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Nature of Suit Code: 840
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 15:1125 Trademark Infringement (Lanham Act)

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STIPULATION TO WITHDRAW LEVLAD, LLC’S MOTION 

TO DISMISS THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT; 

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WILLIAM J. FRIEDMAN (admitted pro hac vice) 

E-Mail: wfriedman@cov.com 

SIMON J. FRANKEL (State Bar No. 171552) 

E-Mail: sfrankel@cov.com 

MARGARET D. WILKINSON (State Bar No. 244965) 

E-Mail: mwilkinson@cov.com 

COVINGTON & BURLING LLP 

One Front Street, 35th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: (415) 591-6000 

Facsimile: (415) 591-6091 

Attorneys for Defendants 

THE HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP, INC., 

KISS MY FACE CORPORATION, 

and LEVLAD, LLC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

ALL ONE GOD FAITH, INC., d/b/a DR. 

BRONNER’S MAGIC SOAPS, a California 

corporation, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

THE HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP, INC., a 

Delaware corporation; KISS MY FACE 

CORPORATION, a New York corporation; 

LEVLAD, LLC, a California limited 

liability company; YSL BEAUTE, INC., a 

New York corporation; GIOVANNI 

COSMETICS, INC., a California 

corporation; COSWAY COMPANY, INC., 

a California corporation; COUNTRY LIFE, 

LLC, a New York limited liability company; 

ORGANIC AND SUSTAINABLE 

INDUSTRY STANDARDS, INC., a 

Nevada corporation; ECOCERT FRANCE 

(SAS), a French corporation; and 

ECOCERT, INC., a Delaware corporation; 

 Defendants. 

Civil Case No.: CV-09-3517 JF (HRL) 

STIPULATION TO WITHDRAW 

LEVLAD, LLC’S MOTION TO 

DISMISS THIRD AMENDED 

COMPLAINT; [PROPOSED] 

ORDER 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Civil Case No.: CV-09-3517 JF (HRL) 

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On April 1, 2010, Plaintiff and Levlad, LLC entered a stipulation that Plaintiff’s 

Opposition to Levlad’s motion to dismiss would no longer be due on April 2, to permit the 

Plaintiff and Levlad to resolve the impact on this action. The stipulation was filed with this 

Court on April 1 (Dkt. No. 99). Plaintiff and Levlad have reached an agreement on this issue. 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between Defendants Hain Celestial 

Group, Inc., Kiss My Face Corporation, and Levlad, LLC, and Plaintiff All One God Faith, Inc., 

that in respect of the February 22, 2010 injunction entered by the United States Bankruptcy 

Court for the District of Delaware in In re: Natural Products Group, LLC, et al, Case No. 10-

10239 (BLS) (Defendant Levlad LLC’s parent company), attached hereto as Attachment A, the 

Defendants’ currently pending Motion to Dismiss is withdrawn nunc pro tunc as to Levlad 

solely, and that no response by Plaintiff to the withdrawn Motion is required or shall be filed as 

to Levlad. As to Defendants Hain Celestial Group, Inc., and Kiss My Face Corporation, the 

Motion to Dismiss remains filed and pending. The parties do not intend that this stipulation 

shall prejudice their respective rights in any way in the aforementioned bankruptcy proceeding. 

Accordingly, Plaintiff and Levlad request that the Court order that the pending 

motion to dismiss by Levlad be withdrawn nunc pro tunc and that Plaintiff need not and shall 

not file any opposition papers to Levlad’s withdrawn motion to dismiss. 

DATED: April 12, 2010 FARELLA BRAUN & MARTEL LLP 

 SANDLER, REIFF & YOUNG PC 

By: 

JOHN L. COOPER 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ALL ONE GOD FAITH, INC., d/b/a 

DR. BRONNER’S MAGIC SOAPS 

 COVINGTON & BURLING LLP 

By: /s/ 

MARGARET D. WILKINSON 

Attorneys for Defendants THE HAIN 

CELESTIAL GROUP, INC.; KISS MY 

FACE CORPORATION; and 

LEVLAD, LLC 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

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On April 1, 2010, Plaintiff and Levlad, LLC entered a stipulation that Plaintiff's

Opposition to Levlad's motion to dismiss would no longer be due on April 2, to permit the

Plaintiff and Levlad to resolve the impact on this action. The stipulation was filed with this

Court on April 1 (Dkt. No. 99). Plaintiff and Levlad have reached an agreement on this issue.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between Defendants Hain Celestial

Group, Inc., Kiss My Face Corporation, and Levlad, LLC, and Plaintiff All One God Faith, Inc.,

that in respect of the February 22, 2010 injunction entered by the United States Bankruptcy

Court for the District of Delaware in In re: Natural Products Group, LLC, et al, Case No. 10-

10239 (BLS) (Defendant Levlad LLC's parent company), attached hereto as Attachment A, the

Defendants' currently pending Motion to Dismiss is withdrawn nuncpro tunc as to Levlad

solely, and that no response by Plaintiff to the withdrawn Motion is required or shall be filed as

to Levlad. As to Defendants Hain Celestial Group, Inc., and Kiss My Face Corporation, the

Motion to Dismiss remains filed and pending. The parties do not intend that this stipulation

shall prejudice their respective rights in any way in the aforementioned bankruptcy proceeding.

Accordingly, Plaintiff and Levlad request that the Court order that the pending

motion to dismiss by Levlad be withdrawn nuncpro tunc and that Plaintiff need not and shall

not file any opposition papers to Levlad's withdrawn motion to dismiss.

DATED: April 12, 2010 FARELLA BRAUN & MARTEL LLP

SANDLER, REIFF & YOUNG PC

By:

L. COOPER

for Plaintiff

ALL ONE GOD FAITH, INC., dib/a

DR. BRONNER'S MAGIC SOAPS

COVINGTON &BURLING LLP

By:

MARGARET D. WILKINSON

Attorneys for Defendants THE HAIN

CELESTIAL GROUP, INC.; KISS MY

FACE CORPORATION; and

LEVLAD, LLC

STIPULATION TO WITHDRAW LEVLAD, LLC'S MOTION

TO DISMISS THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT;

[PROPOSED] ORDER

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

[Local Rules 7-12 and 16-2 (e)]

 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Date: ____________________ ___________________________________ 

 Hon. Jeremy Fogel 

 United States District Judge 

 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Civil Case No.: CV-09-3517 JF (HRL) 

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