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`Case 2:21-cv-00519-RSL Document 24 Filed 12/07/21 Page 1 of 6
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`The Honorable Robert S. Lasnik
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE
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`NO. 2:21-cv-00519-RSL
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`FINAL JUDGMENT AND PERMANENT
`INJUNCTION
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`NINTENDO OF AMERICA INC.,
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`GARY BOWSER,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Defendant.
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`v.
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`This matter came before the Court on the parties’ Consent to Entry of Judgment and
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`Permanent Injunction, Dkt. No. 23. The Court enters judgment as follows:
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`1.
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`Plaintiff is hereby awarded judgment against Defendant in the amount of
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`US$10,000,000.00.
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`Each party shall bear its own costs and attorneys’ fees.
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`In addition, pursuant to Sections 502 and 1203 of the Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. §§ 502,
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`1203), 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a), the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651, and this Court’s inherent
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`equitable powers, the Court orders as follows:
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`1.
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`A permanent injunction is entered against Defendant enjoining him and his agents,
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`servants, employees, successors, assigns, and all those acting in privity or under his control from:
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`a.
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`Offering to the public, advertising, promoting, selling, providing, testing,
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`cloning, or otherwise trafficking in any circumvention devices, including but not limited
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`to the SX Core, SX Lite, SX Pro, SX Gear, SX Tools, SX License Codes, and/or SX OS,
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`including any features of SX OS, such as SX Installer, Gateway 3DS, Stargate 3DS,
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`Classic2Magic, or N2 Elite (the “Circumvention Devices”), and any other circumvention
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`devices or software that target Nintendo, Nintendo’s consoles, devices, or accessories
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`(including near field communication devices/cards compatible with Nintendo consoles,
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`such as amiibo), Nintendo’s technological protection measures, and/or Nintendo’s
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`copyrighted works;
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`Directly or indirectly infringing, or causing, enabling, facilitating,
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`encouraging, promoting, inducing, or participating in the infringement of, any of
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`Nintendo’s copyrights, trademarks, or intellectual property, whether now in existence or
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`hereafter created, including but not limited to the unauthorized reproduction, display,
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`public performance, or distribution of any of Nintendo’s copyrighted video games or
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`operating systems, which includes the emulation of Nintendo’s videogames;
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`c.
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`Destroying, transferring, altering, moving, returning, concealing, or in any
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`manner hiding any and all video game consoles, video games (or constituent elements
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`thereof, such as video game files), video game emulators (and any digital files comprising
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`the same), and any related packaging or promotional material in which Nintendo (including
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`its parents, subsidiaries, and affiliates) owns or controls an exclusive right under United
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`States law or pursuant to the laws of any other country or territory (“Nintendo’s Intellectual
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`Property”) and which were used
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`in connection with TEAM-XECUTER.COM,
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`SX.XECUTER.COM,
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`XECUTER.ROCKS,
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`TEAM-XECUTER.ROCKS,
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`and
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`Case 2:21-cv-00519-RSL Document 24 Filed 12/07/21 Page 3 of 6
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`MAXCONSOLE.COM or any successor websites, chatrooms, or other social media
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`websites or apps (including, without limitation, groups or chats on Facebook, Discord,
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`GBATemp, Reddit, Telegram, Skype, WeChat, WhatsApp, Signal, or their equivalent) (the
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`“Websites”), and all documents and records relating or referring in any way to Nintendo’s
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`Intellectual Property in connection with the Websites;
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`Committing any other violation of Nintendo’s intellectual property rights,
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`worldwide, whether now existing or hereafter created; and
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`Effecting assignments or transfers, forming new entities or associations, or
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`using any other device for the purpose of circumventing or otherwise avoiding the
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`prohibitions set forth in subparagraphs (a)-(d).
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`2.
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`The Court further enjoins Defendant and all third parties acting in active concert
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`and participation with Defendant—including but not limited to any domain name registrars or
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`registries holding or listing any of Defendant’s Websites—from supporting or facilitating access
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`to any or all domain names, URLs, websites (including, without limitation, TEAM-
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`XECUTER.COM, SX.XECUTER.COM, XECUTER.ROCKS, TEAM-XECUTER.ROCKS, and
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`MAXCONSOLE.COM), including any successor websites, chatrooms, and other social media
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`websites or apps (including, without limitation, groups or chats on Facebook, Discord, GBATemp,
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`Reddit, Telegram, Skype, WeChat, WhatsApp, Signal, or their equivalent) through which
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`Defendant trafficked in circumvention devices that threaten Plaintiff’s technological protection
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`measures or which infringe Plaintiff’s rights under the Copyright Act.
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`3.
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`Defendant is further prohibited from engaging in any other violation of the Digital
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`Millennium Copyright Act or the Copyright Act, or any other federal or state law, as respects
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`Nintendo.
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`Case 2:21-cv-00519-RSL Document 24 Filed 12/07/21 Page 4 of 6
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`4.
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`The Court further orders that Defendant and his officers, agents, servants,
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`employees, attorneys, and others acting in active concert or participation with Defendant—
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`including but not limited to any domain name registrars or registries holding or listing any of
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`Defendant’s Websites:
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`a.
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`surrender, and permanently cease to use, the domain names TEAM-
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`XECUTER.COM,
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`SX.XECUTER.COM,
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`XECUTER.ROCKS,
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`TEAM-
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`XECUTER.ROCKS, and MAXCONSOLE.COM, any variant or successor thereof
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`controlled by Defendant, and any other website or system that Defendant owns or controls,
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`directly or indirectly, that involves or harms Nintendo’s Intellectual Property; and
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`b.
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`to the extent the domains are under Defendant’s custody or control, or under
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`the control of registrars or registries with notice of this Order, immediately transfer the
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`domain names TEAM-XECUTER.COM, SX.XECUTER.COM, XECUTER.ROCKS,
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`TEAM-XECUTER.ROCKS, and MAXCONSOLE.COM, any variant or successor thereof
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`controlled by Defendant, and any other website or system that Defendant owns or controls,
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`directly or indirectly, that involves Nintendo’s Intellectual Property, to Plaintiff’s control.
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`5.
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`The Court further enjoins Defendant and all third parties acting in active concert
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`and participation with Defendant—including but not limited to any domain name registrars or
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`registries holding or listing any of Defendant’s Websites—from supporting or facilitating access
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`to any or all domain names, URLs, and websites (including, without limitation, TEAM-
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`XECUTER.COM, SX.XECUTER.COM, XECUTER.ROCKS, TEAM-XECUTER.ROCKS, and
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`MAXCONSOLE.COM), or any successor thereof, through which Defendant infringed Plaintiff’s
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`copyrights.
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`6.
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`The Court further orders, pursuant to 17 U.S.C. §§ 503 & 1203, upon Nintendo’s
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`selection and to the extent controlled by Defendant, the seizure, impoundment, and/or destruction
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`of all Circumvention Devices, including all copies of SX OS, and all other electronic material or
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`physical devices within Defendant’s custody, possession, or control—including any hard drives or
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`other electronic storage devices containing such material—that violate Nintendo’s rights under the
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`DMCA or infringe copyrights owned or exclusively licensed by Nintendo.
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`7.
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`This permanent injunction constitutes a binding court order, and any violations of
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`this order by Defendant will subject him to the full scope of this Court’s contempt authority,
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`including punitive, coercive, and monetary sanctions.
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`8.
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`This permanent injunction is binding against Defendant worldwide, without regard
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`to the territorial scope of the specific intellectual property rights asserted in the Complaint of the
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`above-captioned case, and may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction wherever
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`Defendant or his assets may be found.
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`8.
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`The Court shall maintain continuing jurisdiction over this action for the purpose of
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`enforcing this Final Judgment and Permanent Injunction. Plaintiff is not required to post any bond
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`or security in connection with the Final Judgment and Permanent Injunction, and Defendant has
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`permanently, irrevocably, and fully waived any right to request a bond or security.
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`IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Judgment be entered in this matter in accordance with
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`the terms set forth above, and that the clerk be, and hereby is, directed to close this matter.
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`IT IS SO ORDERED.
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`Dated this 7th day of December, 2021.
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`A
`Robert S. Lasnik
`United States District Judge
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