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DECKERS OUTDOOR
CORPORATION, a Delaware
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Plaintiff,
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J.C. PENNEY CORPORATION, INC., a )
Delaware Corporation; CALSON
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INVESTMENT LIMITED, a Foreign
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Business Entity; and DOES 1-10,
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inclusive,
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Defendants.
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Plaintiff Deckers Outdoor Corporation for its claims against Defendants J.C.
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Plaintiff files this action against Defendants for trade dress infringement
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and unfair competition under the Lanham Trademark Act of 1946, 15 U.S.C. 1051 et
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seq. (the Lanham Act), patent infringement arising under the patent laws of the
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United States, and for related claims under the statutory and common law of the state
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of California. This Court has subject matter jurisdiction over the claims alleged in this
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This action arises out of wrongful acts by Defendants within this judicial
district and Plaintiff is located and has been injured in this judicial district by
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organized and existing under the laws of the state of Delaware with an office and
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footwear identified by its famous UGG trademark and other famous trademarks.
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(JC Penney) is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the state
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of Delaware with an office and principal place of business at 6501 Legacy Drive,
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foreign business entity with an office and principal place of business in this judicial
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through 10, inclusive, and therefore sues them by their fictitious names. Deckers will
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seek leave to amend this complaint when their true names and capacities are
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ascertained. Deckers is informed and believes and based thereon alleges that said
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Defendants and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, are in some manner responsible for the
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wrongs alleged herein, and that at all times referenced each was the agent and servant
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of the other Defendants and was acting within the course and scope of said agency and
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Deckers is informed and believes, and based thereon alleges, that at all
relevant times herein, Defendants and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, knew or
reasonably should have known of the acts and behavior alleged herein and the damages
caused thereby, and by their inaction ratified and encouraged such acts and behavior.
Deckers further alleges that Defendants and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, have a
non-delegable duty to prevent or not further such acts and the behavior described
herein, which duty Defendants and DOES 1 though 10, inclusive, failed and/or refused
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ALLEGATIONS COMMON TO ALL CAUSES OF ACTION
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DeckersUGG Brand
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for sale, and sale of footwear since 1975. Deckers is currently the owner of eight
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brands of footwear that are offered nationwide and worldwide - UGG, Teva,
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comfort shoe brands in the industry. Since 1978, when the UGG brand was founded,
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the popularity of UGG boots has steadily grown across the nation and even the
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globe. The UGG brand has always been and remains highly coveted by consumers.
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This commitment to quality has helped to propel the UGG brand to its current,
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It has now been nearly fifteen years since UGG boots were first featured
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on Oprahs Favorite Things in the year 2000, and Oprah emphatically declared on
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national television how much she LOOOOOVES her UGG boots.The popularity of
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UGG brand footwear has grown exponentially since then with celebrities including
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Kate Hudson and Sarah Jessica Parker among a myriad of others regularly donning
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them. UGG sheepskin boots have become a high fashion luxury item and can be
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authorized retailers throughout the United States at point of sale and on the Internet,
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advertisement, marketing, offering for sale, and/or sale of footwear that infringe upon
DeckersUGG boot designs, to which Deckers owns design patents and/or trade
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footwear, and home merchandise. Products from said JC Penney are available to
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consumers nationwide and can be purchased at its retail stores, some of which are
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including JC Penney.
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Indeed, Infringing Products have been offered for sale and/or sold by JC
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Penney and have been made available for purchase to consumers in this judicial
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products that may infringe upon Deckersdesign patents and trade dresses. Deckers
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department store retail chain engaged in the sale of various consumer products,
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Button styles, Deckers avers and hereon alleges that Defendants had knowledge of
Deckersrights to the Bailey Button Boot styles and have intentionally utilized said
styles on their own products in an effort to pass them off as if they originated, are
associated with, are affiliated with, are sponsored by, are authorized by, and/or are
approved by Deckers.
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Deckers is informed and believes and hereon alleges that Defendants are
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competitors and have copied DeckersBailey Button boot styles in an effort to exploit
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Deckers is informed and believes and hereon alleges that Defendants have
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acted in bad faith and that Defendantsacts have misled and confused and were
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Some of the more widely recognized styles within the UGG family of
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sheepskin boots are the Bailey Buttonstyles. The Bailey Button styles (examples of
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Overlapping of front and rear panels on the lateral side of the boot shaft;
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Exposed fleece-type lining edging the overlapping panels and top of the
featured on the lateral side of the boot shaft adjacent the overlapping panels
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The Bailey Button Boot Trade Dress was an original design by Deckers
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and the elements thereof are nonfunctional and their distinctive quality has achieved a
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high degree of consumer recognition and secondary meaning, which serves to identify
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Introduced in 2009, the Bailey Button Boot Trade Dress has continuously
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promotional materials as well as in the trade publications set forth above. Deckers has
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extensively used and promoted the Bailey Button Boot Trade Dress such that it is
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closely identified with the UGG brand and has gained widespread public recognition.
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developing, advertising, promoting, and marketing the UGG brand and its line of
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footwear embodying the Bailey Button Boot Trade Dress. Deckersefforts have been
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successful and Deckers has sold a substantial amount of UGG boots bearing the
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Due to its long use, extensive sales, and significant advertising and
Dress have achieved widespread acceptance and recognition among the consuming
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Furthermore, the Bailey Button Boot Trade Dress has been featured in
connection with various celebrities, has received a large volume of unsolicited media
intention, and has graced the pages of many popular magazines nationwide and
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sale by Defendants bear nearly identical reproductions of the Bailey Button Boot Trade
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approval of Defendantsproducts.
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intellectual property.
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lead to and result in confusion, mistake or deception, and is likely to cause the public
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by or that are otherwise connected or affiliated with Deckers, all to the detriment of
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Deckers.
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prohibiting Defendants from using DeckersBailey Button Boot Trade Dress, or any
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designs confusingly similar thereto, and to recover all damages, including attorneys
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fees, that Deckers has sustained and will sustain, and all gains, profits and advantages
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trade dress.
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confusion, mistake or deception, and are likely to cause the public to believe that
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Deckers.
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Deckers and reap the benefits of the good will associated with DeckersBailey Button
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conduct, Deckers has been injured and will continue to suffer injury to its business and
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reputation unless Defendants are restrained by this Court from infringing on Deckers
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prohibiting Defendants from using DeckersBailey Button Boot Trade Dress, or any
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designs confusingly similar thereto, and to recover all damages, including attorneys
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fees, that Deckers has sustained and will sustain, and all gains, profits and advantages
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footwear it offers under its UGG brand. Among these include but are not limited to
the Bailey Buttonboot (U.S. Patent No. D599,999 issued on September 15, 2009), a
true and correct copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit B
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Deckers is the owner by assignment of all right, title and interest in and to
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produced, distributed, advertised, marketed, offered for sale, and/or sold footwear that
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intellectual property.
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Deckers has been injured and will continue to suffer injury to its business and
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reputation unless Defendants are restrained by this Court from infringing Deckers
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999 Patent.
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Deckers marks all footwear products embodying the design of the 999
Patent with Pat. No. 599,999on a product label in compliance with 35 U.S.C. 287.
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Button Boot style and the patent notice provided on the products themselves, Deckers
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avers and hereon alleges that Defendants had knowledge of Deckersrights to the
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Bailey Button Design Patents and have intentionally copied said designs on their own
products in an effort to pass them off as if they originated, are associated with, are
affiliated with, are sponsored by, are authorized by, and/or are approved by Deckers.
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Deckers is informed and believes and hereon alleges that Defendants are
competitors and have copied DeckersBailey Button Boot style in an effort to exploit
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prohibiting Defendants from infringing the 999 Patent and to recover from
Defendants all damages, including attorneysfees, that Deckers has sustained and will
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sustain as a result of such infringing acts, and all gains, profits and advantages
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constitutes common law trade dress infringement in violation of the common law of
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damages that have been caused and which will continue to be caused by Defendants
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despicable and harmful to Deckers and as such supports an award of exemplary and
Defendants, and to deter them from similar such conduct in the future.
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prohibiting Defendants from infringing the Bailey Button Boot Trade Dress, and to
recover all damages, including attorneysfees, that Deckers has sustained and will
sustain, and all gains, profits and advantages obtained by Defendants as a result of
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their infringing acts alleged above in an amount not yet known, and the costs of this
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PRAYER FOR RELIEF
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Trade Dress in violation of 15 U.S.C. 1125 and that said infringement was willful;
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associates, attorneys, and all persons acting by, through, or in concert with any of
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them, are hereby temporarily, preliminarily, and permanently enjoined from using
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DeckersBailey Button Boot Trade Dress, the 999 Patent, or any designs
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supplying, distributing, offering for sale, or selling the Infringing Products or any other
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products which bear DeckersBailey Button Boot Trade Dress or any designs
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confusingly similar thereto and/or products bearing designs that infringe upon the 999
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Deckers, or acts and practices that deceive consumers, the public, and/or trade,
including without limitation, the use of designations and design elements used or
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committing any other act which falsely represents or which has the
effect of falsely representing that the goods and services of Defendants are licensed by,
authorized by, offered by, produced by, sponsored by, or in any other way associated
with Deckers;
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deliver to Deckers for destruction or other disposition all remaining inventory of all
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Infringing Products and related items, including all advertisements, promotional and
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Ordering Defendants to file with this Court and serve on Deckers within
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thirty (30) days after entry of the injunction a report in writing, under oath setting forth
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in detail the manner and form in which Defendants have complied with the injunction;
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Dated:
January 6, 2015
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Pursuant to Rule 38(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Plaintiff Deckers
Outdoor Corporation hereby demands a trial by jury as to all claims in this litigation.
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Dated:
January 6, 2015
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