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Case: 1:19-cv-08290 Document #: 25 Filed: 06/09/20 Page 1 of 5 PageID #:161
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
`EASTERN DIVISION
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`CHICAGO RABBINICAL COUNCIL,
`INC., an Illinois Not-For-Profit Corporation,
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`ABDUL REHMAN GROUP, INC., d/b/a
`MOUNSEF INTERNATIONAL, INC., d/b/a
`AL-KHYAM BAKERY AND GROCERY,
`an Illinois Corporation,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Defendants.
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`Case No. 19-cv-08290
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`Honorable Judge Elaine E. Bucklo
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`ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR
`ENTRY OF AN ORDER AWARDING DAMAGES AND OTHER RELIEF
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`THIS MATTER having come before the Court and after reviewing Plaintiff’s, Chicago
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`Rabbinical Council, Inc., Motion for Entry of an Order Awarding Damages and Other Relief,
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`THE COURT FINDS AS FOLLOWS AND IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
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`CRC is the owner of the following valid and incontestable trademark on the
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`Principal Register of the United States Patent and Trademark Office:
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` Registration No.
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`1,382,849, Registered on February 11, 1986 (“cRc Mark”). The cRc Mark is a certification
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`trademark to indicate the food products or equipment used in connection with such food products
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`are kosher.
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`Since May 29, 2019, Defendant was not authorized nor given permission to use the
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`cRc Mark on its products, packages, and labels.
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`3.
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`Defendant applied a counterfeit cRc Mark on its packaging and labels thereby using
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`the cRc mark without authorization or permission from CRC and its actions constitute trademark
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`infringement.
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`Defendant received notice on May 29, 2019, June 6, 2019, and November 7, 2019
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`that it was neither permitted nor given authorization to use the cRc Mark on its packaging and
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`labels.
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`Defendant’s wrongful acts are intentional and willful misappropriations of the cRc
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`Mark and the goodwill and reputation associated with it.
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`Defendant’s wrongful acts and wrongful infringements have caused and will
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`continue to cause irreparable harm to CRC unless permanently enjoined, for which CRC has no
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`adequate remedy at law.
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`NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the injunctive powers of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §
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`1114, and the inherent power of this Court to fashion equitable remedies,
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`It is hereby ORDERED that:
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`Judgment is GRANTED in favor of CRC and against Defendant on all claims;
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`The Permanent Injunction is GRANTED against Defendant, their officers, agents,
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`servants, employees, attorneys, successors, assignees, and subsidiaries, and any and all persons
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`acting in concert or participating with them, jointly or severally, pursuant to the Lanham Act, 765
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`ILCS 1036, and 815 ILCS 510, from:
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`a. using the cRc Mark, or any reproduction, counterfeit, copy, or colorable image of
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`said mark, in connection with the manufacturing, distribution, transportation, sale,
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`offer for sale, or distribution of food products, that is not a genuine CRC kosher
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`certification;
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`b. using the cRc Mark or any reproduction, counterfeit, copy, or colorable imitation
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`of the same, in any manner likely to cause others to believe that Defendant’s
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`products are approved by CRC;
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`c. passing-off, inducing, or enabling others to sell or pass off any products, which
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`are not approved by CRC as having been approved by CRC;
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`d. making any false or misleading statements regarding CRC or its services, or the
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`relationship between CRC and Defendant;
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`e. committing any other acts calculated to cause purchasers to believe that
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`Defendant’s products are approved by CRC;
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`f. shipping, delivering, holding for sale, importing, distributing, returning,
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`transferring, or otherwise moving or disposing of in any manner such kosher
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`certifications falsely beating the cRc Mark or any reproduction, counterfeit, copy,
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`or colorable imitation of the same;
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`g. disposing of, destroying, moving, secreting, relocating, and/or transferring any
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`and all of Defendant’s stock and inventory of wrongfully labeled products
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`branded with the cRc Mark, without Court direction; and
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`h. assisting, aiding, or abetting any other person or business entity in engaging in or
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`performing any of the activities referred to in the above subparagraphs;
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`CRC is GRANTED statutory damages in the amount of $1,000,000.00 pursuant to
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`15 U.S.C. § 1117(b);
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`4.
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`CRC is GRANTED its costs in the amount of $953.21 pursuant to Lanham Act,
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`765 ILCS 1036, and 815 ILCS 510;
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`CRC is GRANTED its attorney’s fees in the amount of $16,387.50 pursuant to 15
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`U.S.C. § 1117(a); and
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`CRC is GRANTED punitive damages pursuant to Illinois Common Law in the
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`amount of $0.
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`Dated: June 9, 2020
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`Honorable Judge Elaine E. Bucklo
`U.S. District Court Judge
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Christopher W. Niro
`Nathan H. Lichtenstein
`Kristina D. Diesner
`ARONBERG GOLDGEHN DAIVS & GARMISA
`330 N. Wabash Avenue, Suite 1700
`Chicago, IL 60611
`312-755-3161
`cniro@agdglaw.com
`nlichtenstein@agdglaw.com
`kdiesner@agdglaw.com
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff, Chicago Rabbinical Council, Inc.
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`CHICAGO RABBINICAL COUNCIL, INC.
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`/s/ Christopher W. Niro
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