IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 

PANAMA CITY DIVISION 

In Re SLEP-TONE ENTERTAINMENT CORP. 

consolidated cases, 

 CASE NO. 5:11-cv-32/RS-CJK

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U ORDER

 Before me is Plaintiff’s Motion for Default Judgment (Doc. 80) against Defendant 

Curtis Davis (“Davis”). Davis has not appeared to oppose the motion. 

FINDINGS OF FACT

1. On March 10, 2011, Slep-Tone commenced this action against Davis and others in 

the subordinate case 5:11-cv-69-RS/EMT. (5:11-cv-69, Doc. 1.) 

2. On March 14, 2011, the Clerk issued a summons directed to Davis. Id. at Doc. 7. 

Service of process was effected upon Davis on March 25, 2011. Id. at Doc. 13. 

Davis failed to file a timely answer or other response to the Complaint, and default 

was entered as to him on June 7, 2011. Id. at Doc. 42. 

3. Slep-Tone is the owner of U.S. Trademark Registration No. 1,923,448, for 

SOUND CHOICE®, and of U.S. Trademark Registration No. 2,000,725, for a 

display trademark SOUND CHOICE & Design® (“the Marks”). 

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4. Davis has used a reproduction, counterfeit, or copy of the Marks in connection 

with his providing karaoke services, by displaying that reproduction, counterfeit, 

or copy during the provision of his services. 

5. Slep-Tone has elected to receive an award of statutory damages from Davis. 

CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

1. Because of his default in this matter, Davis is deemed to have admitted those facts 

alleged in the Complaint, that are material to Slep-Tone’s claims against him. See 

Buchanan v. Bowman, 820 F.2d 359, 361 (11th Cir. 1987). 

2. By using counterfeit materials bearing the Marks to put on karaoke shows and by 

displaying the Marks during the course of those shows, Davis has violated Section 

43(a) of the Trademark Act of 1946, as amended, in that the display of SlepTone’s marks constitutes a false designation of the origin of those materials. 

3. Davis’s acts further constitute a per se violation of FDUTPA. See TracFone 

Wireless, Inc. v. Access Telecom, Inc., 642 F. Supp. 2d 1354, 1365 (S.D. Fla. 

2009) 

4. An injunction forbidding the use of all unauthorized copies of karaoke tracks, is an 

appropriate remedy for the federal unfair competition and FDUTPA violations and 

would be appropriate to protect the rights of the Plaintiff, its legitimate 

downstream customers, and the public at large. 

5. The Trademark Act permits the destruction of infringing articles as an additional 

remedy for trademark infringement involving counterfeiting. 

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6. Because of the ease with which karaoke tracks may be duplicated from a computer 

hard drive and the difficulty in monitoring and enforcing compliance with the 

permanent injunctive relief, an order requiring Davis’s computer hard drives and 

other media containing counterfeit karaoke tracks to be surrendered for destruction 

is appropriate under the law and warranted by the facts of this case.

ORDER, JUDGMENT, AND PERMANENT INJUNCTION

Plaintiff Slep-Tone Entertainment Corporation for Motion for Default Final 

Judgment (Doc. 80) is GRANTED. 

It is ORDERED: 

1. Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1117, judgment is entered in favor of Plaintiff Slep-Tone 

and against Defendant Curtis Davis for statutory damages in the principal amount 

of $25,000, for which sum let execution issue. 

2. Interest from the date of entry of this judgment shall accrue at the legal rate, 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1961. 

3. Davis, his agents and employees, and all persons in active concert or participation 

with them are hereby permanently ENJOINED (a) from using (including making, 

copying, sharing, distributing, selling, or otherwise using), commercially or 

otherwise, any karaoke accompaniment track that is marked with either the mark 

in U.S. Trademark Registration No. 1,923,448, for SOUND CHOICE®, or the 

mark in U.S. Trademark Registration No. 2,000,725, for a display trademark 

SOUND CHOICE & Design®, without the prior, express written permission of 

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Slep-Tone or its successor-in-interest, if any, to the ownership of those marks, and 

(b) from making, copying, sharing, distributing, selling, or otherwise using 

digitized copies of karaoke accompaniment tracks, commercially or otherwise, 

which tracks are falsely marked with any mark or other designation belonging to 

any person from whom the Defendant has not obtained written authorization from 

the owner thereof to make, copy, share, distribute, sell, or otherwise use the 

digitized copy. 

4. Davis is hereby ordered within 30 days of the date of entry of this Order to deliver 

to Slep-Tone, or make available for pickup, each data storage device (including, 

without limitation, a computer hard drive, compact disc, USB drive, portable 

music player, or other device capable of storing karaoke accompaniment tracks in 

digitized format) in his possession, custody, or control, which data storage device 

contains any karaoke accompaniment track, the continued existence of which is 

prohibited under paragraph 3 above. Slep-Tone may destroy the data storage 

devices, at its own expense, by any lawful, appropriate means. 

5. The Court retains jurisdiction over this cause and over the parties for the purposes 

of entering all further post-judgment orders that are appropriate. 

6. The Clerk shall post this Order in the both 5:11-cv-32-RS/CJK and 5:11-cv-69-

RS/EMT. 

ORDERED on October 31, 2011. 

 /S/ Richard Smoak

 RICHARD SMOAK 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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