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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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1 BALLARD SPAHR ANDREWS & INGERSOLL LLP

LYNE. RZONCA (Pa. Bar No. 86747)

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ROBERTA JACOBS-MEADWAY (Pa. BarNo. 21214)

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STEVEN D. KIM (Pa. Bar No. 203459)

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1735 Market Street, 51st Floor

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Telephone: (215) 665-8500

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E-mail: rzoncal~ballardspah.com

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HANSON BRIDGETT MARCUS VLAHOS & RUDY, LLP

8 GARNER K. WENG - 191462

ALEXANDRA ATENCIO - 227251

9 425 Market Street, 26th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94105

10 Telephone: (415) 777-3200

Facsimile: (415) 541-9366

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EPONA, LTD., a Delaware corporation

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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Plaintiff,

No. C-07-0800 SI

STIPULATION FOR DISMISSAL

PURSUANT TO FRCP RULE 41; AND

JUDGMENT OF DISMISSAL WITH

PREJUDICE

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corporation (formerly named herein as

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corporation d/b/a! GROOMA.COM),

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STIPULATION FOR DISMISSAL

Pursuant to a Settlement Agreement dated as of August 29,2007 and among Epona Ltd.

and Mirac1ecorp Products, and without amending or affecting any of the terms of the Settlement

Agreement, the parties to this action, Plaintiff Epona Ltd. and Defendant Mirac1ecorp Products,

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STIPULA TlON FOR DISMISSAL AND JUDGMENT OF DISMISSAL

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hereby stipulate to a dismissal of this action with prejudice and without costs to any party, in the

form attached as Exhibit A.

Notwithstanding the dismissal of this entire action with prejudice, the court wil retain

continued jurisdiction over the settling parties, and each of them, for enforcement of the

settlement agreement.

DATED: October 26, 2007 By: Isl

Garner K. Weng, Esq.

Alexandra Atencio, Esq.

HANSON BRIDGETT MARCUS

VLAHOS & RUDY

425 Market Street, 26th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (415) 777-3200

Lynn E. Rzonca, Esq.

Roberta Jacobs-Meadway, Esq.

Steven D. Kim, Esq.

BALLARD SPAHR ANDREWS &

INGERSOLL LLP

1735 Market Street, 44th Floor

Philadelphia, P A 19103

Telephone: (215) 665-8500

Attorneys for Plaintiff 17 EPONA, LTD., a Delaware corporation

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San Francisco, CA 94105 22 Telephone: (415) 268-2000

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Victoria L Niles, Esq. 24 THOMPSON HINE LLP

2000 Courthouse Plaza, N.E. 25 Dayton, OH 45402 Telephone: (937) 443-6777

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MIRACLECORP PRODUCTS., an Ohio

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STIPULATION FOR DISMISSAL AND JUDGMENT OF DISMISSAL

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EXHIBIT A

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1 SIGNATURES UNDER GENERAL ORDER NO. 45

2 Pursuant to General Order No. 45 of the United States District Court, Northern District of

3 California, I, Garner K. Weng-the ECF User whose User ID and Password are used in the fiing

4 of this document-hereby attest that the concurrence to the fiing of this document has been

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JUDGMENT OF DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE

Pursuant to the stipulation of all paries and a Settlement Agreement between Plaintiff

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17 hereby dismissed with prejudice and without costs to any party.

, 2007, this action is

18 Notwithstanding the dismissal of this entire action with prejudice, the court wil retain

19 continued jurisdiction over the setting parties, and each of them, for performance required under

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SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

This Settlement Agreement is entered into effective August 29, 2007 by and between Epona,

Ltd., having a place of business in Fainax, California ("Epona"), and MiracleCorp Products, having a

place of business in Dayton, Ohio ("MiracleCorp").

WHEREAS, Epona represents that it has since at least 1998 used the configuration shown below

as a mark in association with hoof picks (the "Epona Design"):

WHEREAS, MiracleCorp represents that, for several years, it has marketed and sold a "Grooma

Hoof Pick" as shown below:

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WHEREAS, EPONA has objected to MiracleCorp's activities with respect to the Grooma Hoof

Pick and has filed suit against MiracleCorp in the United States District Court for the Northern District of

California, Civil Action No. C-07-0800 ("the Action"), now pending, in which it claims that the Epona

Design constitutes a distinctive and non-functional trade dress that identifies Epona as the source of the

goods and therefore acts as a source identifier, and further alleging that MiracleCorp's promotion and

sale of the Grooma Hoof Pick infringes Epona's rights in the Epona Design;

WHEREAS MiracleCorp denies that the Epona Design constitutes protectable trade dress and

denies infringing any rights of Epona therein;

WHEREAS, the parties wish now amicably to resolve the dispute between them.

In consideration of the foregoing and of the undertakings set forth hereinafter, intending to be

legally bound, the parties agree:

1. MiracleCorp agrees that it wil not manufacture, sell, or offer, directly or indirectly. the Grooma

Hoof Pick incorporating, embedding, or attaching (a) any magnetic device or (b) any leather strap, or any

other hoof pick product of similar shape incorporating, embedding, or attaching (a) any magnetic device

or (b) any leather strap. All hoof pick products currently offered by MiracleCorp are exempt.

2. Within five (5) days of receiving a copy of this Agreement signed by MiracleCorp, Epona wil

send to MiracleCorp payment in the amount of $5,000.00, to be sent to the following address:

Thomas A. Knoth, Esq.

THOMPSON HINE LLP

2000 Courthouse Plaza N.E.

P.O. Box 8801

Dayton,OH 45401-8801

Exhibit A

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3. Within ten (10) days of the execution of this Agreement by both parties, counsel for the parties

wil jointly file a stipulated dismissal of the Action with prejudice.

4. MiracleCorp agrees that it wil not oppose or challenge, or seek to oppose or challenge,

directly or indirectly, Epona's alleged rights in the Epona Design, including but not limited to by opposing

Epona's pending U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 77/120,950 (the "'950 Application").

5. Epona agrees that it wil not seek to enforce against MiracleCorp it rights in any registration

issuing from the '950 Application or any other alleged proprietary nghts in its Epona Design of any nature

whatsoever, including but not limited to alleged rights under patent, trademark, trade secret, trade dress,

or unfair competition laws, and whether arising under federal, state or common law, with the exception of

enforcing its rights arising from this Settlement Agreement. Epona consents to MiracleCorp's

manufacture, importation, distribution, marketing, and sale of the "Grooma Hoof Pick" and hoof picks of a

similar design in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, and all hoof picks currently offered by

MiracleCorp, .

6. MiracleCorp's duties and obligations under this Agreement shall terminate immediately and

without need of further act by MiracleCorp in the event Epona ceases to market and sell hoof picks

embodying the Epona Design in the United States.

7. Epona, on behalf of itself and its successors, predecessors, assigns, offcers, directors,

attorneys, agents, affliates, and subsidiaries, hereby releases and discharges MiracleCorp, its

successors, predecessors, assigns, offcers, directors, attorneys, agents, affliates, and subsidiaries from

all actions, damages, claims and demands whatsoever, in law or equity, known or unknown, arising

before the date set forth above with respect to the matters set forth herein, except that this release does

not apply to any claims based on a breach of this Agreement.

8. MiracleCorp, on behalf of itself and its successors, predecessors, assigns, offcers, directors,

attorneys, agents, affliates, and subsidiaries, hereby releases and discharges Epona, its successors,

predecessors, assigns, offcers, directors, attorneys, agents, affliates, and subsidiaries from all actions,

damages, claims and demands whatsoever, in law or equity, known or unknown, arising before the date

set forth above with respect to the matters set forth herein, except that this release does not apply to any

claims based on a breach of this Agreement.

9. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the parties wil each bear all of their own

costs and expenses including, without limitation, legal fees incurred in connection with the Action and this

Agreement.

10. This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject

matter, and there are no other agreements or understandings, express or implied, and it is binding on the

parties, their successors, heirs, assigns, related companies, and affiliates.

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