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

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By order filed August 31, 2006, the Court vacated the hearing scheduled for

September 8, 2006, and took the matter under submission.

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KOON CHUN HING KEE SOY & SAUCE

FACTORY, LTD.,

Plaintiff,

 v.

EASTIMPEX, et al.,

Defendants /

No. C 04-4146 MMC

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

APPLICATION FOR DEFAULT

JUDGMENT AGAINST AMERICA FOOD

INT’L CORP.

Before the Court is plaintiff Koon Chun Hing Kee Soy & Sauce Factory’s (“Koon

Chun”) application, filed August 1, 2006, for default judgment against defendant America

Food Int’l Corp. (“AFIC”), pursuant to Rule 55(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

No opposition has been filed. Having reviewed the application, and for the reasons set

forth in the application, the Court rules as follows:1

1. AFIC has willfully and knowingly sold counterfeit products, specifically, hoisin

sauce bearing Koon Chun’s registered trademark and trade dress. Accordingly, Koon

Chun has established that AFIC is liable for the federal and state law claims pleaded in the

Second Amended Complaint.

2. Koon Chun is entitled to a permanent injunction to prohibit AFIC from further

engaging in acts of infringement and unfair competition pertaining to usage of Koon Chun’s

trademarks and trade dress. See 15 U.S.C. § 1116(a). Koon Chun shall, no later than

March 2, 2007, submit a proposed form of permanent injunction.

3. AFIC is liable to Koon Chun for the profits AFIC realized from sales of the

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By separate order filed concurrently herewith, the Court has found Koon Chun’s lost

manufacturing profits associated with sales made by defendant L.A. Victory, Inc. to be $160,288.80. By the instant application, Koon Chun seeks lost profits associated with

sales by AFIC that are not resales of goods first sold by L.A. Victory. Accordingly, there is

no double recovery with respect to lost manufacturing profits.

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To the extent Koon Chun seeks a higher award as to corrective advertising

expenses, the request is denied for the reasons stated in the Court’s separate order filed

concurrently herewith.

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counterfeit hoisin sauce, specifically, $20,155. See 15 U.S.C. § 1117(a).

4. AFIC is liable for the manufacturing profits Koon Chun lost, in the amount

$31,752, trebled, specifically, $95,256, because AFIC knowingly sold counterfeit goods. 

See 15 U.S.C. §§ 1117(a), 1117(b).2

5. AFIC is jointly and severally liable with defendants L.A. Victory, Inc. and Joe P.

Zhao for Koon Chun’s corrective packaging expenses in the amount of $88,099.50, and for

Koon Chun’s corrective advertising expenses in the amount of $10,200,3 for a total of

$98,299.50, trebled, specifically, $294,898.50. See id.

6. In the alternative to an award based on AFIC’s profits and Koon Chun’s actual

damages as trebled, AFIC is liable for statutory damages in the amount of $100,000. See

15 U.S.C. § 1117(c). As set forth in the Court’s order filed concurrently herewith, after the

Court has determined whether L.A. Victory, Inc. and Joe P. Zhao are entitled to an offset as

to the award of actual damages, the Court will set a deadline for Koon Chun to elect to

receive either an award based on profits and treble damages or an award based on

statutory damages.

7. AFIC is liable for Koon Chun’s reasonable attorney’s fees and costs, according to

proof. See 15 U.S.C. §§ 1117(a), 1117(b). Koon Chun shall file a motion for an award of

attorney’s fees and costs and/or bill of costs no later than 14 days after entry of final

judgment. See Civil L.R. 54-1(a), 54-6(a).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 2, 2007 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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