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8 Example of a “Camel Crown” Accused Product
9 17. Upon information and belief, Defendants have acted in bad faith and
10 Defendants’ unlawful acts have misled and confused, and were intended to cause
11 confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive as to the affiliation, connection, or
12 association of the Accused Products with Deckers, and the origin, sponsorship, or
13 approval of the Accused Products by Deckers.
14 18. Upon information and belief, Defendants may have sold additional
15 products that infringe upon Deckers’ design patents and/or trade dresses.
16 FIRST CLAIM FOR RELIEF
17 (Trade Dress Infringement - 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a))
18 19. Deckers incorporates by reference each and every one of the preceding
19 paragraphs as though fully set forth herein.
20 20. In 2011, Deckers introduced the UGG® Bailey Bow Boot, marketed and
21 featuring the design elements protected under the “Bailey Bow Trade Dress.” The
22 Bailey Bow Trade Dress is unique and inherently distinctive, and comprised of the
23 following non-functional elements:
24 a. Classic suede boot styling made famous by the UGG® brand;
25 b. A smooth boot shaft that has a vertical slit opening at the back of
26 the shaft;
27 c. Exposed fleece-type lining edging the top of the boot shaft and
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1 d. A tongue at the back of the boot shaft, underlying and closing the
2 vertical slit opening; and
3 e. One or more bows prominently featured at the rear of the boot
4 shaft (depending on the height of the boot) extending between the medial and
5 lateral sides of the shaft over the tongue.
6 21. The Bailey Bow Trade Dress, which is a composite of the above-
7 referenced features, is non-functional in its entirety, visually distinctive, and unique in
8 the footwear industry; examples of its distinctive appearance as a whole are shown in
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18 22. The design of the Bailey Bow Trade Dress is neither essential to its use
or purpose, nor does it affect the cost or quality of the shoe. There are numerous other
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designs available that are equally feasible and efficient, none of which necessitate
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copying or imitating the Bailey Bow Trade Dress. The combination of features
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comprising the Bailey Bow Trade Dress provides no cost advantages to the
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manufacturer or utilitarian advantages to the consumer. These features, in
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combination, serve only to render UGG® Bailey Bow Boots, the embodiment of the
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Bailey Bow Trade Dress, as a distinct and recognizable product originating from
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Deckers.
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23. UGG® Bailey Bow Boots, the embodiment of the Bailey Bow Trade
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Dress, is one of the most well-recognized and commercially successful styles of
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1 UGG® brand of footwear, having been featured in many of Deckers’ advertising and
2 promotional materials as well as in various trade publications. UGG® Bailey Bow
3 Boots have received a large volume of unsolicited media attention, for example,
4 through various celebrities seen wearing UGG® Bailey Bow Boots and graced the
5 pages of many popular magazines nationwide and internationally.
6 24. Deckers has spent substantial time, effort, and money in designing,
7 developing, advertising, promoting, and marketing the UGG® brand and its line of
8 footwear embodying the Bailey Bow Trade Dress. Deckers spends millions of dollars
9 annually on advertising of UGG® products, including footwear embodying the Bailey
10 Bow Trade Dress.
11 25. Due to its long use, extensive sales, and significant advertising and
12 promotional activities, Deckers’ Bailey Bow Trade Dress has achieved widespread
13 acceptance and recognition among the consuming public and trade throughout the
14 United States. Indeed, Deckers has sold millions of dollars’ worth of UGG® Bailey
15 Bow Boots, the embodiment of the Bailey Bow Trade Dress. Accordingly, the Bailey
16 Bow Trade Dress has achieved a high degree of consumer recognition and secondary
17 meaning, which serves to identify Deckers as the exclusive source of footwear
18 featuring said trade dress.
19 26. Upon information and belief, Camel is a competitor and Defendants
20 introduced Accused Products into the stream of commerce in an effort to exploit
21 Deckers’ goodwill and the reputation of the UGG® Bailey Bow Boot.
22 27. The Accused Products produced, distributed, advertised and offered for
23 sale by Defendants bear confusingly similar reproductions of the Bailey Bow Trade
24 Dress, such as to cause a likelihood of confusion as to the source, sponsorship or
25 approval by Deckers of Camel’s products.
26 28. Defendants’ use of the Bailey Bow Trade Dress is without Deckers’
27 permission or authority and in total disregard of Deckers’ rights to control its
28 intellectual property. There are numerous other shoe designs in the footwear industry,
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1 none of which necessitate copying or imitating the Bailey Bow Trade Dress.
2 29. Defendants’ use of the Bailey Bow Trade Dress is likely to lead to and
3 result in confusion, mistake or deception, and is likely to cause the public to believe
4 that Accused Products are produced, sponsored, authorized, or licensed by or are
5 otherwise connected or affiliated with Deckers.
6 30. As a direct and proximate result of the foregoing acts, Deckers has
7 suffered and will continue to suffer significant injuries in an amount to be determined
8 at trial. Deckers is entitled to recover all damages, including attorneys’ fees, that it
9 has sustained and will sustain, and all gains, profits and advantages obtained by
10 Defendants as a result of its infringing acts.
11 31. Furthermore, unless Defendants’ unlawful acts are enjoined by this
12 Court, there is no adequate remedy at law that can fully compensate Deckers for the
13 harm caused by Defendants’ infringement, which is ongoing. Accordingly, Deckers is
14 entitled to injunctive relief prohibiting Defendants from continuing to infringe the
15 Bailey Bow Trade Dress, or any designs confusingly similar thereto.
16 SECOND CLAIM FOR RELIEF
17 (Trade Dress Infringement – California Common Law)
18 32. Deckers incorporates by reference each and every one of the preceding
19 paragraphs as though fully set forth herein.
20 33. Defendants’ infringement of the Bailey Bow Trade Dress also constitutes
21 trade dress infringement under common law of the state of California.
22 34. The Accused Products produced, distributed, advertised and offered for
23 sale by Defendants bear confusingly similar reproductions of the Bailey Bow Trade
24 Dress, such as to cause a likelihood of confusion as to the source, sponsorship or
25 approval by Deckers of Camel’s products. Defendants’ unauthorized use of the
26 Bailey Bow Trade Dress has caused and is likely to cause confusion as to the source
27 of Accused Products among consumers.
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1 47. As a direct and proximate result of the foregoing acts, Deckers has
2 suffered and will continue to suffer significant injuries in an amount to be determined
3 at trial. Deckers is entitled to recover all damages, including attorneys’ fees, that
4 Deckers has sustained on account of Defendants’ unfair competition, and all gains,
5 profits and advantages obtained by Defendants as a result of its unlawful acts.
6 Furthermore, because Deckers has no adequate remedy at law for Defendants’
7 ongoing unlawful conduct, Deckers is entitled to injunctive relief prohibiting
8 Defendants from unfair competition.
9 FIFTH CLAIM FOR RELIEF
10 (Patent Infringement – U.S. Pat. No. D704,425)
11 48. Deckers incorporates by reference each and every one of the preceding
12 paragraphs as though fully set forth herein.
13 49. In order to protect its valuable brands, Deckers owns a number of patents
14 covering various styles of footwear it markets, including the footwear products
15 identified herein. These patents include U.S. Pat. No. D704,425 (“the ’425 Patent”)
16 issued on May 13, 2014, a true and correct copy of which is attached hereto as
17 Exhibit A and incorporated herein.
18 50. Deckers is the owner by assignment of all rights, title and interest in and
19 to the ’425 Patent and Deckers has marked substantially all footwear products
20 embodying the design with “Pat. No. D704,425” on a product label in compliance
21 with 35 U.S.C. § 287, putting Defendants on notice of the ’425 Patent.
22 51. Defendants have produced, distributed, advertised, marketed, offered for
23 sale, and/or sold within the United States, and/or have imported into the United States
24 Accused Products which bear a design that infringes upon the design of the ’425
25 Patent, in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271.
26 52. Deckers has not granted a license or given Defendants any form of
27 permission to the ’425 Patent. Defendants’ infringement of the ’425 Patent is without
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2 53. As a direct and proximate result of the foregoing acts, Deckers has
3 suffered and will continue to suffer significant injuries in an amount to be determined
4 at trial. Deckers is entitled to recover all damages sustained on account of
5 Defendants’ infringement, and all gains, profits and advantages obtained by
6 Defendants under 35 U.S.C. §§ 284 and 289.
7 54. Upon information and belief, Defendants’ infringing acts were willful,
8 deliberate, and taken in reckless disregard of the ’425 Patent despite having been put
9 on notice through Deckers’ patent marking. Defendants took these actions despite an
10 objectively high likelihood that such actions constituted infringement of the ’425
11 Patent. Defendants’ willful acts render this an exceptional case, such that Deckers is
12 entitled to enhanced damages and reasonable attorney fees under 35 U.S.C. § 284.
13 55. Furthermore, unless Defendants’ unlawful acts are enjoined by this
14 Court, there is no adequate remedy at law that can fully compensate Deckers for the
15 harm caused by Defendants’ infringement of the ’425 Patent, which is ongoing.
16 Accordingly, Deckers is entitled to injunctive relief under 35 U.S.C. § 283 prohibiting
17 Defendants from continuing to infringe the ’425 Patent.
18 PRAYER FOR RELIEF
19 WHEREFORE, Plaintiff Deckers Outdoor Corporation respectfully prays for
20 judgment against Defendants American Camel International Invest Enterprise LTD
21 and DOES 1-10 as follows:
22 1. A judgment that Defendants infringed Deckers’ Bailey Bow Trade Dress
23 and U.S. Pat. No. D704,425;
24 2. An order permanently enjoining and restraining Defendants, their agents,
25 servants, employees, officers, associates, and all persons acting in concert with any of
26 them from infringing Deckers’ intellectual property at issue, including but not limited
27 to infringing acts such as:
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EXHIBIT A
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USOOD704425S
(12) MacIntyre
United States Design Patent (10) Patent No.: USD704,425 S
(45) Date of Patent: . May 13, 2014
(54) FOOTWEAR UPPER UGG Australia Bailey Bow model, www.uggaustralia.com, https://
web.archive.org/web/2012 1002051839/http://www.uggaustralia.
(71) Applicant: Deckers Outdoor Corporation, Goleta, com/womens-bailey-bow-sheepskin-boot 1002954.default.pd.html;
CA (US) Oct. 2, 2012, see images.
(72) Inventor: Jennifer MacIntyre, Santa Barbara, CA UGG Australia Bailey Bow Tall model, www.uggaustralia.com,
https://web.archive.org/web/201210 15074327/http://www.ug
(US) gaustralia.com/womens-bailey-bow-tall/3388, default.pd.html; Oct.
(73) Assignee: Deckers Outdoor Corporation, Goleta, 15, 2012, see images.
CA (US)
(**) Term: 14 Years * cited by examiner
(21) Appl. No. 29/471,634 Primary Examiner — Robert M Spear
Assistant Examiner — Rashida C McCoy
(22) Filed: Nov. 4, 2013 (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.
(51) LOC (10) Cl. ................................................ 02-04
(52) U.S. Cl.
USPC ........................................................... D2/970
(58) Field of Classification Search (57) CLAM
USPC .......... D2/896, 900, 909-911, 943, 946, 969, The ornamental design for a footwear upper, as shown and
D2/970,974; 36/83, 1.5, 2 R, 109, 3 A, described.
36/7.1 R, 45, 52, 112, 100
See application file for complete search history.
DESCRIPTION
(56) References Cited
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a footwear upper showing
my new design;
D76,233 S * 9, 1928 Golden ..........................D2/900 FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view thereof;
D164,667 S * 10/1951 Bingham, Jr. ...D2/912 FIG. 3 is a side elevational view thereof;
D284.805 S * 7/1986 Smith .......... ...D2,900 FIG. 4 is an opposite side elevational view thereof;
D439,030 S * 3/2001 Bernath ... ...D2,900
D529,269 S * 10/2006 Belley et al. . D2/970 FIG. 5 is a front elevational view thereof
D599,999 S * 9/2009 MacIntyre ... D2/970 FIG. 6 is a rear elevational view thereof;
D616,190 S * 5/2010 MacIntyre ... D2/970 FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof; and,
D646,475 S * 10/2011 Boncutter ...................... D2/970 FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view thereof.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS The broken lines in FIGS. 1-8 represent portions of the foot
wear that form no part of the claimed design. The dot-dash
UGG Australia Mini Bailey Button model, www.uggaustralia.com, lines which define the bounds of the claimed design form no
https://web.archive.org/web/20121016124321/http://www.ug part thereof.
gaustralia.com/womens-mini-bailey-button-boots/3352.default.pd.
html; Oct. 16, 2012, see images. 1 Claim, 6 Drawing Sheets
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