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Parties Involved:
Levi Strauss & Co.
Plaintiff
Maran, Inc.
Defendant

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STIPULATION - 1 - Levi Strauss & Co. v. Maran, Inc. 

 Case No. C 07-1014 CW 

TOWNSEND AND TOWNSEND AND CREW LLP 

GREGORY S. GILCHRIST (Bar # 111536) 

GIA L. CINCONE (Bar # 141668) 

Two Embarcadero Center, 8th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: (415) 576-0200 

Facsimile: (415) 576-0300 

Email: gsgilchrist@townsend.com, glcincone@townsend.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

LEVI STRAUSS & CO. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LEVI STRAUSS & CO., 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

MARAN, INC., 

Defendant. 

 Case No. C 07-1014 CW 

STIPULATION TO FINAL JUDGMENT 

AND PERMANENT INJUNCTION 

 

 Plaintiff Levi Strauss & Co. and Defendant Maran, Inc. hereby stipulate to the facts and 

conclusions contained in the attached Final Judgment and Permanent Injunction and consent to its 

entry by the court. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED AND CONSENTED. 

DATED: July 9, 2007 TOWNSEND AND TOWNSEND AND CREW LLP 

By: _____/s/ Gia L. Cincone__________________

Gia L. Cincone 

Attorneys for Plaintiff LEVI STRAUSS & CO. 

DATED: July 9, 2007 ROBERT L. MULLIGAN, ESQ. 

 ____/s/ Robert L. Mulligan _______________

 

 Attorney for Defendant MARAN, INC. 

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JUDGMENT - 2 - Levi Strauss & Co. v. Maran, Inc. 

 Case No. C 07-1014 CW

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LEVI STRAUSS & CO., 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

MARAN, INC., 

Defendant. 

 Case No. C 07-1014 CW 

FINAL JUDGMENT UPON CONSENT 

AND PERMANENT INJUNCTION 

 

 

 Plaintiff Levi Strauss & Co. ("LS&CO.") has filed a Complaint alleging trademark 

infringement, dilution, and unfair competition under federal and California law against defendant 

Maran, Inc. (“Maran”). LS&CO. alleges that Maran has manufactured, promoted, and sold clothing, 

including denim jeans, that violates LS&CO.'s rights in its registered Arcuate Stitching Design 

Trademark (the "Arcuate trademark"). 

 The Court now enters final judgment based upon the following stipulated facts. Each party has 

waived the right to appeal from this final judgment and each party will bear its own fees and costs in 

connection with this action. 

I. STIPULATED FACTS AND CONCLUSIONS 

 A. This Court has subject matter jurisdiction over this lawsuit and personal jurisdiction 

over Maran. Venue is proper in this Court. 

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JUDGMENT - 3 - Levi Strauss & Co. v. Maran, Inc. 

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 B. LS&CO. owns the Arcuate trademark, which is a valid and famous trademark of 

LS&CO. and which is registered as follows for use on a variety of casual apparel: 

 a. U.S. Registration No. 1,139,254 (first used as early as 1873; registered 

September 2, 1980); 

 b. U.S. Registration No. 404,248 (first used as early as 1873; registered November 

16, 1943); 

 c. U.S. Registration No. 2,791,156 (first used as early as September 1, 1936; 

registered December 9, 2003); 

 d. U.S. Registration No. 2,794,649 (first used as early as 1873; registered 

December 16, 2003); 

 e. California Registration No. 088399 (first used as early as 1873; registered 

August 24, 1988). 

 C. Maran has manufactured, distributed, and sold jeans under the brand name D JEANS 

that display the pocket designs illustrated in Exhibit A (the "Maran designs"). 

II. ORDER 

It is hereby ordered and adjudged as follows: 

 1. Maran shall pay the sum of $10,000.00 to LS&CO. within twenty (20) days of entry of 

this Judgment. 

 2. Commencing as of the "So Ordered" date of this Final Judgment and Permanent 

Injunction, Maran, its principals, agents, affiliates, employees, officers, directors, servants, privies, 

successors, and assigns, and all persons acting in concert or participating with it or under its control 

who receive actual notice of this Order, are hereby permanently enjoined and restrained, directly or 

indirectly, from doing, authorizing or procuring any persons to do any of the following: 

 a. Manufacturing, licensing, selling, offering for sale, distributing, importing, 

exporting, advertising, promoting, or displaying any garments that display any stitching or other 

design in any of the shapes illustrated in Exhibit A, or any other stitching or design that is 

substantially similar to those illustrated in Exhibit A; 

 b. Manufacturing, licensing, selling, offering for sale, distributing, importing, 

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JUDGMENT - 4 - Levi Strauss & Co. v. Maran, Inc. 

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exporting, advertising, promoting, or displaying any garments that display any stitching or other 

design that may reasonably be believed to be as similar or more similar to the Arcuate trademark than 

any of the Maran designs; 

 c. Violating the rights of Levi Strauss & Co. in and to its Arcuate trademark; and 

 d. Assisting, aiding or abetting any person or entity engaging in or performing any 

act prohibited by this paragraph. 

 3. In the event that Maran violates the terms of this Judgment by making, selling or 

offering for sale garments displaying any of the designs illustrated in Exhibit A, it shall pay to 

LS&CO. liquidated damages of (a) 20% of the net sales revenue received by Maran at any time on 

account of such garments, or (b) $10,000, whichever is greater, and judgment shall be entered against 

Maran for that amount. Maran specifically acknowledges that this is a reasonable estimate of the 

damages to which LS&CO. would be entitled by virtue of Maran's sales of such garments and the 

costs LS&CO. has incurred in enforcing its rights. Such liquidated damages shall be in addition to 

any further damages or equitable relief to which LS&CO. may be entitled with respect to future sales 

by Maran that violate LS&CO.'s trademark rights, but any payments made by Maran pursuant to this 

paragraph shall be deemed a credit against any potential award of damages under this paragraph. If 

LS&CO. commences an action for enforcement of this liquidated damages provision, the prevailing 

party shall be awarded reasonable attorneys' fees and costs from the other party. 

 4. This Court shall retain jurisdiction for the purpose of making any further orders 

necessary or proper for the construction or modification of this Judgment, the enforcement thereof, 

and/or the punishment for any violations thereof. In the event of any violation of this Permanent 

Injunction, Maran shall be responsible to pay LS&CO., at a minimum, all of LS&CO.'s fees and costs 

associated with this action as well as any enforcement or contempt proceedings. 

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JUDGMENT - 5 - Levi Strauss & Co. v. Maran, Inc. 

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 5. For the purpose of any future proceeding to enforce the terms of this Judgment, service 

by mail upon a party or their counsel of record at their last known address shall be deemed adequate 

notice for each party. 

IT IS SO ORDERED AND ADJUDGED. 

 7/24/07 

DATED: __________________ _________________________________ 

 Hon. Claudia Wilken 

 United States District Judge 

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