IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

SHERMAN DIVISION

Case Number: 4:23-cv-00255

GS HOLISTIC, LLC, 

Plaintiff,

v.

SUBLIME SMOKE & VAPE LLC d/b/a

SUBLIME SMOKE & VAPE, ROBBIE 

BARRON, and STEVE LEWIS ,

Defendants.

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COMPLAINT FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND DAMAGES

The Plaintiff, GS HOLISTIC, LLC (hereinafter referred to as “GS”), by and through its

undersigned counsel, hereby files this, its Complaint against the Defendants, SUBLIME SMOKE 

& VAPE LLC d/b/a SUBLIME SMOKE & VAPE, ROBBIE BARRON, and STEVE LEWIS 

(hereinafter collectively referred to as the “OWNERS”), and alleges, as follows:

Jurisdictional Allegations

1. This is a civil action against the Defendants for trademark infringement, 

counterfeiting, and false designation of origin and unfair competition, under the Lanham Act (15 

U.S.C. § 1051 et. seq.).

2. This Court has subject matter jurisdiction over the claims in this action that relate 

to trademark infringement, counterfeiting, and false designation of origin and unfair competition 

pursuant to the provisions of 15 U.S.C. § 1121 and 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1338(a)

Venue

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3. Venue is proper in this district under 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b) in that the Defendants

reside in this district and the cause of action occurred in this district.

Parties

4. GS HOLISTIC, LLC is a Delaware Limited Liability Corporation that has its 

principal place of business at 7162 Beverly Boulevard, #207, Los Angeles, California 90036. GS 

is the registered owner of the Stündenglass trademarks. 

5. SUBLIME SMOKE & VAPE LLC d/b/a SUBLIME SMOKE & VAPE (hereinafter 

referred to as “SUBLIME SMOKE & VAPE”) is a Texas limited liability company that was 

formed in Texas and has its principal place of business at 1301 Custer Rd STE 340, Plano, TX 

75075. SUBLIME SMOKE & VAPE is a citizen of Texas. 

6. ROBBIE BARRON is a resident of Plano, Texas, and is sui juris. ROBBIE 

BARRON is a citizen of Texas.

7. STEVE LEWIS is a resident of Magnolia, Texas, and is sui juris. STEVE LEWIS 

is a citizen of Texas

Facts Common to All Counts

The History of The Stündenglass Brand. 

8. Since 2020, GS has marketed and sold products using the well-known trademark 

“Stündenglass.” The Stündenglass branded products, such as glass infusers and accessories related 

thereto, are widely recognized nationally and internationally. Indeed, the Stündenglass brand is 

one of the leading companies in the industry, known for high quality and innovation of products. 

9. For approximately two years, GS has worked to distinguish the Stündenglass brand 

as the premier manufacturer of glass infusers by emphasizing the brand’s unwavering use of 

quality materials and focusing on scientific principles which facilitate a superior smoking 

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experience. Stündenglass branded products embody a painstaking attention to detail, which is 

evident in many facets of authentic Stündenglass branded products. It is precisely because of the 

unyielding quest for quality and unsurpassed innovation that Stündenglass branded products have 

a significant following and appreciation amongst consumers in the United States and 

internationally.

10. As a result of the continuous and extensive use of the trademark 

“STÜNDENGLASS,” GS was granted both valid and subsisting federal statutory and common 

law rights to the Stündenglass trademark. 

11. GS is the rightful owner of United States trademarks, which are registered on the 

Principal Register and have become incontestable within the meaning of Section 15 of the Lanham 

Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1065. The following is a list of GS’s federally registered trademarks:

a. U.S. Trademark Registration Number 6,633,884 for the standard character

mark “Stündenglass” in association with goods further identified in registration in 

international class 011.

b. U.S. Trademark Registration Number 6,174,292 for the design plus words 

mark “S” and its logo in association with goods further identified in the registration in 

international class 034.

c. U.S. Trademark Registration Number 6,174,291 for the standard character

mark “Stündenglass” in association with goods further identified in registration in 

international class 034.

12. The above U.S. registrations are valid, subsisting and in full force and effect. 

The Stündenglass Brand in the United States. 

13. GS has used the Stündenglass Marks in commerce throughout the United States,

continuously, since 2020, in connection with the manufacturing of glass infusers and accessories.

14. The Stündenglass Marks are distinctive to both the consuming public and the 

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Plaintiff’s trade. GS’s Stündenglass branded products are made from superior materials. The 

superiority of Stündenglass branded products is not only readily apparent to consumers, but to 

industry professionals as well. 

15. The Stündenglass Trademarks are exclusive to GS and appear clearly on GS’s 

Stündenglass Products, as well as on the packaging and advertisements related to the products. GS 

has expended substantial time, money, and other resources in developing, advertising, and 

otherwise promoting and protecting these Trademarks. As a result, products bearing GS’s 

Stündenglass Trademarks are widely recognized and exclusively associated by consumers, the 

public, and the trade as being high-quality products sourced from GS. 

16. GS’s Stündenglass Products have become some of the most popular of their kind 

in the world and have also been the subject of extensive unsolicited publicity resulting from their 

high-quality and innovative designs. Because of these and other factors, the GS brand, the 

Stündenglass brand, and GS’s Stündenglass Trademarks are famous throughout the United States.

17. Since 2020, GS has worked to build significant goodwill in the Stündenglass brand 

in the United States. GS has spent substantial time, money, and effort in developing consumer 

recognition and awareness of the Stündenglass brand, via point of purchase materials, displays, 

through their websites, attending industry trade shows, and through social media promotion. 

18. In fact, the Stündenglass Products have been praised and recognized by numerous 

online publications, as well as publications directed to the general public.

19. Due to the high quality of the brand and products, GS has collaborated with 

numerous celebrities and companies to create collaborations for the Stündenglass products.

20. GS sells its products under the Stündenglass Marks to authorized stores in the 

United States, including in Florida. GS has approximately 3,000 authorized stores in the United 

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States selling its products. As such, Stündenglass branded products reach a vast array of 

consumers throughout the country. 

21. It is because of the recognized quality and innovation associated with the 

Stündenglass Marks that consumers are willing to pay higher prices for genuine Stündenglass

products. For example, a Stündenglass brand glass infuser is priced at $599.95, while a nonStündenglass branded product is also being sold for up to $600, with a range of $199 to $600.

22. It is exactly because of their higher sales value that Stündenglass branded products 

are targeted by counterfeiters. These unscrupulous people and entities tarnish the Stündenglass

brand by unlawfully selling glass infusers that have identical, or nearly identical, versions of the 

Stündenglass Marks affixed to products that are made with inferior materials and technology, 

thereby leading to significant illegitimate profits by store owners, such as the Defendants in the 

instant case.

23. In essence, the Defendants mislead consumers by selling in their stores low grade 

products that free ride on the goodwill of the Stündenglass brand, and in turn, the Defendants reap 

substantial ill-begotten profits. The Defendants’ offering for sale of counterfeit Stündenglass

products contributes to the complete flooding of the marketplace with Stündenglass counterfeit 

products, which results in lost sales and damages to GS and irreparable harm to the Stündenglass 

brand’s image. 

24. Unfortunately, the current U.S. marketplace is saturated with counterfeit 

Stündenglass products – just like those the OWNERS, through their store, SUBLIME SMOKE & 

VAPE, are offering for sale. As such, GS has been forced to scrupulously enforce its rights in 

order to protect the Stündenglass Marks against infringement. By exercising its Enforcement 

Rights, GS has proactively and successfully policed the unauthorized use of the Stündenglass 

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Marks and/or counterfeit Stündenglass branded products nationwide. GS has had to bear great 

expense to seek out and investigate suspected counterfeiters in their attempt to clean up the 

marketplace.

Defendants’ Offering for Sale Counterfeit Goods

25. The Defendants have, and they continue to, offer for sale counterfeit Stündenglass 

products with the Stündenglass trademark and without the consent of GS. In fact, they offer 

counterfeit glass infusers bearing imitations of the Stündenglass Trademarks that were not made 

or authorized by GS. These are hereinafter the “Counterfeit Goods”. 

26. Nevertheless, the Defendants have and continue to offer for sale in commerce the 

Counterfeit Goods, specifically, the Defendants offer for sale reproductions, counterfeits, copies 

and/or colorable imitations of one or more of the Stündenglass Marks (hereinafter the “Infringing 

Marks”), detailed above.

27. The Defendants have, without the consent of GS, continued to offer for sale in their 

store, the Counterfeit Goods bearing the Infringing Marks, bearing the likeness of the Stündenglass 

Trademarks in the United States. 

28. The marks affixed to the Counterfeit Goods that the Defendants have offered for 

sale are spurious marks which are identical with, or substantially indistinguishable from, the 

Stündenglass Trademarks. The marks on the Counterfeit Goods are in fact counterfeit marks as 

defined in 15 U.S.C. § 1116(d).

29. In the ongoing investigation into the sales of counterfeit products bearing the 

Stündenglass Marks, SUBLIME SMOKE & VAPE offered for sale Counterfeit Goods. 

30. Specifically, on February 10, 2023, GS’s investigator attended SUBLIME SMOKE 

& VAPE’s location, which was open to the public, and observed that it had an excess of Glass 

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Infuser(s) which displayed the Stündenglass Trademarks. The investigator purchased a Glass 

Infuser with a Stündenglass Mark affixed to it, from SUBLIME SMOKE & VAPE, for a cost of 

$432.99 charged to the account of GS’s investigator, and it was a Counterfeit product in that it 

displayed the Infringing Marks. 

31. The OWNERS authorized, directed, and/or participated in SUBLIME SMOKE & 

VAPE’s offer for sale, in commerce, of the Counterfeit Goods. The OWNERS’ acts were a 

moving, active, and conscious force behind SUBLIME SMOKE & VAPE’s infringement of the 

Stündenglass Trademarks. 

32. The Defendants’ use of the counterfeit Stündenglass Trademarks began after the 

registration of the Stündenglass Trademarks. Neither GS, nor any of its authorized agents, have 

consented to the Defendants’ use of the Stündenglass Trademarks, or any use of reproductions, 

counterfeits, copies and/or colorable imitations thereof. 

33. The unauthorized offering for sale by SUBLIME SMOKE & VAPE, under the 

authority, direction and/or participation of the OWNERS, of the Counterfeit Goods was an 

unlawful act in violation of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1114 and 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a). 

34. The offer for sale by the Defendants of the Counterfeit Goods bearing the Infringing 

Marks has caused GS to suffer losses and is likely to cause damage to the goodwill and reputation 

associated with the Stündenglass Trademarks, which are owned by GS.

35. SUBLIME SMOKE & VAPE’s use of the Stündenglass Marks includes displaying

to offer for sale unauthorized copies of Counterfeit Stündenglass branded products. SUBLIME 

SMOKE & VAPE’s offering to sell the Stündenglass counterfeit products, bearing the Infringing 

Marks in this manner, was, and is, likely to cause confusion or to cause mistake and/or deceive 

consumers who purchase the Counterfeit Goods.

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36. SUBLIME SMOKE & VAPE used images and names identical to or confusingly 

similar to the Stündenglass Marks, to confuse customers and aid in the promotion and sales of 

Counterfeit Goods under the Infringing Marks. 

37. The Infringing Marks affixed to the Counterfeit Goods that SUBLIME SMOKE & 

VAPE has distributed, provided, marketed, advertised, promoted, offered for sale, and/or sold, is

confusingly identical or similar to the Stündenglass Marks that GS affixes to its Glass Infusers.

38. The Glass Infusers that SUBLIME SMOKE & VAPE sells and offers for sale under 

the Infringing Marks are made of substantially inferior materials and inferior technology as 

compared to genuine Stündenglass brand products. 

39. SUBLIME SMOKE & VAPE has distributed, provided, marketed, advertised, 

promoted, offered for sale, and sold its water pipes under the Infringing Mark through its retail 

convenience store. 

40. SUBLIME SMOKE & VAPE has marketed, advertised, and promoted its 

Counterfeit Goods under the Infringing Marks through point of purchase displays, and/or its 

website, and/or via social media promotion. 

41. SUBLIME SMOKE & VAPE and the OWNERS’ infringing acts as alleged herein 

have caused and are likely to cause confusion, mistake, and deception among the relevant 

consuming public as to the source or origin of the Counterfeit Goods sold by SUBLIME SMOKE 

& VAPE, and are likely to deceive, and have deceived, the relevant consuming public into 

mistakenly believing that the Counterfeit Goods sold by SUBLIME SMOKE & VAPE originate 

from, and are associated or affiliated with, or otherwise authorized by GS.

42. SUBLIME SMOKE & VAPE and OWNERS’ acts are willful with the deliberate 

intent to trade on the goodwill of the Stündenglass Marks, cause confusion and deception in the 

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marketplace, and divert potential sales of the Plaintiff’s glass infusers to SUBLIME SMOKE & 

VAPE.

43. SUBLIME SMOKE & VAPE and OWNERS’ acts are causing and, unless 

restrained, will continue to cause damage and immediate irreparable harm to GS, the Stündenglass 

Marks, and to its valuable reputation and goodwill with the consuming public for which GS has

no adequate remedy at law. 

44. As a proximate result of the unfair advantage accruing to OWNERS and SUBLIME 

SMOKE & VAPE’s business from deceptively trading on GS’s advertising, sales, and consumer 

recognition, the OWNERS and SUBLIME SMOKE & VAPE have made and will continue to 

make substantial profits and gains to which they are not in law or equity entitled. 

45. The injuries and damages sustained by GS has been directly and proximately 

caused by SUBLIME SMOKE & VAPE and the OWNERS’ wrongful advertisement, promotion, 

distribution, sale and offers for sale of their goods bearing infringements or counterfeits of the 

Stündenglass Marks. 

46. Through such business activities, the OWNERS and SUBLIME SMOKE & VAPE

purposefully derived direct benefits from their interstate commerce activities by targeting 

foreseeable purchasers in the State of Texas, and in doing so, have knowingly harmed GS. 

47. Furthermore, the sale and distribution of Counterfeit Goods by SUBLIME SMOKE 

& VAPE has infringed upon the above-identified federally registered trademarks. 

48. The spurious marks or designations used by SUBLIME SMOKE & VAPE in 

interstate commerce are identical with, or substantially indistinguishable from, the Stündenglass 

Marks on goods covered by the Stündenglass Marks. Such use therefore creates a false affiliation 

between SUBLIME SMOKE & VAPE, GS, and the Stündenglass Marks. 

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49. Due to the actions of the OWNERS and SUBLIME SMOKE & VAPE, GS has been 

forced to retain the undersigned counsel and pay the costs of bringing an action forward. The 

OWNERS and SUBLIME SMOKE & VAPE should be responsible for paying GS’s reasonable 

costs of the action. 

50. The OWNERS and SUBLIME SMOKE & VAPE’s acts have damaged, and will 

continue to damage GS, and GS has no adequate remedy at law. 

51. Moreover, SUBLIME SMOKE & VAPE and the OWNERS’s wrongful acts will 

continue unless enjoined by the Court. Accordingly, the OWNERS and SUBLIME SMOKE & 

VAPE must be restrained and enjoined from any further counterfeiting or infringement of the 

Stündenglass Marks.

Count One

Federal Trademark Counterfeiting and Infringement, 15 U.S.C. § 1114

52. The Plaintiff avers Paragraphs 1 through 51, which are stated above and incorporate 

the allegations therein, as though they are fully restated in this Count by reference.

53. GS owns the federally registered Stündenglass Trademarks, as set forth in more 

detail in the foregoing paragraphs. 

54. The Defendants, without authorization from GS, have used in commerce a spurious 

designation that id identical with, or substantially indistinguishable from, the Stündenglass

Trademarks on the same goods covered by the Stündenglass Trademarks. 

55. The Defendants’ unauthorized use of counterfeit marks of the registered 

Stündenglass Trademarks on and in connection with the Defendants’ offer for sale in commerce is 

likely to cause confusion or mistake in the minds of the public.

56. The Defendants’ conduct as alleged herein is willful and intended to cause 

confusion, mistake, or deception as to the affiliation, connection, or association of the Defendants, 

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with GS or the Stündenglass Trademarks. 

57. The Defendants’ acts constitute willful trademark infringement in violation of 

Section 32 of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1114. 

58. The Defendants’ actions constitute the use by the Defendants of one or more 

“counterfeit mark(s)” as defined in 15 U.S.C. § 1116(d)(1)(B). 

59. The Defendants’ use in commerce of the counterfeit Stündenglass Trademarks has 

resulted in lost profits and business to GS, which are difficult to determine. The Defendants have 

also, by selling counterfeit Stündenglass products, caused considerable damage to the goodwill of 

the Stündenglass Trademarks, and diminished the brand recognition of the Stündenglass

Trademarks by introducing counterfeit products into the marketplace.

60. By reason of the foregoing, the Plaintiff is entitled to, among other relief, injunctive 

relief, an award of statutory damages, and costs of the action under Sections 34 and 35 of the 

Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1116, 1117, together with prejudgment and post-judgment interest. 

Count Two

Federal False Designation of Origin and Unfair Competition, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a)

61. The Plaintiff avers Paragraphs 1 through 51, which are stated above and incorporate 

the allegations therein, as though they are fully restated and incorporated in this Count by 

reference.

62. GS owns the federally registered Stündenglass Trademarks, as set forth in more 

detail in the foregoing paragraphs. 

63. The Defendants, without authorization from GS, have used in commerce spurious 

designations that are identical with, or substantially indistinguishable from, the Stündenglass

Trademarks on the same goods covered by the Stündenglass Trademarks. 

64. The Defendants’ unauthorized use of counterfeit marks of the registered 

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Stündenglass Trademarks on and in connection with the Defendants’ offers for sale in commerce 

is likely to cause confusion or mistake in the minds of the public.

65. The Defendants’ unauthorized use in commerce of the Stündenglass Trademarks as 

alleged herein constitutes use of a false designation of origin and misleading description and 

representation of fact in violation of Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a).

66. The Defendants’ conduct as alleged herein is willful and is intended to, and is likely 

to, cause confusion, mistake, or deception as to the affiliation, connection, or association of the 

Defendants, with GS or the Stündenglass Trademarks. 

67. The Defendants’ conduct as alleged herein is causing immediate and irreparable 

harm and injury to GS, and to the goodwill and reputation of the Stündenglass Trademarks. 

Moreover, it will continue to cause damage to GS and confuse the public unless enjoined by this 

Court. 

68. GS has no adequate remedy at law.

69. By reason of the foregoing, the Plaintiff is entitled to, among other relief, injunctive 

relief, an award of statutory damages, and costs of the action under Sections 34 and 35 of the 

Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1116, 1117, together with prejudgment and post-judgment interest. 

Prayer For Relief

WHEREFORE, the Plaintiff, GS HOLISTIC, LLC, respectfully requests the following 

relief against the Defendants, as follows:

1. With regard to Plaintiff’s Count I for trademark infringement:

a. Disgorgement of profits under 15 U.S.C. § 1117(a);

b. Treble damages under 15 U.S.C. § 1117(b); 

c. Statutory damages under 15 U.S.C. § 1117(c);

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d. Costs of suit; and

e. Joint and several liability for the OWNERS, and other officers, and directors, 

for the knowing participation in the counterfeiting activities of SUBLIME 

SMOKE & VAPE LLC

2. With regard to Plaintiff’s Count II for false designation and unfair competition:

a. Disgorgement of profits under 15 U.S.C. § 1117(a);

b. Treble damages under 15 U.S.C. § 1117(b); 

c. Statutory damages under 15 U.S.C. § 1117(c);

d. Costs of suit; and

e. Joint and several liability for the OWNERS, and other officers, and directors, 

for the knowing participation in the counterfeiting activities of SUBLIME 

SMOKE & VAPE LLC.

3. Preliminarily and permanently enjoining SUBLIME SMOKE & VAPE LLC and 

its agents, employees, officers, directors, owners, representatives, successor companies, related 

companies, and all persons acting in concert or participation with it from:

a. The import, export, making, manufacture, reproduction, assembly, use, 

acquisition, purchase, offer, sale, transfer, brokerage, consignment, 

distribution, storage, shipment licensing, development, display, delivery, 

marketing, advertising or promotion of the counterfeit Stündenglass product 

identified in the Complaint and any other unauthorized Stündenglass product, 

counterfeit, copy or colorful imitation thereof;

4. Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1116(a), directing SUBLIME SMOKE & VAPE LLC to 

file with the Court and serve on the Plaintiff’s within thirty (30) days after issuance of an 

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injunction, a report in writing and under oath setting forth in detail the manner and form in which 

SUBLIME SMOKE & VAPE LLC has complied with the injunction;

5. For an order from the Court requiring that the Defendants provide complete 

accountings and for equitable relief, including that the Defendants disgorge and return or pay their 

ill-gotten gains obtained from the illegal transactions entered into and/or pay restitution, including 

the amount of monies that should have been paid if the Defendants had complied with their legal 

obligations, or as equity requires;

6. For an order from the Court that an asset freeze or constructive trust be imposed on 

all monies and profits in the SUBLIME SMOKE & VAPE LLC’s possession, which rightfully 

belong to the Plaintiff;

7. Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1118 requiring that the Defendants and all others acting 

under the Defendants’ authority, at its cost, be required to deliver up to the Plaintiff for destruction 

all products, accessories, labels, signs, prints, packages, wrappers, receptacles, advertisements, and 

other material in their possession, custody or control bearing any of the Stündenglass Trademarks.

8. For any other and further relief as the Court may deem just and equitable.

Date: March 27, 2023

Respectfully Submitted,

/s/ Sanjay K. Minocha

Sanjay K. Minocha

Texas Bar # 24065763

Minocha Law Firm PLLC

3300 Oak Lawn Avenue

Suite 700

Dallas, Texas 75219

Serv604@LegalBrains.com

Telephone: 561-232-2222

Attorney for the Plaintiff

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