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Parties Involved:
B&B Clothing Company
Defendant
Nike, Inc.
Plaintiff
Calvin Powell
Defendant
Kelvin Powell
Defendant

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1 Plaintiff’s proposed Judgment Pursuant to Entry of Default, as

amended on May 18, 2007, will not be signed because it contains

unnecessary language and the need for certain language is not explained.

Further, a portion of the proposed injunction lacked the specificity

required by Rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NIKE, INC., ) 

) 2:06-cv-2828-GEB-DAD

Plaintiff, )

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v. ) DEFAULT JUDGMENT AND

) PERMANENT INJUNCTION

B&B CLOTHING COMPANY, CALVIN )

POWELL a/k/a KELVIN POWELL, and )

DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, )

)

Defendants. )

)

On May 22, 2007, the magistrate judge filed findings and

recommendations (“F&R’s”) herein which stated that any objections to

the F&R’s were to be filed within ten days. No objections were filed. 

The F&R’s recommended that Plaintiff’s April 13, 2007 motion for

default judgment be granted and that Plaintiff’s proposed Judgment

Pursuant to Entry of Default, as amended on May 18, 2007, be signed.1

Plaintiff is granted default judgment and a permanent injunction

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against Defendants B & B Clothing Company and Calvin Powell a/k/a

Kelvin Powell (collectively “Defendants”), because of the following

facts and legal conclusions. 

This Court has jurisdiction under the provisions of the

Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1051, et seq., as well as 28 U.S.C. § 1338(a)

and 28 U.S.C. § 1331. 

Service of process was properly made on Defendants.

Nike owns or controls the pertinent rights in and to the

trademarks listed in Exhibit “A” attached hereto and incorporated

herein by this reference. (The trademarks identified in Exhibit “A”

are collectively referred to herein as the “Nike Trademarks.”) 

The Nike Trademarks are current and in full force and

effect. 

As a direct result of Nike’s longstanding use, sales,

advertising and marketing, the Nike Trademarks have acquired secondary

and distinctive meaning among the public who have come to identify the

Nike Trademarks with Nike and its products. Many of the marks have

become incontestable pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1065. Additionally, all

of the Nike Trademarks qualify as famous marks pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 

§ 1125.

Defendants engage in the manufacture, purchase,

distribution, offering for sale and/or sale of counterfeit and/or

infringing footwear bearing the Nike Trademarks to the general public.

Defendants are sellers of counterfeit Nike branded shoes through a

series of retail outlets located in the greater San Francisco area,

including Sacramento, California. Through such active manufacturing,

purchasing, distributing, offering of sale and selling such unlicensed

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and counterfeit footwear, Nike is irreparably damaged through consumer

confusion, dilution and tarnishment of its valuable trademarks.

Defendants have caused to be imported, distributed, offered

for sale and sold footwear bearing one or more of the Nike Trademarks

without the authorization of Nike. Defendants’ manufacture, purchase,

distribution, offer for sale and sale of footwear and related

merchandise bearing the Nike Trademarks in California, and in

interstate commerce has and is likely to cause confusion, deception

and mistake or to deceive as to the source and origin of the footwear

and related merchandise in that the buying public may conclude that

the products sold by Defendants are authorized, sponsored, approved or

associated with Nike.

Defendants’ use in commerce of the Nike Trademarks in the

sale of footwear and related merchandise is an infringement of Nike’s

registered trademarks in violation of 15 U.S.C. §§ 1114(1) and 1125. 

Defendants have profited from their unlawful activities. 

Defendants committed the acts alleged in the Complaint

intentionally, fraudulently, maliciously, willfully, wantonly and

oppressively with the intent to injure Nike and its business. 

Defendants’ infringing conduct is a clear and unmistakable

violation of Nike’s rights. Defendants’ conduct has been patently

unreasonable and egregious, violating Nike’s rights by appropriating

and featuring the Nike Trademarks on counterfeit shoes, when

Defendants intended, or knew or should have known, that such

infringing activity would likely injure Nike’s name and reputation. 

Therefore, based upon the foregoing facts and legal

conclusions, judgment shall be and is hereby entered in the within

action as follows:

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1) Defendants have made unauthorized uses of the Nike Trademarks or

substantially similar likenesses or colorable imitations thereof.

2) Defendants and their agents, servants, employees and all persons

in active concert and participation with them who receive actual

notice of the Injunction are hereby permanently restrained and

enjoined, pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1116, from:

a) Infringing the Nike Trademarks, either directly or

contributorily, in any manner, by:

i) Importing, manufacturing, distributing, advertising,

selling and/or offering for sale any unauthorized product

which features any of the Nike Trademarks (“Unauthorized

Products”) or any other unauthorized products which picture,

reproduce, copy or use the likenesses of or bear a

confusing similarity to any of the Nike Trademarks;

ii) Importing, manufacturing, distributing, advertising,

selling and/or offering for sale in connection thereto any

unauthorized promotional materials, labels, packaging or

containers which picture, reproduce, copy or use the

likenesses of or bear a confusing similarity to any of the

Nike Trademarks;

iii) Engaging in any conduct that tends falsely to represent

that, or is likely to confuse, mislead or deceive

purchasers, Defendants’ customers and/or members of the

public to believe, the actions of Defendants, the products

sold by Defendants, or Defendants themselves are connected

with Nike, are sponsored, approved or licensed by Nike, or

are affiliated with Nike;

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iv) Affixing, applying, annexing or using in connection

with the importation, manufacture, distribution,

advertising, sale and/or offer for sale or other use of any

goods or services, a false description or representation,

including words or other symbols, tending to falsely

describe or represent such goods as being those of Nike.

3) Defendants are ordered to deliver for destruction all

Unauthorized Products, including footwear, and labels, signs, prints,

packages, dyes, wrappers, receptacles and advertisements relating

thereto in their possession or under their control bearing any of The

Nike Trademarks or any simulation, reproduction, counterfeit, copy or

colorable imitations thereof, and all plates, molds, heat transfers,

screens, matrices and other means of making the same.

4) Defendants are ordered to pay Nike One Hundred Thousand Dollars

($100,000.00) in damages pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1117. 

Dated: June 11, 2007

 

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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EXHIBIT A

Nike Trademark Registrations

Trademark Registration Number Registration Date

Nike® 1,277,066 May 8, 1984

Swoosh® Design 1,284,385 July 3, 1984 

Nike® and Swoosh®

Design

1,237,469 May 10, 1983

Nike Air® 1,571,066 December 12, 1989

Air Jordan® Design 1,742,019 December 22, 1992 

(Class 18 and 25)

Just Do It® 1,875,307 January 24, 1995

Nike® 2,196,735 October 13, 1998 

(Class 14)

Nike® and Swoosh®

Design

2,209,815 December 8, 1998 

14 (Class 14)

AIR-SOLE 1,145,812 January 13, 1981

SWOOSH 1,200,529 July 6, 1982

NIKE 1,214,930 November 2, 1982

NIKE AIR w/ Swoosh

device

1,284,386 July 3, 1984

NIKE AIR 1,307,123 November 27, 1984

Swoosh device on shoe 1,323,342 March 5, 1985

Swoosh device 1,323,343 March 5, 1985

NIKE w/Swoosh device 1,325,938 March 19, 1985

AIR JORDAN 1,370,283 November 12, 1985

AIR MAX 1,508,348 October 11, 1988

AIR TRAINER 1,508,360 October 11, 1988

Jump Man device 1,558,100 September 26, 1989

AIR SKYLON 1,665,479 November 19, 1991

AIR SOLO FLIGHT 1,668,590 December 17, 1991

AIR FLIGHT 1,686,515 May 12, 1992

AIR DESCHUTZ 1,735,721 November 24, 1992

AIR TRAINER MAX 1,789,463 August 24, 1993

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RUNWALK device 1,877,672 February 7, 1995

STARTER 1,896,998 May 30, 1995

NIKE GOLF 1,944,436 December 26, 1995

NIKE REGRIND 2,022,321 December 10, 1996

AIRMAX in oval 2,030,750 January 14, 1997

AIR UPTEMPO in crest 2,032,582 January 21, 1997

NIKE REGRIND in crest 2,042,940 March 11, 1997

AIR with Swoosh

device

2,068,075 June 3, 1997

NIKE with Swoosh

device

2,104,329 October 7, 1997

ACG NIKE in triangle 2,117,273 December 2, 1997

Stylized “B” 2,476,882 August 14, 2001

NIKE ALPHA PROJECT as

device

2,517,735 December 11, 2001

Ellipses device 2,521,178 December 18, 2001

STORM-FIT 2,551,655 March 26, 2002

Baseballer silhouette

device

2,571,726 May 21, 2002

Reverse “Z” in

rectangle device

2,584,382 June 25, 2002

NIKE GOLF with crest 2,628,587 October 1, 2002

WAFFLE RACER 2,652,318 November 19, 2002

PHYLITE 2,657,832 December 10, 2002

TRUNNER 2,663,568 December 17, 2002

DRI-STAR 2,691,476 February 25, 2003

BOING 2,735,172 July 8, 2003

Swoosh with clubs

crest

2,753,357 August 19, 2003

PRESTO 2,716,140 May 13, 2003

FOOTENT 2,798,233 December 23, 2003

FOOTENT in device 2,798,234 December 23, 2003

TRIAX 2,810,679 February 3, 2004

R9 2,843,275 May 18, 2004

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WAFFLE TRAINER 2,893,674 October 12, 2004

THERMA-STAR 2,960,844 June 7, 2005

NIKE SHOX 2,970,902 July 19, 2005

STARTER 2,971,216 July 19, 2005

Basketball player

outline

2,977,850 July 26, 2005

STAR FLEX 3,002,455 September 27, 2005

10//2 in rectangle 3,057,889 February 7, 2006

NIKEFREE 3,087,455 May 2, 2006

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