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Parties Involved:
Karen McNeely
Defendant
Scott McNeely
Defendant
Sereff Taekwon-Do
Plaintiff
Sereff Taekwon-Do Federation, Inc.
Plaintiff
Sereff Taekwon-Do, Inc.
Plaintiff
Troy Burleson
Defendant
United States Taekwon-Do Federation/World Taekwon-Do Alliance
Defendant
Brad Whitlow
Defendant

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

FAYETTEVILLE DIVISION

SEREFF TAEKWON-DO, INC., PLAINTIFF

d/b/a SEREFF TAEKWON-DO FEDERATION, INC.,

and SEREFF TAEKWON-DO

v. NO. CV- 06-5049

UNITED STATES TAEKWON-DO DEFENDANTS

FEDERATION/WORLD TAEKWON-DO ALLIANCE, 

SCOTT McNEELY, individually and in his official capacity as Director and/or

President,

KAREN McNEELY, individually and in her official capacity as Director,

BRAD WHITLOW, individually and in his official capacity as Director,

and TROY BURLESON, individually and in his official capacity as Board

Chairman.

AGREED FINAL JUDGMENT AND

PERMANENT INJUNCTION

Pending before the Court is the Parties’ Joint Motion for Entry of Agreed Final

Judgment and Permanent Injunction in this matter. The Court having reviewed the

matters properly before it hereby finds that the Motion should be granted and for

purposes of this Agreed Final Judgment and Permanent Injunction (“this Judgment”)

finds as follows:

1. On March 24, 2006, Plaintiff, Sereff Taekwon-Do, Inc. d/b/a Sereff

Taekwon-Do Federation, Inc. and Sereff Taekwon-Do (“Plaintiff”), filed its Complaint

against the separately named Defendants, United States Taekwon-Do Federation/World

Taekwon-Do Alliance (“USTF/WTA”), Scott McNeely, individually and in his official

capacity as Director and/or President, Karen McNeely, individually and in her official

capacity as Director, Brad Whitlow, individually and in his official capacity as Director,

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and Troy Burleson, individually and in his official capacity as Board Chairman

(collectively ”Defendants”). The Complaint includes claims for direct federal trademark

infringement, contributory federal trademark infringement, false designation of origin

and other state law claims based upon Defendants’ uses of the marks United States

Taekwon-Do Federation and USTF.

2. Plaintiff has alleged that, at relevant times, Defendants have provided, and

are currently providing, martial art services in Arkansas and throughout the United States

in conjunction with marks that are identical or confusingly similar to Plaintiff’s

Trademarks, namely the marks USTF, United States Trademark Registration No.

2,370,269, and UNITED STATES TAEKWON-DO FEDERATION, United States

Trademark Registration No. 2,346,794 (“the Registered Marks”). Defendants have

asserted affirmative defenses alleging that Plaintiff is barred by the doctrine of laches as

well as concurrent use rights in the marks UNITED STATES TAEKWON-DO

FEDERATION and USTF. 

3. The Court has personal and subject matter jurisdiction over the parties and

this case.

4. In accordance with the terms of this Judgment, the Plaintiff and

Defendants have agreed to resolve any and all claims in connection with this matter as

provided in a confidential Consent Judgment Agreement dated November 15, 2006

(hereinafter the “Consent Agreement). In addition to the undertakings set forth in the

Consent Agreement, the Parties have agreed to the form and substance of this Judgment. 

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5. Defendants concede and admit the validity of the Registered Marks. The

Court accepts such concession and admission with respect to the parties to this litigation. 

The Court makes no other findings except those explicitly stated in this Final Judgment. 

6. Defendants further have consented to an injunction permanently barring

them for the duration of the Registered Marks from using the mark United States

Taekwon-Do Federation or from using a non-approved stylized USTF, except as allowed

by the Consent Agreement. 

7. Defendants admit proper service of the Complaint; waive the entry of

formal findings of fact and conclusions of law pursuant to Rule 52 of the Federal Rules

of Civil Procedure; and waive their right to appeal the entry of this Agreed Final

Judgment and Permanent Injunction. 

8. This Court shall retain jurisdiction over the enforcement of this Judgment

and the plaintiffs shall have available all post-trial collection and enforcement remedies

available pursuant to federal law. 

9. Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Consent Agreement, the

parties shall bear their own costs and attorney’s fees incurred in this action. 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the separately named Defendants, United

States Taekwon-Do Federation/World Taekwon-Do Alliance, Scott McNeely, Karen

McNeely, Brad Whitlow, and Troy Burleson, (collectively ”Defendants”) shall be, and

they hereby are, PERMANENTLY ENJOINED from engaging in any conduct, either

directly or contributorily, which infringes the following federally registered trademarks:

USTF, United States Trademark Registration No. 2,370,269, and UNITED STATES

TAEKWON-DO FEDERATION, United States Trademark Registration No. 2,346,794,

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said injunction being effective for the duration of each trademark. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Court shall retain jurisdiction of this action,

including the implementation and enforcement of this Judgment.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that this FINAL

JUDGMENT shall resolve all disputes pending in this action and that this case is hereby

DISMISSED IN ITS ENTIRETY.

IT IS SO ORDERED this 19th day of December, 2006.

 

__/s/ Jimm Larry Hendren ________

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Approved as to Form and Content:

SEREFF TAEKWON-DO, INC., 

d/b/a SEREFF TAEKWON-DO FEDERATION, INC.,

and SEREFF TAEKWON-DO

Plaintiff

By: ___/s/ John M. Scott________________

John M. Scott, #97202

Keisling Pieper & Scott, PLC

One E. Center Street, Suite 217

Fayetteville, AR 72701

(479) 251-0800

UNITED STATES TAEKWON-DO 

FEDERATION/WORLD TAEKWON-DO ALLIANCE, 

SCOTT McNEELY, individually and in his official capacity as Director and/or

President,

KAREN McNEELY, individually and in her official capacity as Director,

BRAD WHITLOW, individually and in his official capacity as Director,

and TROY BURLESON, individually and in his official capacity as Board

Chairman.

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Defendants

By: /s/ Jeffrey J. Look

Jeffrey J. Look 

Look Law Firm PLLC

P.O. Box 364

Eudora, AR 71640

(469) 371-3082

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