley malt syrup for table use; vinegar; 

mustard; tomato based spaghetti sauce; sea salt for table use; beverage 

consisting of tea and herbs; unprocessed beans, namely, aduki, black turtle 

beans, kidney beans, great northern beans, green lentils, mung beans, navy 

beans, pinto beans, soy beans; unprocessed peas, namely, chickpeas, split peas; 

unprocessed nuts; unprocessed edible seeds; unprocessed grains, namely 

barley, rice, wheat, buckwheat and millet; unprocessed corn and unpopped 

popcorn; unprocessed sea vegetables, namely sea weed, registered on the 

Principal Register August 11, 1987.

(h) Reg. No. 1,862,634 -- EDEN for vegetable oils, crushed 

tomatoes, sauerkraut, and processed canned beans; pasta; pizza sauce; teas; 

crackers; chips; misos; and condiments; namely, mustard, sea salt, processed 

sesame seeds, garlic pastes, furikake, pickled beefsteak leaf powder, bonito 

flakes, pickled ginger, tekka, wasabi powder, tamari, and shoyu; unprocessed 

grains; namely, barley, wheat and quinoa, registered on the Principal Register 

November 15, 1994.

(i) Reg. No. 2,229,053 – EDEN for fruit butter, fruit sauce and 

fruit juices, registered on the Principal Register March 2, 1999.

(j) Reg. No. 2,475,031 – EDEN BIFA 15 for food 

supplements, namely, orally ingested enzymes beneficial to human intestinal 

bacteria, registered on the Principal Register August 7, 2001.

(k) Reg. No. 2,503,977 – EDEN for dietary food supplements, 

namely, edible kombu root seaweed, garlic balls and ume plum concentrate, 

registered on the Principal Register November 6, 2001.

(l) Reg. No. 4,264,570 – EDEN for retail and on-line store 

featuring food and beverage products, registered on the Principal Register 

December 25, 2012.

(m) Reg. No. 2,905,671 – EDENEWS for newsletters in the 

field of food and food related topics, nutrition, health and diet, farming and 

agricultural and environmental issues, registered on the Principal Register 

November 30, 2004.

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(n) Reg. No. 2,977,773 – EDEN for processed popcorn for 

popping, registered on the Principal Register July 26, 2005.

(o) Reg. No. 3,071,337 – EDEN FOODS for vegetable oils; 

processed vegetables; soybean based food beverages; soybean based misos; 

nut and fruit butters; processed nuts; processed edible seeds; processed mixture 

consisting of any combination of fruits, nuts and seeds; vegetable chips and 

dried fruits; tea; sugar; rice; pasta and noodles; flour; breakfast cereals; honey; 

syrup for table use; candy; salt; mustard; vinegar; sauces, namely, pizza and 

spaghetti sauces, soy sauce; processed grains; rice and grain based food 

beverages; herbal food beverages; seasonings, namely, processed sesame 

seeds, garlic pastes, furikake, pickled beefsteak leaf powder, bonito flakes, 

pickled ginger, tekka, wasabi powder; crackers; brown rice chips; and granola; 

unprocessed fruits, unprocessed vegetables, unprocessed grains, unprocessed 

nuts and unprocessed edible seeds, registered on the Principal Register March 

21, 2006.

(p) Reg. No. 3,102,575 – EDEN for dried cherries, registered 

on the Principal Register June 13, 2006.

(q) Reg. No. 4,065,063 – EDEN for providing recipes and 

information in the field of cooking and food preparation; providing 

information in the field of health, nutrition, diet, beauty and organic farming 

techniques, registered on the Principal Register December 6, 2011.

(r) Reg. No. 4,171,490 – EDENEWS for downloadable 

electronic newsletters in the field of food and food-related topics, nutrition, 

health and diet, farming and agricultural and environmental issues, registered 

on the Principal Register July 10, 2012.

(s) Reg. No. 4,264,567 – EDEN STORE for retail and on-line 

store featuring food and beverage products, registered on the Principal 

Register December 25, 2012.

(t) Reg. No. 4,272,393 – EDEN FOODS for processed beans; 

processed fruits; processed tomatoes” and crackers; entrees and side dishes 

consisting primarily of rice and beans, registered on the Principal Register 

January 8, 2013.

(u) Reg. No. 4,336,312 – EDEN RECIPES for downloadable 

software in the nature of an application for obtaining news and information in 

the field of food and food related topics, nutrition, health and diet and related 

textual, audio and video content on mobile and stationary electronic devices, 

registered on the Principal Register May 14, 2013.

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7. The EDEN Marks are valid, subsisting, unrevoked and uncancelled. Of 

the 21 registrations listed above, at least 16 of them have become incontestable as 

to all goods listed therein and are conclusive evidence of the validity of the 

registered mark, Eden’s ownership thereof, and of Eden’s exclusive right to use the 

mark in commerce on or in connection with the goods identified in the registration, 

as provided by Section 33(b) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1115(b).

8. Eden spends millions of dollars every year promoting its EDEN brand 

products and its EDEN Marks.

9. As a result of Eden’s longstanding use of the EDEN Marks, Eden has 

built up substantial good will in such marks.

10. Based on Eden’s extensive, exclusive, and continuous use of the EDEN 

Marks in connection with the goods and/or services of the respective registrations, 

and the maintenance of premium quality standards relating thereto, the EDEN 

Marks have come to be widely and favorably known among the consuming public 

as designators of origin with respect to Eden’s goods and services.

11. Eden is also the owner of a family of marks, the dominant component of 

which is the term “EDEN.” The family of EDEN marks includes EDENSOY, 

EDEN BLEND, EDEN ORGANICS, EDEN TRADITIONAL, EDEN BALANCE, 

and EDEN SELECT.

12. Eden’s Ethnos is not authorized to use the EDEN Marks. 

13. Eden’s Ethnos has used “Eden” in connection with “Eden’s Ethnos” in 

furtherance of the sale of products derived from the plant Mitragyna speciosa, 

commonly known as kratom.

14. Eden’s Ethnos has used the “EDEN’S ETHNOS” designation in a 

manner that has created or is likely to create actual confusion in the marketplace.

15. Eden’s Ethnos’s use of the “EDEN’S ETHNOS” designation infringes 

upon Eden’s prior and exclusive rights in its EDEN marks.

16. Eden’s Ethnos’s unauthorized activities constitute trademark 

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infringement under federal law.

ORDER

ACCORDINGLY, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND ADJUDGED by consent 

of Eden and Eden’s Ethnos that Eden’s Ethnos and any persons or entities acting on 

its behalf, including any parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, commonly-owned parties, 

commonly-controlled parties, predecessors, and successors, together with its 

principals, officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys, servants, employees, 

distributors, suppliers and all other persons in active concert or participation with 

them who receive notice of this Consent Judgment and Permanent Injunction, shall, 

as of March 31, 2018, be permanently enjoined and restrained from:

A. Imitating, copying or making unauthorized use of the EDEN Marks in 

any form, including without limitation, using any trademark, trade name, 

establishment name or other identifier containing “EDEN”, “EDEN’S” or 

“EDENS” or any uniform record locator (“URL”) containing the letters 

“EDEN”, “EDEN’S” or “EDENS” (including, specifically cease using the 

“EDEN’S ETHNOS” designation) or any other designation incorporating the 

term EDEN for any purpose; 

B. Using any copy or colorable imitation of the EDEN Marks in connection 

with the promotion, advertisement, display, sale, offering for sale, 

manufacture, printing, importation, production, circulation or distribution of 

any product or service, in such fashion as to relate or connect such product in 

any way to Eden, or to any product or service provided by or connected with 

Eden; or

C. Engaging in any other activity constituting unfair competition with 

Eden, or constituting an infringement of the Eden Marks or constituting any 

damage to Eden’s name; marks, reputation or goodwill.

For the avoidance of doubt, Eden has no objection to Eden’s Ethnos continuing to 

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use trademarks, service marks, names or designations that use the term ETHNOS as 

long as such trademarks, service marks, names or designations do not include the 

term EDEN or any other words or logos confusingly similar to any of the EDEN 

Marks.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED AND ADJUDGED by consent of Eden and Eden’s 

Ethnos that Eden’s Ethnos shall take all actions reasonably necessary to transfer the 

domain name <edensethnos.com> to Eden no later than March 31, 2018.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED AND ADJUDGED pursuant to Rule 54, Federal 

Rules of Civil Procedure, that judgment is hereby entered in favor of Eden and 

against Eden’s Ethnos. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that this Court shall retain 

jurisdiction for the purpose of making any further orders necessary or proper for the 

construction or modification of this Consent Judgment and Permanent Injunction, 

the enforcement thereof, or the punishment of any violations thereof.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the prevailing party in any 

proceeding to enforce the terms of this Consent Judgment and Permanent Injunction 

shall be entitled to an award of its attorneys’ fees and costs.

IT IS SO ORDERED

Dated: January 29, 2018

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