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Parties Involved:
Aspen Properties
Plaintiff
Duane Evans
Counter Defendant
Northstar-At-Tahoe
Defendant
Trimont Land Company
Counter Claimant

Document Text:

CONSENT JUDGMENT AND DISMISSAL 

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John E. Fagan 

Jill Haley Penwarden 

DUANE MORRIS LLP 

850 North Lake Boulevard, Suite 15 

Tahoe City, CA 96145 

(530) 584-5106 

(530) 581-3215 - FAX 

Natalie Hanlon-Leh* 

FAEGRE & BENSON LLP 

1700 Lincoln St., #3200 

Denver, CO 80203 

(303) 607-3500 

(303) 607-3600 – FAX 

*Admitted Pro Hac Vice 

Attorneys for Defendant-Counterclaimant 

TRIMONT LAND COMPANY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA-SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

DUANE EVANS d/b/a/ ASPEN 

PROPERTIES, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

TRIMONT LAND COMPANY, 

INC., a California corporation, and 

DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, 

 Defendants; and 

TRIMONT LAND COMPANY, 

Counter-Claim Plaintiff. 

v. 

DUANE EVANS d/b/a/ ASPEN 

PROPERTIES, Counter-Claim 

Defendant. 

Case No. 2:06-CV-00503-WBS-PAN (JFM) 

CONSENT JUDGMENT AND DISMISSAL 

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 This matter comes before the Court on the Joint Motion of the parties hereto for entry of 

a Consent Judgment and Dismissal. As a result of settlement of this action by virtue of a 

settlement agreement between the parties dated August 22, 2007, which shall become effective 

upon entry of this Consent Judgment and upon consent of Plaintiff, Duane Evans d/b/a Aspen 

Properties (“Evans”) and Defendant, Trimont Land Company, Inc., (“Trimont”), judgment is 

hereby entered on Trimont’s Counterclaim, and it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and 

DECREED that: 

 1. This Court has jurisdiction over the parties to this action and over the subject 

matter of the complaint and counter-claims. 

 2. Trimont’s successor in interest, CNL Income Northstar, LLC (“CNL”) is the 

owner of the trademarks and service marks NORTHSTAR, NORTHSTAR-AT-TAHOE, and a 

family of marks incorporating the word NORTHSTAR in the United States and owns state and 

federal registrations and applications for such marks (collectively “NORTHSTAR Marks”), and 

has entered into a long-term lease agreement with Trimont (“the Lease”) whereby Trimont leases 

back from CNL certain of the purchased assets including the NORTHSTAR Marks. Under the 

terms of the Lease, Trimont has the right and the obligation to protect (by litigation if necessary), 

inter alia, the NORTHSTAR Marks and to enter into license agreements and settlement 

agreements. 

 3. Evans stipulates that Trimont’s NORTHSTAR Marks are valid and enforceable 

and are not geographically descriptive. 

 4. As part of the terms of the settlement agreement (“Settlement Agreement”), 

Plaintiff Duane Evans d/b/a Aspen Properties (“Evans”), without admitting any liability or 

wrongful conduct, has agreed as follows: 

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 A. To permanently discontinue any and all use of any name, mark or symbol 

containing “ASPEN-NORTHSTAR.COM,” “NORTHSTARCA96161.COM” or anything 

confusingly similar thereto, including any name, mark or symbol containing or confusingly 

similar to NORTHSTAR or NORTHSTAR-AT-TAHOE on any website he controls or internet 

advertising material including what is currently displayed at ASPEN-NORTHSTAR.COM and/or 

any other advertising or promotional materials by January 31, 2008. Until Evans transitions to a 

new domain name no later than January 31, 2008, Evans may continue to display content at 

WWW.ASPEN-NORTHSTAR.COM, provided that on the homepage of his website, he 

immediately and prominently displays the following disclaimer: 

“Aspen Properties is not connected with, sponsored by or affiliated with Trimont Land Company, 

CNL Income Northstar, LLC, or any of their related companies. NORTHSTARTM, NORTHSTARAT-TAHOE® are trademarks and service marks of CNL Income Northstar, LLC.” 

 B. To permanently discontinue all use of a commercial nature of any name, 

mark or symbol containing NORTHSTAR, NORTHSTAR-AT-TAHOE or anything confusingly 

similar thereto, except when referring to the NORTHSTAR Resort as a nominative fair use 

pursuant to the Northstar Fair Use Guidelines. 

 

 C. To not register or attempt to register for commercial use any domain name 

that contains NORTHSTAR, NORTHSTAR-AT-TAHOE and/or anything confusingly similar 

thereto. 

 D. To transfer the domain name WWW.ASPEN-NORTHSTAR.COM no later 

than January 31, 2008 and to transfer WWW.NORTHSTARCA96161.COM and any other 

domain name owned by Evans that includes NORTHSTAR or NORTHSTAR-AT-TAHOE to 

CNL. 

 E. To comply with Trimont’s Northstar Fair Use Guidelines, with regard to 

any use of Trimont’s NORTHSTAR Marks or the word NORTHSTAR in conjunction with any 

commercial activities. 

 5. This Court shall retain jurisdiction over this case for purposes of enforcing the 

Consent Judgment, the Domain Name Assignment Agreement and the Settlement Agreement 

between the parties pursuant to which the Consent Judgment is filed. 

 6. The right to enforce this Consent Judgment shall transfer to any successor-ininterest to Trimont, including but not limited to CNL. 

 

 NOW THEREFORE, the Court having jurisdiction over the parties in the subject matter 

it is hereby ordered as follows: 

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 1. The Court shall retain jurisdiction over any and all proceedings arising out of or 

related to the enforcement of the terms of the Settlement Agreement and the Domain Name 

Assignment Agreement, as stipulated by the parties in the Settlement Agreement; 

 2 All claims and counter claims are dismissed with prejudice; 

 3. Each party to bear its own costs and fees. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: September 11, 2007

fb.us.2202642.02

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