Artis v. STW - Complaint

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JUDGE CAPRON?

U N IT E D S TAT E S D I ST R IC T C O U R T

S O U T H E R N D I ST R IC T O F N E W Y O R K

A RTI S L L C,

Plaintiff,

-against-

ST W ENTERPRISE, INC. D /B/A / CA ILY N

COSMETICS,

D e f e n d a n t .

C as e N o .

C O M P L A I N T

Jury Tria l Demanded

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Plaintiff Artis LLC ( Artis or Plaintiff), by and through its undersigned counsel, GJ_zeit,oC/5 i E?

O'Connor, for its Complaint against Defendant STW Enterprise, Inc. d/b/a Cailyn Cosmetics5

( STW or Defendant ) alleges as follows:

P R E L I M I N A R Y S T A T E M E N T

This is an action for infringement o f Artis' United States Patent No. D699,041 under the

Patent Act, 35 U.S.C. § 271, based on Defendant's unauthorized manufacture, use, importation,

offer for sale, and/or sale of certain infringing cosmetic brushes in the United States.

P A R T I E S

1. Artis is a Ne w Jersey limited liability company with a principal place of business

located at 299 Pavonia Avenue, Jersey City, Ne w Jersey 07302.

2. Upon information and belief, Defendant is a California corporation with a

principal place of business located at 10450 Pioneer Blvd., Santa Fe Springs, California 90670.

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J U R IS D IC T IO N A N D V E N U E

3. This is an action for patent infringement in violation of the patent laws of the

United States, 35 U.S.C. § 271 etseq

4. This court has original jurisdiction over the subject matter of this action pursuant

to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1338(a) because this action involves claims arising under the patent

l a w s o f t he U n it ed Sta te s .

5. This Court has personaljurisdiction over Defendant because, among other

reasons, upon information and belief, it has derived revenue from the sales of products in this

District, it has systematic and continuous business contacts with this District and it has directlycommitted acts of patent infringement against the asserted patent referenced below in this

District .

6. Venue is proper in this District under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1391(b) and 1400(b) because,

among other reasons, Defendant has committed acts of patent infringement in this District and

because Defendant is subject to personal jurisdiction in this District.

F A C T S

7. Forthe last approximately six years, Artishas been designing, manufacturing

and selling a wide variety of unique and proprietary cosmetic brushes.

8. In or about January 2013, Plaintiff created and launched a line of cosmetic

brushes, calledthe Elite Collection, that have a uniqueand ornamental design. Artis'

cosmeticbrushes have been featured in numerous publications including Harper's Bazaar and

Al lu re .

9. Plaintiffs innovative designs for its cosmetic brushes are protected by various

intellectual property rights including a design patent issued by the United States Patent and

Trademark Office (the USPTO ).

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10. On or about February 11, 2014, the USPTO issued U.S. Design Patent No.

D699,041 (the ' 041 Patent ) entitled Cosmetic Brush, claiming an ornamental design for a

cosmetic brush. Artis is the owner by assignment of all right, title and interest in the '041

Patent. A true and correct copy of the '041 Patent is attached as Exhibit A to this Complaint

and is incorporated herein.

11. Defendant has and continues to infringe the '041 Patent by making, using,

selling and/or offering for sale a line o f cosmetic brushes under the brand name O WOW

BRUSH (hereinafter the Infringing Brushes ) in the United States as well as importing into the

United States Infringing Brushes that embody or use the inventions claimed in the '041 Patent.

12. By way of example, a side-by-side comparison of an Infringing Brush and

Figure 3 of the '041 Patent is shown below:

041 Patent Drawing Image o f Infringing Brush

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13. Upon information and belief, Defendant sells the Infringing Brushes directly to

consumers via its Internet website located at cailyncosmetics.com as well as through national

r e t a i l e r s s u ch a s a m a zo n .c o m .

14. Defendant has known of the existence o f the '041 Patent, an d its acts of

infringement have been willful and in disregard for the 041 Patent, without any reasonable basis

for believing that it had a right to engage in the infringing conduct.

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15. Specifically, on or about August 8, 2014, the manufacturer of Artis' cosmetic

brush products, with Artis' consent, sent a letter to Defendant alleging that Defendant is

infringing Artis' patent rights.

16. On or about August 19, 2014, counsel for Defendant, responding to the August

8, 2014 letter on Defendant's behalf, requested a copy of the relevant patent.

17. On or about September 5, 2014, counsel for Artis responded directly to

Defendant's counsel's August 9, 2014 letter by enclosing a copy of the '041 Patent and again

demanding that Defendant cease and desist its acts of infringement. Counsel for Defendant did

not respond to the September5,2014

letter.

18. On or about September 22, 2014, counsel for Artis sent an email to Defendant's

counsel requesting a response to the September 5, 2014 letter. Counsel for Defendant did not

respond to the September 22,2014 email. As of the date of this Complaint, no substantive

response has been received from Defendant or its counsel.

19. In view of the foregoing, and among other reasons, Defendant's infringing

c o n d u c t h as b ee n a nd c o n t i n u e s to b e wi l l fu l .

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I n f r i n g e me n t o f U .S . P a t e n t N o . D 6 99 .0 41

20. Plaintiff repeats and re-alleges Paragraphs 1-19 hereofas i f fully set forth herein.

21. Defendant has infringed and continues to infringe the '041 Patent by making,

using, selling and/or offering for sell in the United States, or importing into the United States,

including in this judicial district, one or more Infringing Brushes identified in this Complaint,

which embody the design claimed in the '041 Patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a).

22. Defendant's infringement has been, and continues to be knowing, intentional,

a n d wil l fu l .

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23. Defendant's acts o f infringement o f the '041 Patent have caused and will

continue to cause Artis damages for which Artis is entitled to compensation pursuant to 35

U.S.C. § 284.

24. Defendant's acts o f infringement o f the '041 Patent have caused and will

continue to cause Artis immediate and irreparable harm unless such infringing activities are

enjoined by this Court pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 283. Artis has no adequate remedy at law.

25. This case is exceptional and, therefore, Artis is entitled to an award of attorneys'

fees pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 285.

P R A Y E R F O R R E L I E F

WHEREFORE, Artis requests judgment against Defendant as follows:

A. Adjudging that Defendant has infringed the '041 Patent, in violation of 35

U.S.C. § 271(a);

B. Preliminarily and permanently enjoining Defendant, its employees, agents,

officers, directors, attorneys, successors, affiliates, subsidiaries and assigns, and all of those in

active concert and participation with any of the foregoing persons or entities from infringing,

contributing to the infringement of, or inducing infringement of the '041 Patent;

C. Ordering Defendant to account and pay damages adequate to compensate Artis

for Defendant's infringement of the '041 Patent, with pre-judgment and post-judgment interest

and costs, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 284;

D. Ordering that the damages award be increased up to three times the actual

amount assessed, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 284;

E. Declaring this case exceptional and awarding Artis its reasonable attorneys'

fees, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 285; and

F. Awarding such other and further reliefas this Court deems just and proper.

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D E M A N D F O R J U R Y T R I A L

Pursuant to Rule 38 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Artis demands a trial by jury

o n al l i s sues so t r iable .

Dated: December 8, 2014

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David Sunshine (DS 0973)C O Z E N O ' C O N N O R

2 77 P ar k Av en ue

Ne w York, NY 10172(212) [email protected]

Attorneys fo r PlaintiffArtis LLC



E X H I B I T A



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12 United States Design Patent io Patent no.:Waitesmith 45) Date of Patent:

US D699,041 SFeb . 11 ,2014

(54) COSMETIC BRUSH

(76) Inventor: Matthew Waitesmith Jersey City, NJ

(US)

(**) Term: 14 Years

(21) Appl. No.: 29/425 384

(22) Filed: Jun. 22 2012

Related U.S. Application Data

(63) Continuation of application No. 12/425,182, filed onApr. 16, 2009, now abandoned.

(51) LOC 10 C1 04-02(52) U.S. CI.

USPC D4/138; D4/104; D4/134(58) Field of Classification Search

USPC D4/104-112, 132, 134, 136, 138;15/143.1, 159.1, 160, 186-188, 167.1,

15/167.2, 167.3; D28/7, 20; 16/430, 431;132/216,218,313,317,320

See application file for complete search history.

(56) References Cited

U . S. PATE N T D O C U M E N T S

1,193,287 A * 8/1916 15/1881,647,453 A 1 1/ 19 27 K ra nt z1,657,450 A 1/1928 B a r n e s

D165,862 S * 2 / 1 9 5 2 D 4 / 1 3 4

2,706,825 A 4 / 1 9 5 5 B l a k e m a n

3,065,480 A 1 1 / 1 9 6 2 Sexton

D243,422 S * 2 / 1 9 7 7 D 4 / 1 0 4

4,165,755 A 8 / 1 9 7 9 C a s s a iD255 ,511 S 6/1980 H i l l e t a l

4,227,276 A 1 0 / 1 9 8 0 Ginsburg4,330,896 A 5 / 1 9 8 2 B o o t h4,598,437 A 7 / 1 9 8 6 Ernes t e t al .

D336,991 S 7/1993 M a k i n a m i

D346,902 S 5 / 1 9 9 4 M a k i n a m iD 3 5 7 J 2 3 S * 4/1995 D 4 / 1 0 4

C N

5,476,334 A5,511,276 AD373,250 SD387,203 S5,842,488 A

1 2 /1 9 9 5 Te ll o -Va l la r in o

4 / 1 9 9 6 L ee

9 /1 99 6 C av az za

12/1997 M a t h a r u

12/1998 B e l l e a u e t a l

(Continued)

F O R E I G N PATEN T D O C U M E N T S

2 0 1 4 5 3 6 2 5 U * 5 / 2 0 1 0

O T H E R P U B L I C AT I O N S

D4/104

D 4 / 1 0 4

GB 2051937 Registered DesignApplication, (La Brosse et DupontSA) Mar. 18, 1996, [online], [retrieved on Nov. 21, 2012] Retrievedfrom the DesignDatabaseof the Intellectual PropertyOfficeof theUnited Kingdom using the Internet: <URL: http://www.ipo.gov.u k > . *

(Continued)

Primary Examiner —Melanie H Tung s s i s t a n t x a m i n e r — Lav o n e D Tab o r

(74) ttorney Agent or Firm — Jason L. Gilbert

(57) CLAIMThe ornamental design for a cosmetic brush, as shown andd esc r i b ed .

D E S C R I P T I O N

FIG. 1 is a topperspectiveviewof a cosmeticbrush showingmy new design.FIG. 2 is a top view of a cosmetic brush showingmy newdesign; and,FIG. 3 isa firstsideviewof a cosmeticbrush showingmy newdesign.The ornamental design which is claimed is shown in solidlinesinthe drawings. Thebrokenlinesinthe drawings areforillustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimeddesign.

1 Claim 3 Drawing Sheets



US D699,041 SPage 2

(56) References Ci ted

U . S. PATE N T D O C U M E N T S

5,881,421 A 3 /1 99 9 D u ch ar m e6,039,051 A 3/2000 D orf

6,050,273 A 4/2000 Lhuisset6,108,847 A * 8 /2 00 0 C ue ma n et al 15/104.946,234,798 B l 5/2001 B e a l s e t a l .6,687,940 B l 2/2004 Gross eta l .6,779,532 B2 8/2004 D o rf7 ,182 ,542 B2 2 /2 00 7 H oh lb ei n

D589,258 S * 3/2009 Lit tmanneta l D4/1047,823,593 B2 11/2010 Guere t

2005 /0188486 A l 9 /2005 Tubman2007/0143942 A l 6 /2 007 Fo x et al 15/143.1

O T H E R P U B L IC AT I O N S

KR 300022366 Registered Design Bibliography, May 15, 1978,

[online], [retrievedon Nov. 15, 2012] Retrieved from the Design

Database of the Korean Intellectual Property Rights Information

Service using Internet: <URL: http//eng.kipris.or.kr>.*

CN 301434919 Registered Design, (Qin, Bingxian) Jan. 12, 2011,[online], [retrievedon Jan. 13, 2013] Retrieved from the QuestelIntellectual Property Portal Design Database using the Internet:<URL: http://www.orbit.com>.*

* cited by examiner



U.S. Patent Feb ll , 2 14 Sheet 1of3 U S D699,041 S

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U.S. P a t e n t Feb. ll, 2014 Sheet 2of3 US D699,041 S

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U.S. Patent Feb ll, 2 14 Sheet 3of3 US D699,041 S

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