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Parties Involved:
Amazon.com, Inc.
Defendant
Govino, LLC
Counter-claimant
Keith King
Counter-claimant
Sabina King
Counter-claimant
Taza Design
Counter-claimant

Document Text:

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SCOTT M. LOWRY, ESQ. (CA Bar No. 244,504)

E-Mail: Scott@LawLB.com

STUART O. LOWRY, ESQ. (CA Bar No. 80,336)

E-Mail: Stuart@LawLB.com 

LOWRY BLIXSETH LLP

23632 Calabasas Road, Suite 201

Calabasas, California 91302

Telephone: 818-584-6460

Facsimile: 818-574-6026

KAO & SWOPE LLP

CHRIS KAO, ESQ. (CA Bar No. 227086)

E-Mail: ckao@kaoandswope.com 

WHITNEY MINER, ESQ. (CA Bar No. 290825)

E-Mail: wminer@kaoandswope.com 

One Post Street, Suite 1000

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: 415-539-0996 

Facsimile: 866-267-0243

Attorneys for govino, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

GOVINO, LLC, a Delaware limited liability 

company,

Plaintiff,

v.

TAZA DESIGN, a business entity, form 

unknown, KEITH KING, an individual, 

SABINA KING, an individual, 

AMAZON.COM, INC., a Delaware 

corporation, and DOES 1-10, inclusive,

Defendants.

LUCIDIOUS, INC. dba TAZA DESIGN, a 

Seychelles corporation, 

Counter Claimant,

v.

GOVINO, LLC, a Delaware limited liability 

company,

Counter Defendant.

Case No. 3:14-cv-05220-WHO

STIPULATION, CONSENT JUDGMENT, 

PERMANENT INJUNCTION, AND 

ORDER

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This Stipulation, Consent Judgment, and Permanent Injunction (“Consent Judgment”) 

is entered into by and between Plaintiff govino, LLC (“govino”) and Defendants Lucidious, 

Inc. d/b/a/ TaZa Design, Keith King, and Sabina King (collectively “TaZa! Defendants”), 

subject to approval by the Court.

WHEREAS, on November 25, 2014, Plaintiff initiated this action against the TaZa! 

Defendants, among others, alleging claims for Direct Patent Infringement under 35 U.S.C. §§ 

271(a) and 281, Contributory Patent Infringement under 35 U.S.C. §§ 271(c) and 281, Trade 

Dress Infringement, Product Packaging Infringement, Trademark Dilution under 15 U.S.C. 

1125(a)), and Unfair Competition under the Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. § 1125(a)) and Cal. Bus. 

& Prof. Code §17200;

WHEREAS, on June 23, 2015, and in response to the TaZa! Defendants’ 

counterclaims, Plaintiff further counterclaimed for False and Misleading Advertising under 

Lanham Act § 43(a), Unfair Competition under Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §§ 17200 and 17500 et 

seq. and California Common Law, and Unjust Enrichment;

WHEREAS, Plaintiff basis its causes of action on the fact that the TaZa! Defendants

were making, using, importing, selling, or otherwise offering to sell a wine glass product, as 

identified in govino’s Complaint as the “TaZa! Wine Glass”, such as through Amazon.com, 

use of related product packaging (“TaZa! Box”), and use of the “FDA-Approved” language in 

their advertising (the TaZa! Wine Glass and TaZa! Box are shown in Exhibits H, J and K 

attached to the Complaint);

WHEREAS, the TaZa! Defendants wish to conclude this litigation with Plaintiff 

without further contesting the action and without further contesting the validity or 

enforceability of any claims of the patents at issue in this proceeding; and 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff and the TaZa! Defendants, through their respective counsel, 

hereby agree to the entry of this Consent Judgment.

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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, ORDERED AND 

ADJUDGED, AS TO THE TAZA! DEFENDANTS: 

1. This is an action for Patent Infringement (35 U.S.C. §§ 271(a) and 281), 

Contributory Patent Infringement (35 U.S.C. §§ 271(c) and 281), Trade Dress Infringement, 

Product Packaging Infringement, Trademark Dilution (15 U.S.C. 1125(a)), Unfair Competition 

under the Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. § 1125(a)) and Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §17200), False and 

Misleading Advertising (Lanham Act § 43(a)), Unfair Competition (Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §§ 

17200 and 17500 et seq.), and Unjust Enrichment.

2. With respect to the patent, copyright and Lanham Act claims, this Court has 

original and/or exclusive subject matter jurisdiction over the TaZa! Defendants and the subject 

matter of this action under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1338(a) and (b) as well as under 15 U.S.C. 

§§ 1119 and 1121. The Court has supplemental jurisdiction with respect to the California 

Business & Professions Code based claims pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1367(a). This court also 

has personal jurisdiction over the TaZa! Defendants because the TaZa! Defendants are doing 

business in this state and/or the alleged acts of infringement have occurred and are occurring in 

this state.

3. Venue is proper in this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1391(b)-(c) and 1400(b). 

The alleged acts of infringement, misappropriation, and false advertising have occurred in this 

district.

4. Plaintiff govino, LLC is the owner of all right, title and interest in and to U.S. 

Patent No. 8,875,935 (the “’935 Patent”). 

5. All of the claims of the ’935 are valid and enforceable. 

6. The TaZa! Defendants admit that they made, used, offered for sale, sold, or 

imported the TaZa! Wine Glass claimed in the ’935 patent.

7. The TaZa! Defendants expressly acknowledge that govino is the owner of all 

right, title and interest in and to the distinctive product configuration of the GOVINO® wine 

glasses, flutes, cocktail glasses, beer glasses, and decanters, including, but not limited to, the 

distinctive contoured base and indented notch, and the trade dress rights for the product 

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packaging associated therewith, and that such distinctive product configuration and trade dress 

has come to be associated only with govino products and serves to designate govino as an 

exclusive manufacturing source distinguishable over other wine-related products in the 

marketplace.

8. The TaZa! Defendants admit that the TaZa! Wine Glass and TaZa! Box infringe 

govino’s distinctive product configuration and trade dress rights.

9. The TaZa! Defendants have ceased making, using, offering for sale, selling, or 

importing the TaZa! Wine Glass and the TaZa! Box identified in Plaintiff’s Complaint, and all 

use of “FDA approved” in advertising, and the TaZa! Defendants have agreed not to resume 

the same now or in the future.

10. Plaintiff is irreparably harmed by, and has no adequate remedy at law for the 

TaZa! Defendants’ infringement and are entitled to a permanent injunction. The balance of 

hardships regarding an injunction weighs in Plaintiff’s favor and the public interest does not 

preclude entry of a permanent injunction in this case.

11. Effective as of the date this Consent Judgment is entered by the Court, the 

TaZa! Defendants and any and all of their agents, representatives, subsidiaries, directors, 

principals, officers, successors, assigns, and all others acting in concert or participation with 

them and not named separately in the Action (in other words, this does not apply to any other 

named defendant in this action), are hereby permanently enjoined and restrained from engaging 

in any of the following activities:

a. making, using, offering to sell, or selling within the United States, or 

importing into the United States (either directly, indirectly) the TaZa! Wine 

Glass, or any technology claimed within the ’935 Patent;

b. using govino’s distinctive trade dress and product packaging, including the 

confusingly similar TaZa! Wine Glass and TaZa! Box, in connection with 

selling, marketing, advertising, promoting and/or distributing drinking 

vessels, including wine glasses, flutes, cocktail glasses, beer glasses, and 

decanters;

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c. using any word, name, mark, designation, logo, or other material for or in 

connection with selling, marketing, advertising, promoting and/or 

distributing drinking vessels, including wine glasses, which is likely to cause 

confusion, mistake or deception as to source relative to govino’s names, 

marks, designations of origin and logos, including the TaZa! Wine Glass 

and/or TaZa! Box;

d. passing off TaZa! Defendants’ goods as govino’s goods;

e. practicing unfair competition, unfair trade practices, false advertising and 

misappropriation against govino;

f. selling, marketing, advertising, promoting and/or distributing the TaZa! 

Wine Glass as “FDA-Approved”;

g. practicing unfair competition, unfair trade practices, false advertising and 

misappropriation;

h. practicing any conduct aimed at or likely to result in diverting business 

intended for govino or injuring govino’s goodwill and business reputation 

by way of false advertising, misrepresentation, false statements, fraud and/or 

consumer deception;

i. profiting in any manner with respect to the TaZa! Wine Glass or TaZa! 

Wine Box; and

j. assisting, aiding or abetting any other person or business entity in engaging 

in or performing any of the activities referred to in subparagraphs (a) 

through (i) above. 

12. Plaintiff govino, LLC and the TaZa! Defendants shall bear their own costs and 

attorneys’ fees.

13. This Consent Judgment constitutes a final judgment concerning the subject 

matter of this action as between govino and the TaZa! Defendants.

14. Plaintiff govino, LLC and the TaZa! Defendants waive any right to appeal from 

this Consent Judgment. 

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15. Upon entry of this Consent Judgment, this case is closed; provided, however, 

that this Court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce the terms and provisions of this Consent 

Judgment and the permanent injunction stipulated to herein.

SO STIPULATED AND CONSENTED:

Dated: January 8, 2016 /Scott M. Lowry/

Scott M. Lowry, Esq.

Stuart O. Lowry, Esq. 

Lowry Blixseth LLP

23632 Calabasas Road, Suite 201

Calabasas, California 91302

Telephone: 818-584-6460

Facsimile: 818-574-6026

Chris Kao, Esq.

Whitney Miner, Esq.

Kao & Swope LLP

One Post Street, Suite 1000

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: 415-539-0996 

Facsimile: 866-267-0243

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterdefendant

Dated: January 8, 2016 /Gordon E. Gray III/

Gordon E. Gray III

GRAY LAW FIRM 

4401 N. Atlantic Ave. 

Long Beach, CA 90807

Telephone: 562-984-2020

Attorneys for Defendants and 

Counterclaimants

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 8, 2016

William H. Orrick

United Sates District Judge

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