UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN 

SOUTHERN DIVISION 

VISION INFORMATION ) 

TECHNOLOGIES, INC., ) 

 ) 

 Plaintiff, ) 

 ) 

 v. ) No. 15-cv-10592 

 ) 

VISION IT SERVICES USA, INC. and ) 

SRINIVASARAO NIMMAGADDA, ) 

 ) 

 Defendants. ) 

PERMANENT INJUNCTION 

Upon stipulation of the Plaintiff, VISION INFORMATION 

TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (“VISION INFORMATION”) and the Defendants, 

VISION IT SERVICES USA, INC., now known as Green It Solutions, Inc. 

(“GREEN IT”) and SRINIVASARAO NIMMAGADDA (“NIMMAGADDA”), 

and the Court being fully advised in the premises; 

It is hereby FOUND, that: 

1. The Court has jurisdiction over the parties and the subject matter; 

2. VISION INFORMATION is the owner of United States Trademark 

Registration No. 3,536,872 [hereinafter “the ‘872 Registration”] for the word mark 

VISIONIT [hereinafter the “Mark”] and has used the Mark to advertise the 

services described in the ‘872 Registration, in interstate commerce, since at least 

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June 2, 1997; 

3. The Mark has achieved incontestable status, as a Section 15 affidavit 

was filed in connection with the ‘872 Registration, stating that the Mark has been 

in continuous use for over five years; 

4. VISION INFORMATION sued GREEN IT and NIMMAGADDA in 

this Court, alleging causes of action for common-law and federal trademark 

infringement and common-law and federal unfair competition; 

5. VISION INFORMATION alleges that GREEN IT and 

NIMMAGADDA’s use of the Mark has infringed VISION INFORMATION’s 

rights, creating a likelihood to cause confusion, deception, and mistake; 

6. VISION INFORMATION alleges that GREEN IT and 

NIMMAGADDA have made false descriptions of facts which are likely to cause 

confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive as to the affiliation, connection, or 

association of GREEN IT and NIMMAGADDA with VISION INFORMATION 

or as to the origin, sponsorship, or approval of GREEN IT and NIMMAGADDA’S 

goods, services, or commercial activities; 

7. GREEN IT and NIMMAGADDA deny the allegations made against 

them by VISION INFORMATION, dispute the rulings made by this Court, and, by 

agreeing to this Permanent Injunction, do not admit any liability for any of the 

claims, or any portion thereof, asserted against them by VISION INFORMATION. 

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8. The Parties have stipulated and agreed to entry of a permanent 

injunction, pursuant to which GREEN IT and NIMMAGADDA agree not to use 

the Mark or colorable imitations thereof; 

WHEREFORE IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that 

effective immediately: 

A. GREEN IT and NIMMAGADDA and their officers, agents, servants, 

employees, affiliates, attorneys, and all persons in active concert or 

participation with it shall be and are hereby permanently enjoined 

from: 

(a) Using the term VISIONIT or colorable imitations thereof, for 

employment hiring, recruiting, placement, staffing and career 

networking services; employment staffing in the field of 

information technology; providing an on-line searchable 

database featuring employment opportunities; outsourcing in 

the field of information technology; business management 

services, namely, managing the supply of contracted employees 

for others; business services, namely, managing third party 

vendors, suppliers, and contractors on behalf of others; 

administration of business payroll for others.; 

(b) Using any simulation, reproduction, counterfeit, copy, or 

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colorable imitation of VISIONIT in connection with the 

promotion, advertisement, display, sale, offering for sale, 

manufacture, production, circulation, or distribution of any 

service or product; 

(c) Using VISIONIT or any other term confusingly similar to the 

Mark, alone or in combination with other words or designs, as a 

trademark, servicemark, trade name, trade name component, 

web site metatag, link to a web site, or other use in the 

marketing or advertisement of goods or services or as an 

identification of goods or services; and 

(d) Expressly or impliedly representing that GREEN IT’s and/or 

NIMMAGADDA’s services are affiliated in any manner with 

VISION INFORMATION or is authorized, sponsored or 

endorsed by, or otherwise connected with, VISION 

INFORMATION; 

B. This injunction may be enforced by proceedings to punish for 

contempt, or otherwise, by this Court, or by any other United States 

District Court in whose jurisdiction GREEN IT and NIMMAGADDA 

or its, his, or their officers, agents, servants, employees, affiliates, 

attorneys, all persons in active concert or participation with, and/or 

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any who receive actual notice of this Order by personal service or 

otherwise, may be found. 

C. The Court will retain jurisdiction over the parties and this matter for 

the purposes of enforcing the Permanent Injunction, if necessary, 

pursuant to this Order. 

D. This matter is hereby dismissed with prejudice and without costs or 

attorney’s fees to any party. 

SO ORDERED. 

 s/ Nancy G. Edmunds 

 Honorable Nancy G. Edmunds 

 United States District Court Judge 

Date: June 9, 2016 

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