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Parties Involved:
Epona, Ltd
Plaintiff
Grooma.Com
Defendant
Miraclecorp Products
Defendant
Miraclecorp of Australia
Defendant

Document Text:

1 BALLARD SPAHR ANDREWS & INGERSOLL LLP

LYNE. RZONCA (Pa. Bar No. 86747)

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ROBERTA JACOBS-MEADWAY (Pa. BarNo. 21214)

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STEVEN D. KIM (Pa. Bar No. 203459)

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1735 Market Street, 51st Floor

5 Philadelphia, P A 19103

Telephone: (215) 665-8500

6 Facsimile: (215) 864-8999

E-mail: rzoncal~ballardspahr.com

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HANSON BRIDGETT MARCUS VLAHOS & RUDY, LLP

8 GARNERK. WENG-191462.

ALEXANDRA ATENCIO - 227251

9 425 Market Street, 26th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94105

10 Telephone: (415) 777-3200

Facsimile: (415) 541-9366

11 E-mail: gweng~hansonbridgett.com

12 Attorneys for Plaintiff

EPONA, LTD., a Delaware corporation

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

17 EPONA, LTD., a Delaware corporation, No. C-07-0800 SI

AMENDED STIPULATION FOR

DISMISSAL PURSUANT TO FRCP RULE

41; AND JUDGMENT OF DISMISSAL

WITH PREJUDICE

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2425 PREFACE

Plaintiff,

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MIRACLECORP PRODUCTS, an Ohio

corporation (formerly named herein as

Miraclecorp of Australia, an Ohio

corporation d/b/a! GROOMA.COM),

Defendant.

26 The Stipulation for Dismissal Pursuant to FRCP Rule 41; and Judgment of Dismissal with

27 Prejudice fied on October 26,2007 was submitted in error; and the Parties respectfully request

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AMENDED STIPULATION FOR DISMISSAL AND JUDGMENT OF

DISMISSAL (CASE NO. C07-0800 SI) 13604793

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1 AMENDED STIPULATION FOR DISMISSAL

2 Pursuant to a Settlement Agreement dated as of August 29,2007 by and among Epona,

3 Ltd. and MiracleCorp Products, and without amending or affecting any of the terms of the

4 Settlement Agreement, the paries to this action, Plaintiff Epona, Ltd. and Defendant MiracleCorp

5 Products, hereby stipulate to a dismissal of this action with prejudice and without costs or fees to

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DATED: October 31,2007

By: Isl

Garner K. Weng, Esq.

Alexandra Atencio, Esq.

HANSON BRIDGETT MARCUS

VLAHOS & RUDY

425 Market Street, 26th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (415) 777-3200

Lynn E. Rzonca, Esq.

Roberta Jacobs-Meadway, Esq.

Steven D. Kim, Esq.

BALLARD SPAHR ANDREWS &

INGERSOLL LLP

1735 Market Street, 44th Floor

Philadelphia, P A 19103

Telephone: (215) 665-8500

Attorneys for Plaintiff

EPONA, LTD., a Delaware corporation

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AMENDED STIPULATION FOR DISMISSAL AND JUDGMENT OF

DISMISSAL (CASE NO. C07-0800 SI) 13604793

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Richard J. Mooney, Esq.

Tom M. Kerr, Esq.

HOLME ROBERTS & OWEN LLP

560 Mission Street, # 2500

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (415) 268-2000

Thomas A. Knoth, Esq.

Victoria L Niles, Esq.

THOMPSON HINE LLP

2000 Courthouse Plaza, N.E.

Dayton, OH 45402

Telephone: (937) 443-6777

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14 SIGNATURES UNDER GENERAL ORDER NO. 45

Attorneys for Defendant

MIRACLECORP PRODUCTS., an Ohio

corporation

15 Pursuant to General Order No. 45 of the United States District Court, Northern District of

16 California, I, Garner K. Weng-the ECF User whose User ID and Password are used in the fiing

17 of this document-hereby attest that the concurrence to the filing of this document has been

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AMENDED STIPULATION FOR DISMISSAL AND JUDGMENT OF

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1 JUDGMENT OF DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE

2 Pursuant to the stipulation of all paries and a Settlement Agreement between Plaintiff

3 Epona, Ltd. and Defendant MiracleCorp Products dated as of August 29,2007, this action is

4 hereby dismissed with prejudice and without costs or fees to any party. The Judgment of

5 Dismissal With Prejudice filed on October 29,2007 (doc. 39) is hereby vacated.

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EXHIBIT A

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SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

This Settlement Agreement is entered into effective August 29, 2007 by and between Epona,

Ltd., having a place of business in Fainax, California ("Epona"), and MiracleCorp Products, having a

place of business in Dayton, Ohio ("MiracleCorpn).

WHEREAS, Epona represents that it has since at least 1998 used the configuration shown below

as a mark in association with hoof picks (the "Epona Design"):

WHEREAS, MiracleCorp represents that, for several years, it has marketed and sold a "Grooma

Hoof Pick" as shown below:

WHEREAS, EPONA has objected to MiracleCorp's activites with respect to the Grooma Hoof

Pick and has filed suit against MiracleCorp In the United States District Court for the Northern Distrct of

California, Civil Action No. C-07-0800 ("the Acton"), now pending, in which it claims that the Epona

Design constiutes a distinctive and non-functional trade dress that identifies Epona as the source of the

goods and therefore acts as a source identifier, and further alleging that MiracleCorp's promotion and.

sale of the Grooma Hoof Pick infrnges Epona's rights in the Epona Design;

WHEREAS MiracleCorp denies that the Epona Design cQnstitutes protectable trade dress and

denies Infringing any rights of Epona therein;

WHEREAS, the parties wish now amicably to resolve the dispute between them.

In consideration of the foregoing and of the und.ertakings set forth hereinafter, intending to be

legally bound, the partes agree:

1. MiracleCorp agrees that it will not manufacture, sell, or offer, directly or indirectly. the Grooma

Hoof Pick incorporating, embedding, or attaching (a) any magnetic device or (b) any leather strap, or any

other hoof pick product of similar shape incorporating, embedding, or attching (a) any magnetic device

or (b) any leather strap. All hoof pick products currently offered by MiracleCorp are exempt.

2. Within five (5) days of receiving a copy of this Agreement signed by MiracleCorp, Epona will

send to MiracleCorp payment in the amount of $5,000.00, to be sent to the following address:

Thomas A. Knoth, Esq.

THOMPSON HINE LLP

2000 Courthouse Plaza N.E.

P.O. Box 8801

Dayton,OH 45401-8801

Exhibit A

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3. Within ten (10) days ofthe execution of this Agreement by both partes, counsel for the parties

wil jointly file a stipulated di~missl of the Action with prejudice.

4. MiracleCorp agrees that it will not oppose or challenge, or seek to oppose or challenge,

directly or indirectly, Epona's alleged rights In the Epona Design, including but not limited to by opposing

Epona's pending U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 77/120,950 (the "'950 Application").

5. Epona agrees that it wil not seek to enforce against MiracleCorp it rights in any registration

issuing from the '950 Application or any other aOeged proprietary nghts in its Epona Design of any nature

whatsoever, including but not limited to alleged rights under patent, trdemark, trade secret, trde dress,

or unfair competition laws, and whether arising under federal, stte or common law, with the exception of

enforcing its rights arising from this Settlement Agreement. Epona consents to MiracieCorp's

manufactre, importation, distrbution, marketing, and sale of the "Grooma Hoof Pick. and hoof picks of a

similar design in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, and all hoof picks currently offered by

MiracleCorp,.

6. MiracleCorp's duties and obligations under this Agreement shall terminate immediately and

without need of further act by MiracleCorp in the event Epona ceases to market and sell hoof picks

embodying the Epona Design in the United States.

7. Epona, on behalf of itself and its successors, predecessors, assigns, offcers, directors,

attorneys, agents, affliates, and subsidiaries, hereby releases and discharges MiracleCorp, its

succssors, predecessors, assigns, offcers, directors, atorneys, agents, affliates, and subsidiaries from

all actions, damages, claims and demands whatsover, in law or equity, known or unknown, arising

before the date set forth above with respect to the matters set forh herein, except that this release does

not apply to any claims based on a breach of this Agreement.

8. MiracleCorp, on behalf of itelf and its successors, predecessors, assigns, offcers, directors,

attorneys, agents, affliates, and subsidiaries, hereby releases and discharges Epona, its successors,

predecssors, assigns, offcers, directrs, attorneys, agents, affliates, and subsidiaries from all actions,

damages, claims and demands whatsoever, in law or equity, known or unknown, arising before the date

set forth above with respet to the mattrs set fort herein, except that this release does not apply to any

claims based on a breach of this Agreement. .

9. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the parties will each bear all of their own

costs and expenses Including, without limitation, legal fees incurred in connectiqn with the Action and this

Agreement.

10. This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject

matter, and there are no other agreei:ents or understandings, express or implied, and it is binding on the

partes, their succesors, heirs, assigns, related companies, and affliates.

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