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Barefoot Contessa Pantry, LLC, InaGarten, and Ina Garten, LLC
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PLAINTIFF(S) ADDRESS(ES) AND COUNTY(IES)
Ina Garten, 46 Newton Lane, East Hampton, New York 11937, Suffolk CountyIna Garten LLC, 46 Newton Lane, East Hampton, New York 11937, Suffolk CountyBarefoot Contessa Pantry, LLC, 46 Newton Lane, East Hampton, New York 11937, Suffolk County
DEFENDANT(S) ADDRESS(ES) AND COUNTY(IES)
O.F.I. Imports, Inc., 1912 East Vernon Ave., Vernon, California, 90058, Los Angeles CountyContessa Premium Foods, Inc., 4000 Noakes St., Commerce, California 90023, Los Angeles CountyAqua Star (USA) Co., 1912 East Vernon Ave., Vernon, California, 90058, LosAngeles CountyRed Chamber Co., 912 East Vernon Ave., Vernon, California, 90058, Los Angeles County
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BAREFOOT CONTESSA PANTRY, LLC , INAGARTEN, and INA GARTEN, LLC,
Plaintiffs,
AQUA STAR (USA) CO., CONTESSAPREMIUM FOODS, INC., O.F.I. IMPORTS, INC.,and RED CHAMBER CO.
Defendants.
Civil Action No.
COMPLAINT
JURY TRIAL DEMANDED:
Plaintiffs Barefoot Contessa Pantry, LLC, Ina Garten ("Chef Garten"), and Ina
Garten, LLC (together "Barefoot Contessa"), by their attorneys Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &
Garrison LLP, for their complaint against defendants Aqua Star (USA) Co. ("Aqua Star"),
Contessa Premium Foods, Inc. ("Contessa Premium"), O.F.I. Imports, Inc. ("OFI"), and Red
Chamber Co. ("Red Chamber") (collectively, "Defendants"), allege as follows:
Nature of the Action
1. Barefoot Contessa brings this action for injunctive relief and damages to
halt a campaign of consumer confusion recently launched by its ex-licensee, which is selling —
in bad faith and without any authorization by Barefoot Contessa — frozen dinners in packaging
nearly identical to Barefoot Contessa's distinctive trade dress and frozen dinners under the
BAREFOOT CONTESSA trademark.
2. Launched more than 35 years ago, Barefoot Contessa, and its owner and
founder Ina Garten, have realized enormous success across a range of cooking-related
publishing, broadcast and merchandising ventures, which include a celebrated series of
cookbooks, a celebrated Emmy-award winning television show on the Food Network for more
than twelve years, and popular lines of high-end food products. The BAREFOOT CONTESSA
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brand and associated trademarks and other intellectual property owned by Barefoot Contessa
have amassed substantial consumer goodwill, distinction, and commercial value.
3. In 2012, Barefoot Contessa and frozen food manufacturer and distributor
Contessa Premium — unrelated entities with similar trademarks who agreed in a prior settlement
agreement never to use the other's trademarks in a confusing manner — entered into a license in
which Barefoot Contessa granted Contessa Premium the right to use its intellectual property,
including the BAREFOOT CONTESSA mark, in connection with the manufacture, distribution
and sale of frozen dinners under the BAREFOOT CONTESSA brand. Consistent with Barefoot
Contessa's emphasis on the highest quality food, ingredients and goods across its businesses, the
license granted Barefoot Contessa strict control over the quality of the frozen dinners produced
pursuant to the license and the use of its intellectual property in connection with the licensed
products.
4. To that end, Barefoot Contessa itself designed — using its recognizable
shaded-stripe pattern that adorns nearly all of its products and a design similarto the distinctive
trade dress of its other food products — the packaging for the frozen dinners: a 22-ounce plastic
pouch with, on the front, the BAREFOOT CONTESSA mark superimposed on a pattern of
alternating vertical stripes in similar shades of red in the top third of the package, a banner
featuring the recipe name in all lower case letters, a description and photograph of the prepared
dinner that wraps around the right side of the package, and, on the back, a photo of the fresh
ingredients and a personalized note from Chef Garten, signed "Ina," including a tip on how to
make the meal "Even Better."
5. The BAREFOOT CONTESSA line of frozen dinners was launched in
February 2013, and was sold nationwide in major supermarket chains for over a year.
BAREFOOT CONTESSA frozen dinners were also marketed and promoted nationally online, on
television, and in print.
6. On April 30, 2014, Contessa Premium — facing an uncertain financial
future — assigned its assets for the benefit of its creditors, and Barefoot Contessa, consistent
with its rights under the license, terminated the license effective May 1, 2014. OFI, a worldwide
marketer and distributor of seafood products, purchased Contessa Premium's assets, including its
trademarks, and approached Barefoot Contessa to become its new frozen food licensee — an
invitation Barefoot Contessa categorically rejected given OFI's lack of experience in the frozen
food business beyond seafood. Instead, Barefoot Contessa granted OFI solely the limited right to
sell off existing inventory of BAREFOOT CONTESSA frozen dinners for a limited period,
subject to OFI's explicit acknowledgment in the sell-through agreement that OFI would not
manufacture or marketany new product, and that it wouldpromptly destroy any items, including
packaging, using Barefoot Contessa's intellectual property.
7. With full knowledge of Barefoot Contessa's intellectual property rights
and its rights under the settlement, license and sell-through agreements — and notwithstanding
that OFI and Contessa Premiumhad no rights whatsoever to use Barefoot Contessa's intellectual
property and that OFI's sell-through rights are long expired — Defendants are willfully, and in
bad faith, manufacturing, distributing and selling a line of frozen dinners (the vast majority of
which are the same dinners using the same recipes as the dinners previously manufactured under
the terminated license) in packaging that is virtually identical to the trade dress of Barefoot
Contessa's frozen dinners. Indeed, the sole differences in the packaging are immaterial:
Defendants' packaging replaces the BAREFOOT CONTESSA mark with CONTESSA CHEF
INSPIRED; it replaces the photograph of Chef Garten with a photograph of another brunette
woman; it replaces the signature "Ina" with "Enjoy," written in the same font and style; and it
substitutes barely noticeable differences in wording in the personalized note section.
8. Also in violation of Barefoot Contessa's rights and the sell-through
agreement, Defendants are still selling and, upon information and belief, manufacturing
counterfeit BAREFOOT CONTESSA frozen dinners in the actual packaging previously used by
Contessa Premium, pursuant to its now-terminated license.
9. Uponinformation andbelief, Defendants' frozen dinner line is intended to
target directly the likely consumers of BAREFOOT CONTESSA-branded products and products
bearing Barefoot Contessa's distinctive food product trade dress. Upon information and belief,
Defendants' unauthorized use of Barefoot Contessa's intellectual property is intended to take
unfair advantage of Barefoot Contessa's established and unparalleled reputation in the field of
cooking and food-related products, in order to market its frozen dinner line more successfully to
consumers. Although they have no right to do so, and were refused the right to do so by
Barefoot Contessa, Defendants will thereby obtain the benefits of the reputation and consumer
goodwill thatBarefoot Contessa has painstakingly builtovermore than35 years, andDefendants
will enjoy — for free — the benefit that would be enjoyed by official licensees or endorsees,
which they are not.
10. Defendants' conduct is likely to confuse a significant and substantial
number of consumers and to induce them into falsely believing that Defendants are somehow
associated with Barefoot Contessa, and/or that Barefoot Contessa has sponsored, endorsed, or
approved Defendants' products. Upon information and belief, Defendants' actions are
deliberate, willful, and in conscious disregard of Barefoot Contessa's rights.
11. In so acting, Defendants are engaging in willful infringement and dilution
of Barefoot Contessa's famous trade dress and trademarks and willful breach of contract, among
other violations. Barefoot Contessa therefore brings this action seeking damages arising from,
and an injunction prohibiting, Defendants' unauthorized and unlawful use of its intellectual
property.
THE PARTIES
12. Plaintiff Barefoot Contessa Pantry, LLC is a limited liability company
organized under the laws ofNew York with its principal place of business at 46 Newtown Lane,
East Hampton, New York 11937.
13. Plaintiff Ina Garten is an individual with an address at 46 Newtown Lane,
East Hampton, New York 11937. Ina Garten is an owner of Ina Garten, LLC and Barefoot
Contessa Pantry, LLC.
14. Plaintiff Ina Garten, LLC is a limited liability company organized under
the laws ofNew York with an address at 46 Newtown Lane, East Hampton, New York 11937.
15. Defendant Aqua Star (USA) Co. is a corporation organized under the laws
of Washington State with its principal place of business at 1912 East Vernon Ave., Vernon,
California, 90058.
16. Upon information and belief, Defendant Contessa Premium Foods, Inc. is
a corporation organized under the laws of California and doing business at 4000 Noakes St.,
Commerce, California 90023.
17. Defendant O.F.I. Imports, Inc. is a corporation organized under the laws of
California with its principal place of business at 1912 East Vernon Ave., Vernon, California,
90058.
18. Defendant Red Chamber Co. is a corporation organized under the laws of
California with its principal place of business at 1912 East Vernon Ave., Vernon, California,
90058. Red Chamber Co. is the parent company of OFI, Aqua Star, and, on information and
belief, Contessa Premium.
JURISDICTION AND VENUE
19. This action arises under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051, etseq., and
the statutory and common laws of the State of New York. This Court's jurisdiction is based
upon 15 U.S.C. § 1121 and 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1332, and 1338. The amount in controversy
exceeds $75,000. This Court has supplemental jurisdiction over the related state and common
law claims pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1338(b) and 1367(a).
20. This Court has personal jurisdiction over Defendants pursuant to N.Y.
Civ. Prac. L. & R. ("CPLR") § 302(a), because Defendants have (i) transacted business within
the state (CPLR § 302(a)(1)); (ii) committed a tortious act within the state (CPLR §302(a)(2));
and/or (iii) committed a tortious act without the state causing injury to person or property within
the state, expects or should reasonably expect the act to have consequences in the state, and
derives substantial revenue from interstate commerce (CPLR § 302(a)(3)(ii)).
21. This Court also has personal jurisdiction over Defendants because they
consented bycontract to be subject to thejurisdiction of this Court.
22. Venue is proper in this district pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b)(1) because
Defendants reside in this district (as that term is defined in 28 U.S.C. § 1391(c)(2)) and/or
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b)(2) because a substantial part of the events or omissions giving
rise to this action have occurred and/or will occur in this district. Venue is also proper in this
district because the contracts at issue specify that all disputes arising out of them shall be
adjudicated in this district.
BACKGROUND
Chef Garten and Barefoot Contessa
23. Chef Garten is a celebrated author and award-winning television
personality, and the creator and driving force behind the BAREFOOT CONTESSA brand of
cooking-related publications, programs and consumer products.
24. TheBAREFOOT CONTESSA brand is named after a small but celebrated
specialty food store in the Hamptons operated by Chef Garten beginning in 1978. The
BAREFOOT CONTESSA store quickly amassed a cult-like following of customers and since
then the BAREFOOT CONTESSA brand has grown through a series of highly successful
publishing, broadcasting and merchandising ventures into one ofthe premier brands in its field.
25. Since 1999, Chef Garten has published nine critically acclaimed and
highly popular cookbooks under the BAREFOOT CONTESSA brand. The first printing ofher
latest book, Make It Ahead: a Barefoot Contessa Cookbook, was 1.3 million copies and debuted
at number one on the New York Times bestseller list. Her previous and similarly successful
titles include Barefoot Contessa Cookbook (1999), Barefoot Contessa Parties! (2001), Barefoot
Contessa Family Style (2002), Barefoot in Paris (2004), Barefoot Contessa at Home (2006),
Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics (2008), Barefoot Contessa How Easy is That? (2010), and
Barefoot Contessa Foolproof (2012). Eight of the BAREFOOT CONTESSA cookbooks have
been prominently ranked on the New York Times bestseller list. Five ofthe books were number
one on the New York Times bestseller list. Two of them — The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook
and The Barefoot Contessa Parties! —were nominated for a prestigious James Beard Award in
the Entertaining & Special Occasion Cookbooks category. There currently are more than ten
million BAREFOOT CONTESSA cookbooks in print.
26. The BAREFOOT CONTESSA brand also has a substantial footprint in
television and electronic media entertainment. Its centerpiece is the award-winning home
entertainment cooking show BarefootContessa, which airs six days a week on the Food Network
— to an audience of 300,000 to 1 million viewers per episode — and has run without
interruption for twelve years. Created and hosted by Chef Garten, and filmed in the kitchen of
her East Hampton home, the show features recipes, menus, and serving ideas for entertaining.
Barefoot Contessa has a large and devoted viewership, was nominated for Daytime Emmy
awards in 2005, 2007 and 2008 and received the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding
Lifestyle/Culinary Show Host in 2009 and 2010. Chef Garten also received a James Beard
Award for Outstanding Personality/Host in 2014. The show is supported by a dedicated and
frequently updated website, www.barefootcontessa.com. the content of which includes recipes
and tips featured on each episode of the show, along with a popular Facebook blog by Chef
Garten that was launched in 2012. Like Chef Garten's cookbooks and television show, the
Facebook blog has a substantial following: it gained more than 100,000 followers within a few
weeks of launch, and has over 750,000 followers today. Chef Garten also has over a quarter of a
million followers on Instagram and tens of thousands of followers on Twitter and Pinterest.
27. To maintain her goodwill and the prestige of the BAREFOOT
CONTESSA brand, Chef Garten has been highly selective with respect to merchandizing
ventures. Since the inception of the BAREFOOT CONTESSA brand, she has been careful to
associate it solely with a handful of product lines over which she has substantial creative input
and absolute control over the design and quality, to ensure that any products bearing the brand
conform to the core values and high quality standards for which the brand is famous. The
Barefoot Contessa ventures into consumer food products have included a line of high-quality
packaged mixes, marinades, sauces, and preserves that Chef Garten designed and launched under
the BAREFOOT CONTESSA mark in 2006. And, as further discussed below, they also
included a line of frozen dinners manufactured and marketed under license by Contessa Premium
in 2013 and 2014.
28. The BAREFOOT CONTESSA food products have been marketed
nationally online, on television, and in print. Barefoot Contessa and its business partners and
licensees have spent millions of dollars in advertising and promoting the BAREFOOT
CONTESSA brand using the Barefoot Contessa intellectual property, including the Barefoot
Contessa trade dress and the BAREFOOT CONTESSA and INA GARTEN marks.
29. By delivering consistently high quality products and media programming,
and through its signature emphasis on natural ingredients and time-saving tips, the BAREFOOT
CONTESSA-branded ventures have generated immense commercial goodwill and acclaim for
the brand and its creator.
The Barefoot Contessa Intellectual Property
30. Ina Garten, LLC owns several valid and incontestable United States
trademark registrations for BAREFOOT CONTESSA in connection with various goods and
services associated with the BAREFOOT CONTESSA brand. {See Ex. A, Registration No.
2,892,226 (2004) (retail store services featuring gourmet foods and books); Ex. B, Registration
No. 3,216,738 (2007) (online retail store services featuring cookbooks, recipes, stationery,
journals, coffee mugs, canvas bag, t-shirts, peppermills, zester, and/or other food/cooking related
merchandise; entertainment services in the nature of ongoing television programs in the field of
food and cooking, and in the nature of providing online information services featuring Ina
Garten, her television program, and her books, providing an online data base in the field of
recipes and cooking information); and Ex. C, Registration No. 4,203,987 (2012) (jams; curds;
fruit preserves; mixes for bakery goods; cake mixes; cookie mixes; frosting mixes; icing mixes;
pancake mixes; waffle mixes; muffin mixes; marshmallow mixes; coffee; chocolate; hot
chocolate; flavoring syrups; topping syrups).) Barefoot Contessa has used the BAREFOOT
CONTESSA mark in interstate commerce continuously throughout its history as a symbol of the
consistent quality andhighvalue of its services and products.
31. Barefoot Contessa uses distinctive design elements in connection with the
BAREFOOT CONTESSA-branded ventures, which have come to represent Barefoot Contessa in
the minds of consumers. BAREFOOT CONTESSA products and promotional materials almost
always feature a pattern ofalternating vertical or horizontal stripes ofequal width, in lighter and
darker shades of the same color (the "Shaded Stripe Pattern"), which was inspired by the
wallpaper in Chef Garten's kitchen. Avisual hallmark ofthe brand, this Shaded Stripe Pattern is
featured inside and on the spine of the BAREFOOT CONTESSA cookbooks, the box for the
cookbook sets, the BAREFOOT CONTESSA website, and on the packaging for the
BAREFOOT CONTESSA food products. (See, e.g., Exs. D - E.)
32. All food products marketed under the BAREFOOT CONTESSA brand
carry a consistent and inherently distinctive trade dress (the "Food Product Trade Dress"),
developed solely by Barefoot Contessa, which incorporates the signature design elements shared
byother BAREFOOT CONTESSA-branded content and products.
33. First, in the top third of the packaging for each product, the Food Product
Trade Dress incorporates the distinctive Shaded Stripe Pattern. Second, the Food Product Trade
Dress incorporates the mark BAREFOOT CONTESSA printed in white all lower-case letters on
top of the Shaded Stripe Pattern. Third, the Food Product Trade Dress includes a horizontal
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banner beneath the striped pattern with the recipe name centered inall lower case letters. Fourth,
the Food Product Trade Dress includes a photograph of the prepared product on the lower
portion of the packaging that wraps around its right side. Fifth, the back of the package includes
quotes and tips from ChefGarten. (Exs. D - E.)
34. As a result of its inherent and acquired distinctiveness, the Food Product
Trade Dress has come to represent the BAREFOOT CONTESSA brand in the minds of
consumers.
The License with Contessa Premium
35. ContessaPremium is a manufacturer and distributor of seafood and frozen
food products, which owns the registered trademark CONTESSA. Images of examples of
packaging for CONTESSA-branded frozen food products are attached as Exhibit F.
36. In December 2011, Barefoot Contessa and Contessa Premium, recognizing
the potential for consumer confusion from the parties' use ofthe similar trademarks, entered into
a settlement and coexistence agreement regarding the use of their respective trademarks (the
"Settlement Agreement"). The Settlement Agreement specifically concerned the parties' use of
the CONTESSA mark to which Contessa Premium asserted an interest, and the BAREFOOT
CONTESSA mark owned by Barefoot Contessa. Pursuant to that Settlement Agreement, the
parties specifically agreed to "make all efforts to avoid confusion between their two brands," and
Contessa Premium was expressly prohibited from "us[ing]... any word or design element in
combination with CONTESSA that would be likely to create consumer confusion between
Contessa Premium and Garten." Barefoot Contessa agreed not to object to or interfere with
Contessa Premium's use of the CONTESSA mark in combination with other elements (exclusive
of BAREFOOT or its equivalents) in connection with frozen meals, frozen entrees, or frozen
seafood, so long as such use was consistent with the Settlement Agreement. Barefoot Contessa
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also agreed not to seek to register or use the BAREFOOT CONTESSA mark in connection with
frozen meals, frozen entrees and frozen seafood anywhere in the world. The Settlement
Agreement is binding on the parties' successors, assigns, and affiliated companies.
37. Following the settlement, Barefoot Contessa and Contessa Premium
began discussing a potential licensing venture. Thereafter, on September 12, 2012, the parties
entered into a License Agreement (the "License"), pursuant to which Barefoot Contessa granted
Contessa Premium a license to use certain of its trademarks, including BAREFOOT
CONTESSA and INAGARTEN, ChefGarten's likeness andbiographical information, andother
intellectual property in connection with a line offrozen dinners to be manufactured and marketed
by Contessa Premium.
38. The design for the packaging for the BAREFOOT CONTESSA frozen
dinners (the "Frozen Dinner Trade Dress") was developed and created byBarefoot Contessa.
39. Like all other BAREFOOT CONTESSA-branded product packaging, the
Frozen Dinner Trade Dress incorporated each element of the Food Product Trade Dress: (1) the
Shaded Stripe Pattern onthe top third ofthe package; (2) "barefoot contessa" printed inwhite on
top ofthe Shaded Stripe Pattern; (3) a horizontal banner beneath the Shaded Stripe Pattern with
the recipe name in all lower case letters; (4) a photograph of the prepared dinner on the lower
portion ofthe packaging that wraps around its right side; (5) on the back of the package, quotes
and tips from Chef Garten; as well as some additional design elements specific to the Frozen
Dinner Trade Dress. (See Ex. E)
40. Specifically, the front panel of the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress features: (1)
the Shaded Stripe Pattern in lighter and darker shades ofred inthe top third ofthe packaging; (2)
on top of the Shaded Stripe Pattern, "barefoot contessa" printed in white and a photograph of
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Chef Garten, along with a dash and the word "Ina" in white cursive font intended to look like
handwriting; (3) a colored horizontal banner beneath the Shaded Stripe Pattern with the recipe
name (e.g., "beef stew bourguignon") in white text and all lower case letters; and (4) a
photograph of the prepared dinner on the lower portion of the front panel, with a three-line
description ofthe product in black text in the upper left corner ofthe photograph. (See Id.)
41. The right side panel of the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress carries over the
Shaded Stripe Pattern, the colored horizontal banner with the recipe name in the same type and
style as the front panel, and the photograph that are featured on the front. (See Id.)
42. The left side panel of the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress features the
nutritional panel surrounded by the same Shaded Stripe Pattern. (See Id.)
43. The back panel of the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress features a white box
surrounded by the red Shaded Stripe Pattern. The top and bottom ofthe white box is divided by
a red line. The bottom portion ofthe box contains cooking instructions and a photograph ofthe
product being prepared in a saute" pan. The top left hand corner of the white box features a
colored banner with the recipe name in white text that is all lower case. The BAREFOOT
CONTESSA brand name appears in the top right corner ofthe white box in red lettering and all
lower case letters. (See Id.)
44. Beneath the banner containing the recipe name, the back panel of the
Frozen Dinner Trade Dress features a quote from Chef Garten in black and a tip to make the
product "Even Better," with "Even Better" in red text followed by the tip in black text. Beneath
the tip there is adash followed by "Ina" in red cursive font intended to look like handwriting. To
the right of this text is a photograph of some of the ingredients found in the product and the
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phrase "Nothing tastes better than a freshly cooked dinner made with great ingredients." in italic
red text. (See Id)
45. Consistent with Barefoot Contessa's general emphasis on high quality
food, ingredients and goods across each of its business lines, the License granted Barefoot
Contessa strict control over the quality of goods produced pursuant to the License and the use of
the licensed Barefoot Contessa intellectual property. Forexample, the License required approval
from Barefoot Contessa for any significant changes to the quality of the frozen dinners, including
changes to ingredient sourcing.
46. Using the proprietary recipes and quality standards supplied by Barefoot
Contessa and following the approval of the products by Barefoot Contessa, beginning in 2013,
Contessa Premium manufactured and marketed nine separate products in connection with the
frozen food line: "beef stew bourguignon," "sesame chicken & noodles," "shrimp scampi &
linguine," "creamy chicken stew," "garlic & ginger chicken," "jambalaya," "pasta carbonara
with pancetta," "penne pastawith five cheeses" and"tequila lime chicken."
47. The line was marketed using the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress and other
Barefoot Contessa intellectual property supplied byBarefoot Contessa, which Contessa Premium
incorporated into a dedicated website, http://www.barefoot.contessa.com, that it maintained to
promote the products to consumers.
48. The line was advertised and promotedonline, on television, and in print
and sold in supermarket chains and retailers including Stop & Shop, Safeway, Publix and
Walmart nationwide. The licensed BAREFOOT CONTESSA frozen dinners reached close to
$20 millionin retail sales in less than two years and held strong market share in severalkey
retailers.
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OFI's Acquisition ofContessa Premium and Execution ofthe Sell-Through Agreement
49. On or around April 30, 2014, in the face ofmounting financial difficulties,
Contessa Premium executed a general assignment ofits assets for the benefit ofits creditors. In
light of the assignment, and pursuant to its rights under Section 7(a)(iii) of the License, Barefoot
Contessa terminated the License on May 1, 2014.
50. Immediately upon termination, Contessa Premium was obligated under the
License to stop manufacturing all products under the License and to cease all use ofthe licensed
Barefoot Contessa intellectual property, but was permitted to sell "Sell-Through Items," certain
then-existing inventory, for a limitedperiod.
51. Shortly after the termination ofthe License, upon information and belief,
OFI, through its affiliate Aqua Star, purchased substantially all of the Contessa Premium assets,
including the CONTESSA brand name and trademark. In connection with the acquisition, OFI
approached Barefoot Contessa with a request for a new license to continue production of the
BAREFOOT CONTESSA line of frozen dinners. Barefoot Contessa refused OFI's request
because OFI has no experience manufacturing food items beyond seafood, and therefore
Barefoot Contessa was not comfortable that OFI could manufacture the product consistent with
Barefoot Contessa's stringent quality standards.
52. Instead, OFI and Barefoot Contessa entered into a limited agreement (the
"Sell-Through Agreement"), pursuant to which OFI was permitted to sell the Sell-Through Items
for a limited period that is now long expired, but was explicitly prohibited from manufacturing or
selling any new product and was required to destroy any remaining Sell-Through Items upon the
expiration ofits rights. Other than in connection with its limited rights to sell the Sell-Through
Items, OFI had no right to use any of theBarefoot Contessa intellectual property.
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53. Although OFI requested that it be allowed to manufacture additional
product to fill empty BAREFOOT CONTESSA frozen food dinner packages that it acquired
from Contessa Premium, Barefoot Contessa refused OFI's request. Instead, the Sell-Through
Agreement required that OFI promptly destroy any items, including packaging, that use the
Barefoot Contessa intellectual property, subject toOFI's right to sell the Sell-Through Items.
Defendants' Unlawful Activities
54. Although Defendants have no license or right to use any of Barefoot
Contessa's intellectual property and OFI's sell-through rights have expired, Defendants are
currently attempting to pass off their products as licensed BAREFOOT CONTESSA products, in
violation of their agreements with Barefoot Contessa and Barefoot Contessa's intellectual
property rights, in at least two ways: (1) Defendants are manufacturing, distributing, and selling
a new line of frozen dinners branded as CONTESSA CHEF INSPIRED using trade dress that is
a direct and brazen copy of the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress and the Food Product Trade Dress;
and (2) Defendants are selling and, upon information and belief, manufacturing and distributing,
BAREFOOT CONTESSA frozen dinners in the exact same package in which the licensed
BAREFOOT CONTESSA frozen dinners were sold (the "Licensed Package"), which
prominently displays the BAREFOOT CONTESSA trademark and other Barefoot Contessa
intellectual property (together, the "Infringing Products").
Defendants' "Contessa Chef-Inspired" Frozen Dinners
55. Defendants currently are marketing a new line of frozen dinners under the
mark CONTESSA CHEF INSPIRED. (See Ex. G.) CONTESSA CHEF INSPIRED frozen
dinners are currently being offered for sale in certain markets, including in Stop & Shop in
Hampton Bays, New York. Upon information and belief, Defendants have already begun to
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distribute and sell their CONTESSA CHEF INSPIRED products to consumers nationally,
including in this judicialdistrict.
56. The entire package for the CONTESSA CHEF INSPIRED frozen dinners
(the "Contessa Chef Inspired Package") is directly copied from the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress
and the Food Product Trade Dress with only minor, immaterial alterations. (Compare Ex. E to
Ex. G.)
57. The front of the Contessa Chef Inspired Package is virtually identical to
theFrozen Dinner Trade Dress andthe Food Product Trade Dress. It features: (1) the exact same
Shaded Stripe Pattern in lighter and darker shades ofred in the top third ofthe packaging; (2) the
brand name, including the CONTESSA mark, printed in white on top of the Shaded Stripe
Pattern; (3) the exact same horizontal banner beneath the Shaded Stripe Pattern with the exact
same recipe name in all lower case letters, in exactly the same font, color and size; (4) the exact
same recipe name (e.g., "beef stew bourguignon"); and (5) the exact same photograph of the
prepared dinner on the lower portion ofthe packaging, with the exact same description of the
product, in the exact same place, font, color and size. Defendants merely substituted a
photograph of another brunette woman in place of Chef Garten's photograph at the top of the
package and replaced the BAREFOOT CONTESSA brand name with CONTESSA CHEF
INSPIRED, using the same white cursive font for "Chef Inspired" as that used for the word "Ina"
on the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress. (See Ex. H.)
58. The side panels of the packages are likewise virtually indistinguishable.
Like the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress and the Food Product Trade Dress, the right side of the
Contessa Chef Inspired Package carries over the Shaded Stripe Pattern, the horizontal colored
banner with the recipe name in the same type and style as the front panel, and the photograph
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that are featured on the front (Ex. I), and the left side features the nutritional panel surrounded by
the same Shaded Stripe Pattern (Ex. J).
59. The back panel ofthe Contessa Chef Inspired Package is also essentially
identical to the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress. Like the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress, the back panel
ofthe Contessa Chef Inspired Package features: (1) awhite box surrounded by the same Shaded
Stripe Pattern divided in half by a red line; (2) in the bottom portion of the white box, cooking
instructions and a photograph of the dinner being prepared in a saute pan identical to the
photographs used in the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress; (3) acolored banner with the recipe name in
white text in the top left hand corner of the white box, using the same font and lower case text;
and (4) the brand name in the top right corner ofthe white box in red lettering. (Ex. K.)
60. The back of the infringing Contessa Chef Inspired Package also includes
language identical or substantially similar to the quotes and tips used on the Frozen Dinner Trade
Dress, using the same fonts and colors. For example, the back panel of the BAREFOOT
CONTESSA "penne pasta with five cheeses" frozen dinner includes the following language:
"This grown-up Mac &Cheese is easy enough to make for your family but delicious enough to
serve to company" and "Even Better: Sprinkle with chopped fresh basil." The Contessa Chef
Inspired Package for "penne pasta with five cheeses" contains identical language in identical
fonts and colors. Instead of being "signed" with a dash with Chef Garten's name, the Contessa
Chef Inspired Package features adash followed by the word "Enjoy" using the same font as Chef
Garten's name, also inred. The phrase "Nothing tastes better than a freshly cooked dinner made
with great ingredients." on the back panel ofthe Contessa Chef Inspired Package is also copied
directly from the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress. (Ex. K.)
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61. All of the photographs of food or ingredients used on the Contessa Chef
Inspired Package are identical to the photographs used in the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress.
62. Further, upon information and belief, Defendants are manufacturing their
CONTESSA CHEF INSPIRED line of frozen dinners using Chef Garten's proprietary recipes
that were provided to Contessa Premium in connection with the terminated license. Defendants'
unauthorized use of ChefGarten's recipes is not subject to the strictquality control standards and
approval requirements, including with respect to ingredient sourcing, prescribed in the License.
63. Defendants' use of the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress, the Food Product
Trade Dress and other Barefoot Contessa intellectual property, without Barefoot Contessa's
authorization or oversight, is causing irreparable harm to the extensive goodwill that has been
established in the BAREFOOT CONTESSA name, trademark, and other intellectual property,
and to Barefoot Contessa's reputation for high quality products.
64. Rather than destroying any items in its possession using the Barefoot
Contessa intellectual property as required under the Sell-Through Agreement, including Barefoot
Contessa's Frozen Dinner Trade Dress, copyrighted photographs, and recipes, Defendants
unlawfully used these items to misappropriate Barefoot Contessa's goodwill when the license
they requested was denied. Defendants' use of the Barefoot Contessa intellectual property is
clearly calculated to confuse consumers into believing thatBarefoot Contessa has manufactured,
authorized, endorsed, or sponsored the CONTESSA CHEF INSPIRED frozen dinners or that the
CONTESSA CHEF INSPIRED frozen dinners are affiliated or associated with Barefoot
Contessa, all in violation of Barefoot Contessa's intellectual property rights. Indeed, the
CONTESSA CHEF INSPIRED frozen dinners have caused actual confusion in the marketplace.
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65. Defendants' use of the very same dinners previously manufactured under
the license with Barefoot Contessa, using, upon information and belief, Barefoot Contessa's
proprietary recipes, in conjunction with the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress suggests to consumers
that the license was never terminated and that Barefoot Contessa just made small tweaks to the
Licensed Package when nothing could be further from thetruth.
66. Notwithstanding that Defendants' sole right to use the CONTESSA
trademark is subject to the Settlement Agreement between Contessa Premium and Barefoot
Contessa, which prohibits any use of the CONTESSA mark in combination with any word or
design element that would be likely to create consumer confusion between Contessa Premium
and Chef Garten, upon information and belief, Defendants — in flagrant violation of the
Settlement Agreement — chose the very name of the product, "Contessa Chef Inspired,"
intentionally to create confusion and form an association in the consumer's mind between
Defendants' products and Chef Garten, the famous chef associated with Barefoot Contessa.
Simply put, Defendants helped themselves to the license that Barefoot Contessa emphatically
refused to grant them.
Defendants' Sale of BAREFOOT CONTESSA Products
67. In addition, Defendants are continuing to sell, and, upon information and
belief, to manufacture and distribute, counterfeit BAREFOOT CONTESSA frozen dinners inthe
Licensed Package, which prominently displays the BAREFOOT CONTESSA trademark and
other Barefoot Contessa intellectual property, despite the termination of the License and the
expiration of OFI's rights under the Sell-Through Agreement.
68. Despite the expiration of OFI's only rights to sell off existing inventory,
Defendants continue to offer products in the Licensed Package, purporting to be licensed
BAREFOOT CONTESSA frozen dinners, for sale to consumers in Florida and, upon
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information and belief, nationally, in violation of the Sell-Through Agreement. Further, some of
these products bear sell-by dates in March and April 2016. (See Ex. L.) Because BAREFOOT
CONTESSA frozen dinners have a shelf-life of no more than eighteen months and the last
permissible date to manufacture BAREFOOT CONTESSA frozendinners under the License was
before May 1, 2014, the Marchand April sell-by dates make it clear that not only are Defendants
selling products in the Licensed Package after their right to do so has expired, but they also have
been manufacturing counterfeit BAREFOOT CONTESSA frozen dinners in the Licensed
Packagedespite the clear prohibition on manufacturing in the Sell-Through Agreement.
69. Moreover, the Licensed Package for BAREFOOT CONTESSA products
containing meat or poultry includeda seal from the U.S. Department of Agriculture ("U.S.D.A.")
with the plant number at which the product was produced. At least some of the products
currently being sold in the Licensed Package have a sticker placed over the original U.S.D.A.
seal and the packagebears a new plant number for a plant that is operated by a subsidiary of Red
Chamber, further indicating that Defendants have been manufacturing new inventory and selling
counterfeit BAREFOOT CONTESSA frozen dinners using the Licensed Package in direct
violation of the Sell-Through Agreement and Barefoot Contessa's intellectual property rights.
(See Ex. L.)
70. Defendants also continued to advertise the sale of frozen dinners in the
Licensed Package using the Barefoot Contessa intellectual property and Frozen Dinner Trade
Dress online at http://www.barefoot.contessa.com.
71. Defendants' continued advertising, manufacturing, distribution, and sale
of frozen dinners in the Licensed Package is a flagrant violation of the Sell-Through Agreement,
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the License Agreement, the Settlement Agreement and Barefoot Contessa's intellectual property
rights.
Barefoot Contessa's Notice to Defendants of Their Infringement and Breach of Contract
72. Barefoot Contessa first learned of Defendants' unlawful activity on
February 4, 2015. By letter dated February 9, 2015, Barefoot Contessa asked Defendants
immediately to cease and desist from any further sale, distribution, importation or exportation,
manufacturing, marketing and/or advertising of any BAREFOOT CONTESSA products or any
other products that infringe the Barefoot Contessa intellectual property, including, without
limitation, any remaining Sell-Through Items, items sold using the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress,
and items sold using the BAREFOOT CONTESSA brand name, and to comply with Barefoot
Contessa's demands to remedy the infringement.
73. Other than taking down the website at http ://www.barefoot.contessa.com,
to date, Defendants have refused to comply with the rest of Barefoot Contessa's demands, and
Defendants' infringing conduct has not ceased.
74. Defendants are well aware of the goodwill represented and symbolized by
the Barefoot Contessa intellectual property and Barefoot Contessa's rights to that intellectual
property, and know that likely consumers of Defendants' Infringing Products have long
recognized and relied upon the Barefoot Contessa intellectual property to identify products and
services associated with or sponsored by Barefoot Contessa. Indeed, Defendants have
recognized the value of the Barefoot Contessa intellectual property by engaging Barefoot
Contessa, unsuccessfully, in discussions to obtain a new license to use the Barefoot Contessa
intellectual property in connection with Defendants' frozen dinners.
75. Defendants' brazen copying of the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress and use of
the Barefoot Contessa intellectual property on its packaging and in associated marketing or
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advertising, as well as its manufacturing and sale offrozen dinners in the Licensed Package, is a
clear and deliberate attempt to trade upon Barefoot Contessa's valuable reputation and goodwill,
absent any authorization from Barefoot Contessa. Indeed, as Barefoot Contessa's ex-licensee, a
likelihood of confusion of Defendants' products with the BAREFOOT CONTESSA brand, due
to Defendants' wholesale copying, in bad faith, of the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress, can be
presumed.
76. A significant proportion of the consuming public is likely to be confused
by Defendants' use ofthe Barefoot Contessa intellectual property in the manner described above
and is likely to believe that the Infringing Products derive from Barefoot Contessa or are
associated or affiliatedwith, and/or endorsedor sponsored by, Barefoot Contessa.
Barefoot Contessa's Injury
77. As a direct and proximate result of Defendants' unauthorized conduct,
Barefoot Contessa has been substantially damaged in, among other ways, creation of confusion
among consumers as to Barefoot Contessa's association or connection with or endorsement or
authorization of Defendants and the Infringing Products, and the dilution of the Barefoot
Contessa intellectual property, including the Food Product Trade Dress, the Frozen Dinner Trade
Dress, the famous BAREFOOT CONTESSA and INA GARTEN trademarks, the copyrights in
the photographs used in connection with the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress, and Chef Garten's
name and likeness and the BAREFOOT CONTESSA name, which has come to identify Chef
Garten. Further, Defendants' conduct is indirect violation of its obligations under the Settlement
Agreement, License Agreement, and Sell-Through Agreement.
78. As a result of Defendants' misappropriation of the Barefoot Contessa
intellectual property, Defendants have caused, and will continue to cause, irreparable injury to
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Barefoot Contessa and have substantially damaged the value of the Barefoot Contessa
intellectual property.
79. In addition, Defendants have enriched themselves at Barefoot Contessa's
expense by advertising and selling a product that appropriates and exploits Barefoot Contessa's
intellectual property as well as Barefoot Contessa's goodwill and reputation. Among the benefits
Defendants have gained from this conduct are increased revenues from the sale of their
Infringing Products using the Barefoot Contessa intellectual property, through consumer
confusion as to the source of the products or their association or connection with or endorsement
of or authorization by Barefoot Contessa, and increased goodwill.
FIRST CLAIM
(Trade Dress Infringement Under Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a))
80. Barefoot Contessa repeats and realleges paragraphs 1 through 79 above.
81. Barefoot Contessa owns the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress and the Food
Product Trade Dress, which are non-functional, inherently distinctive, and also have acquired
substantial secondary meaning in the marketplace by virtue of their use by Barefoot Contessa
and its licensees in connection with the promotion and sale of goods and services, and have
developed valuable goodwill associated therewith.
82. Upon information and belief, Defendants have used, are using, and/or
imminently intend to use a trade dress in interstate commerce, that is identical and/or confusingly
similar to the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress and the Food Product Trade Dress without the consent
of Barefoot Contessa, on Defendants' products or in connection with the advertising and
promotion of such goods.
83. Defendants' conduct as alleged above constitutes the unauthorized use in
commerce of the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress and the Food Product Trade Dress in connection
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with the Infringing Products and has caused and/or is likely to cause confusion, mistake, or
deception of the public as to (i) the affiliation, connection, and/or association of Barefoot
Contessa with Defendants and the Infringing Products; (ii) the origin of the Infringing Products;
and/or (iii) the sponsorship, endorsement, or approval of the Infringing Products by Barefoot
Contessa, in each case in violation of Section 43(a)of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a).
84. Upon information and belief, Defendants' actions were deliberate, willful,
and in conscious disregard of Barefoot Contessa's rights.
85. Defendants' conduct as alleged above has caused and/or will cause
Barefoot Contessato suffer injury, for which it has no adequate remedy at law.
86. Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1117, Barefoot Contessa is entitled to injunctive
relief, actual damages in an amount to be determined at trial, to have such damages trebled, to
Defendants' profits, and to the costs of this action and to attorneys' fees.
SECOND CLAIM
(Trademark Infringement Under the Section 32 of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1114(1))
87. Barefoot Contessa repeats and realleges paragraphs 1 through 86 above.
88. Barefoot Contessa owns the BAREFOOT CONTESSA registered
trademark.
89. The BAREFOOT CONTESSA registered mark is valid and subsisting.
90. Upon information and belief, Defendants have used, are using, and/or
imminently intend to use the BAREFOOT CONTESSA registered mark in interstate commerce,
without the consent of Barefoot Contessa, in connection with the sale of goods and/or in
connection with the advertising and promotion of such goods.
91. Defendants' conduct as alleged above constitutes the unauthorized use in
commerce in the United States of the BAREFOOT CONTESSA registered mark in connection
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with the sale, offering for sale, distribution, or advertising of its products, and has caused and/or
is likely to cause confusion or mistake or deception of the public as to (i) the affiliation,
connection, and/or association with Barefoot Contessa of the Infringing Products; (ii) the origin
of the Infringing Products; and/or (iii) the sponsorship, endorsement, or approval of the
Infringing Products by Barefoot Contessa, in each case a violation of Section 32 of the Lanham
Act, 15 U.S.C. §1114(1).
92. Upon information and belief, Defendants' actions were deliberate, willful,
and in consciousdisregard of Barefoot Contessa's rights.
93. Defendants' conduct as alleged above has caused and/or will imminently
cause Barefoot Contessa to suffer irreparable harm, for which it has no adequate remedy at law.
94. Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1117, Barefoot Contessa is entitled to injunctive
relief, actual damages in an amount to be determined at trial, to have such damages trebled, to
Defendants' profits, andto the costsof this action andto attorneys' fees.
THIRD CLAIM
(Unfair Competition and False Designation of OriginUnder Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a))
95. Barefoot Contessa repeats and realleges paragraphs 1 through 94 above.
96. In addition to the registered BAREFOOT CONTESSA mark, Barefoot
Contessa owns valuable common law trademark rights in the BAREFOOT CONTESSA
trademark, which, by virtue of its use by Barefoot Contessa, in connection with the promotion
and sale of goods and services, has gained widespread consumer recognition, and has developed
valuable goodwill associated therewith.
97. Upon information and belief, Defendants have used, are using, and/or
imminently intend to use the BAREFOOT CONTESSA mark in interstate commerce, without
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the consent of Barefoot Contessa, to identify Defendants' goods and/or in connection with the
advertising and promotion of such goods.
98. Defendants' conduct as alleged above constitutes the unauthorized use in
commerceof the BAREFOOT CONTESSA mark in connection with the Infringing Products and
has caused and/or is likely to cause confusion, mistake, or deception of the public as to (i) the
affiliation, connection, and/or association of Barefoot Contessa with Defendants and the
Infringing Products; (ii) the origin of the Infringing Products; and/or (iii) the sponsorship,
endorsement, or approval of the Infringing Products by Barefoot Contessa, in each case in
violation of Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a).
99. Upon information and belief, Defendants' actions were deliberate, willful,
and in conscious disregard of Barefoot Contessa's rights.
100. Defendants' conduct as alleged above has caused and/or will cause
Barefoot Contessa to suffer injury, for which it has no adequate remedy at law.
101. Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1117, Barefoot Contessa is entitled to injunctive
relief, actual damages in an amount to be determined at trial, to have such damages trebled, to
Defendants' profits, and to the costs of this action and to attorneys' fees.
FOURTH CLAIM
(Dilution Under Section 43(c) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(c))
102. Barefoot Contessa repeats and realleges paragraphs 1 through 101 above.
103. The Frozen Dinner Trade Dress, the Food Product Trade Dress and the
BAREFOOT CONTESSA trademark, are famous and distinctive within the meaning of Section
43(c) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(c), and Barefoot Contessa has built up valuable
goodwill in the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress, the Food Product Trade Dress, and the BAREFOOT
CONTESSA trademark. The Frozen Dinner Trade Dress, the Food Product Trade Dress, and the
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BAREFOOT CONTESSA trademark have enjoyed such distinction and fame since long before
Defendants commenced unauthorized use of the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress, the Food Product
Trade Dress, and the BAREFOOT CONTESSA trademark.
104. Upon information and belief, Defendants have used, are using, and/or
intend to use the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress, the Food Product Trade Dress, and the
BAREFOOT CONTESSA trademark in interstate commerce in connection with the advertising
and promotion of goods and services sold or offered by Defendants.
105. Defendants' use of the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress, the Food Product
Trade Dress, and the BAREFOOT CONTESSA trademark has caused actual harm and is likely
to cause harm to Barefoot Contessa by diluting and weakening the unique and distinctive
significance and quality of the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress, the Food Product Trade Dress, and
the BAREFOOT CONTESSA trademark to identify Barefoot Contessa's goods and services and
by tarnishing the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress, the Food Product Trade Dress, and the
BAREFOOT CONTESSA name and trademark in the minds of consumers.
106. By reason of the foregoing, Defendants have violated Section 43(c) of the
Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(c).
107. Upon information and belief, Defendants' actions were deliberate, willful,
and in conscious disregard of Barefoot Contessa's rights.
108. Defendants' conduct as alleged above has caused and/or will cause
Barefoot Contessa to suffer injury, for which it has no adequate remedy at law.
109. Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1117, Barefoot Contessa is entitled to injunctive
relief, actual damages in an amount to be determined at trial, to have such damages trebled, to
Defendants' profits, to the costs of this action, and to attorneys' fees.
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FIFTH CLAIM
(Common Law Trademark Infringement)
110. BarefootContessarepeats and realleges paragraphs 1 through 109above.
111. Defendants' conduct as alleged above constitutes infringement and
misappropriation of the BAREFOOT CONTESSA trademark in violation of Barefoot Contessa's
rights under common law and in equity.
112. Upon information and belief, Defendants' actions were deliberate, willful,
and in conscious disregard of Barefoot Contessa's rights.
113. Defendants' conduct as alleged above has caused and/or will cause
BarefootContessa to suffer injury, for which it has no adequate remedy at law.
114. Barefoot Contessa is entitled to injunctive relief, actual damages in an
amount to be determined at trial, to have such damages trebled, to Defendants' profits, to the
costs of this action, and to attorneys' fees.
SIXTH CLAIM
(Common Law Unfair Competition)
115. Barefoot Contessa repeats and realleges paragraphs 1 through 114 above.
116. Upon information and belief, by using the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress, the
Food Product Trade Dress, and the BAREFOOT CONTESSA trademark in commerce without
authorization by Barefoot Contessa, Defendants knowingly and willfully are confusing
consumers by creating the false and misleading impression that Defendants and their Infringing
Products are related to, affiliated with, or connected with Barefoot Contessa.
117. Upon information and belief, Defendants' deliberate use of the Frozen
Dinner Trade Dress, the Food Product Trade Dress, and the BAREFOOT CONTESSA
trademark in connection with the marketing, advertising, promotion, and/or distribution of its
Infringing Products was done in bad faith with the intent to unfairly benefit from the expense,
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time, effort, and labor expended by Barefoot Contessa in developing and promoting its
BAREFOOT CONTESSA mark and products.
118. By reason of the foregoing, Defendants' conduct constitutes willful and
deliberate false designation of origin, false description and representation, and unfair
competition, in violationof BarefootContessa's rights under common law and in equity.
119. Upon information and belief, Defendants' actions were deliberate, willful,
and in conscious disregard of Barefoot Contessa's rights.
120. Defendants' conduct as alleged above has caused and/or will cause
BarefootContessa to suffer injury, for which it has no adequate remedy at law.
121. Furthermore, Barefoot Contessa is entitled to injunctive relief, actual
damages in an amount to be determined at trial and to Defendants' profits attributable to their
unlawful conduct.
SEVENTH CLAIM
(Trademark and Trade Dress Dilution Under Section 360-1of the New York General Business Law)
122. Barefoot Contessa repeats and realleges the allegations of paragraphs 1
through 121 above.
123. The Frozen Dinner Trade Dress, the Food Product Trade Dress, and the
BAREFOOT CONTESSA trademark are famous and distinctive, and Barefoot Contessa has built
up valuable goodwill in the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress, the Food Product Trade Dress, and the
BAREFOOT CONTESSA trademark. The Frozen Dinner Trade Dress, the Food Product Trade
Dress, and the BAREFOOT CONTESSA trademark have enjoyed such distinction and fame
since long before Defendants commenced use of the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress, the Food
Product Trade Dress, and the BAREFOOT CONTESSA trademark.
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124. Upon information and belief, Defendants have used, are using, and/or
intend to use the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress, the Food Product Trade Dress, and the
BAREFOOT CONTESSA trademark in commerce in connection with the advertising and
promotion of goods and services sold or offered by Defendants.
125. Defendants' use of the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress, the Food Product
Trade Dress, and the BAREFOOT CONTESSA trademark, has caused actual harm and is likely
to cause harm to Barefoot Contessa by diluting and weakening the unique and distinctive
significance and quality of the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress, the Food Product Trade Dress, and
the BAREFOOT CONTESSA trademark to identify Barefoot Contessa's goods and services and
by tarnishing Barefoot Contessa's name and trademark in the minds of consumers.
126. By reason of the foregoing, Defendants have violated Section 360-1of the
General Business Law of the State ofNew York.
127. Upon information and belief, Defendants' actions were deliberate, willful,
and in conscious disregard of Barefoot Contessa's rights.
128. Defendants' conduct as alleged above has caused and/or will cause
Barefoot Contessa to suffer injury, for which it has no adequate remedy at law.
129. Barefoot Contessa is entitled to injunctive relief.
EIGHTH CLAIM
(Breach of the Settlement Agreement against All Defendants)
130. Barefoot Contessa repeats and realleges the allegations of paragraphs 1
through 129 above.
131. In December 2011, Barefoot Contessa and Contessa Premium entered into
the Settlement Agreement, pursuant to which the parties agreed not to use the other's trademarks
in a confusing manner.
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132. Barefoot Contessa has performed all of the conditions, covenants, and
promises required by it to be performed in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
Settlement Agreement.
133. Pursuant to Sections 3(e) and 8 of the Settlement Agreement, Contessa
Premium is prohibited from using the CONTESSA mark in combination with any word or design
element that would be likely to create consumer confusion between Contessa Premium and Chef
Garten. As a successor, assign, and/or affiliate of Contessa Premium, OFI, Red Chamber, and
Aqua Star are likewise bound by those restrictions pursuant to Section 11(d).
134. Defendants breached their respective obligations under the Settlement
Agreement by using the CONTESSA mark in connection with the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress
and the Food Product Trade Dress and by using the CONTESSA mark in connection with the
product name "Contessa Chef Inspired," which has created or is likely to create consumer
confusion between Contessa Premium and Barefoot Contessa.
135. Barefoot Contessa has suffered, and continues to suffer, significant
damages as a result of Defendants' breach of contract.
136. Upon information and belief, Defendants' actions were deliberate, willful,
and in conscious disregard of Barefoot Contessa's rights.
137. Barefoot Contessa gave Defendants notice of their infringing conduct on
February 9,2015.
NINTH CLAIM
(Breach of the License against Contessa Premium)
138. Barefoot Contessa repeats and realleges the allegations of paragraphs 1
through 137 above.
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139. In June 2012, Barefoot Contessa and Contessa Premium entered into the
License Agreement pursuant to which Barefoot Contessa granted Contessa Premium the right to
use certain of its intellectual property, including the BAREFOOT CONTESSA mark in
connection with the manufacture, distribution, and sale of frozen dinners under the BAREFOOT
CONTESSA brand.
140. Barefoot Contessa has performed all of the conditions, covenants, and
promises required by it to be performed in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
License Agreement.
141. Pursuant to the License, upon termination of the agreement, Contessa
Premium was obligated to stop manufacturing all products under the License, to cease all use of
any Barefoot Contessa intellectual property, and to promptly destroy and cause its customers to
destroy any Sell-Through Items after their right to sell those items expired.
142. Contessa Premium breached its obligations under the License by:
(a) upon information and belief, continuing to manufacture
BAREFOOT CONTESSA frozen dinners following the termination of the License;
(b) continuing to use Barefoot Contessa intellectual property following
the termination of the License, including their use of the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress and the
Food Product Trade Dress in connection with the Infringing Products and the Contessa Premium
website; and
(c) continuing to sell and/or failing to recall and destroy all Sell-
Through Items after expiration of their limited rights.
143. Barefoot Contessa has suffered, and continues to suffer, significant
damages as a result of Contessa Premium's breach of contract.
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144. Upon information and belief, Contessa Premium's actions were deliberate,
willful, and in conscious disregard of Barefoot Contessa's rights.
145. Barefoot Contessa gave Contessa Premium notice of its infringing
conduct on February 9,2015.
TENTH CLAIM
(Breach of the Sell-Through Agreement against OFI)
146. Barefoot Contessa repeats and realleges the allegations of paragraphs 1
through 145 above.
147. In May 2014, Barefoot Contessa and OFI entered into the Sell-Through
Agreement, pursuant to which Barefoot Contessa granted OFI the limited right to sell then-
existing inventory for a limited time after the License was terminated.
148. Barefoot Contessa has performed all of the conditions, covenants, and
promises required by it to be performed in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Sell-
Through Agreement.
149. Pursuant to the Sell-Through Agreement, OFI was obligated to stop
manufacturing all products under the License, to cease all use of any Barefoot Contessa
intellectual property, to promptly destroy and cause its customers to destroy any Sell-Through
Items after their right to sell those items expired, and to promptly destroy any items, including
packaging, that use Barefoot Contessa intellectual property.
150. OFI breached its respective obligations under the Sell-Through Agreement
by:
(a) upon information and belief, continuing to manufacture
BAREFOOT CONTESSA frozen dinners following the termination of the License;
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(b) upon information and belief, failing to destroy items, including
packaging, that use Barefoot Contessa intellectual property;
(c) continuing to use Barefoot Contessa intellectual property following
the termination of the License, including their use of the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress and the
Food Product Trade Dress in connection with the Infringing Products and the Contessa Premium
website; and
(d) continuing to sell and/or failing to recall and destroy all Sell-
Through Items after expiration of their limited rights.
151. Barefoot Contessa has suffered, and continues to suffer, significant
damages as a result of OFI's breach of contract.
152. Upon information and belief, OFI's actions were deliberate, willful, and in
conscious disregard of Barefoot Contessa's rights.
153. Barefoot Contessa gave OFI notice of its infringing conduct on February
9,2015.
ELEVENTH CLAIM
(Right of Publicity Under New York Civil Rights Law § 51)
154. Barefoot Contessa repeats and realleges the allegations of paragraph 1
through 154 above.
155. Upon information and belief, Defendants have used, are using, and/or
intend to use Chef Garten's name, picture, and likeness, as well as the Barefoot Contessa name,
which has come to refer to Chef Garten, within New York state for advertising purposes and/or
for the purposes of trade, without Chef Garten's written consent.
156. By reason of the foregoing, Defendants have violated Section 51 of the
New York Civil Rights Law.
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157. Defendants' conduct as alleged above has caused and/or will cause Chef
Garten tosuffer injury, for which she has no adequate remedy at law.
158. Chef Garten is entitled to actual and exemplary damages in an amount to
be determined at trial.
TWELFTH CLAIM
(Unjust Enrichment)
159. Barefoot Contessa repeats and realleges the allegations of paragraph 1
through 159 above.
160. By the acts alleged above, Defendants have been unjustly enriched by
their unlawful conduct at the expense of Barefoot Contessa. Defendants' acts have unjustly
enriched and wrongfully benefited Defendants, in an amount to be determined at trial and to
which Barefoot Contessa is rightfully entitled.
PRAYER FOR RELIEF
WHEREFORE, Barefoot Contessa demands judgment against Defendants asfollows:
1. Preliminarily and permanently enjoining and restraining Defendants, their
officers, agents, servants, employees, attorneys, and all persons acting in concert or participation
with them, or having actual notice of this Order, from:
(a) imitating, copying, or making unauthorized use of the Barefoot
Contessa intellectual property, including, without limitation, the Food Product Trade Dress, the
Frozen Dinner Trade Dress, the famous BAREFOOT CONTESSA and INA GARTEN
trademarks, the copyrights in the photographs used in connection with the Frozen Dinner Trade
Dress, and Chef Garten's name and likeness and the Barefoot Contessa name, which has come to
identify ChefGarten, or anyvariation thereof;
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(b) manufacturing, producing, distributing, advertising, promoting,
selling, or offering for sale the Infringing Products and any food product bearing the Barefoot
Contessa intellectual property including, without limitation, the famous BAREFOOT
CONTESSA and INA GARTEN trademarks, the Food Product Trade Dress, the Frozen Dinner
Trade Dress, the copyrights in the photographs used in connection with the Frozen Dinner Trade
Dress, and Chef Garten's name and likeness and the Barefoot Contessa name, which has come to
identify Chef Garten, orany design confusingly similar thereto;
(c) manufacturing, producing, distributing, advertising, promoting,
selling, or offering for sale any food product using the Barefoot Contessa recipes in connection
with the CONTESSA mark;
(d) using the Barefoot Contessa intellectual property, including,
without limitation, the Food Product Trade Dress, the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress, the famous
BAREFOOT CONTESSA and INA GARTEN trademarks, the copyrights in the photographs
used in connection with the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress, and Chef Garten's name and likeness
and the Barefoot Contessa name, which has come to identify ChefGarten, or any mark ordesign
confusingly similar thereto in connection with the promotion, advertisement, display, sale,
offering for sale, or distribution of anyfood product;
(e) making any designation of origin, descriptions, or representations
indicating or suggesting that Barefoot Contessa is the source or sponsor of, or in any way has
endorsed or is affiliated with Defendants, or any food product manufactured, distributed,
promoted, marketed, or sold by Defendants;
(f) engaging in any conduct that tends to dilute, tarnish, or blur the
distinctive quality of the Barefoot Contessa intellectual property, including, without limitation,
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the Food Product Trade Dress, the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress, the famous BAREFOOT
CONTESSA and INA GARTEN trademarks, the copyrights in the photographs used in
connection with the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress, and Chef Garten's name and likeness and the
Barefoot Contessa name, which has come to identify Chef Garten;
(g) aiding or abetting any party in the commission of the acts specified
in subparagraphs (a)-(f) above;
2. Ordering Defendants to recall and destroy all existing inventory of the
Infringing Products and any associated advertising, promotional, marketing, or other materials
that include Barefoot Contessa intellectual property, including, without limitation, the Food
Product Trade Dress, the Frozen Dinner Trade Dress, the famous BAREFOOT CONTESSA and
INA GARTEN trademarks, the copyrights in the photographs used in connection with the Frozen
Dinner Trade Dress, and Chef Garten's name and likeness and the Barefoot Contessa name,
which has come to identify Chef Garten;
3. Ordering Defendants to account to Barefoot Contessa for all gains, profits,
savings, and advantages obtained by it as a result of its unlawful conduct, and awarding to
Barefoot Contessa restitution in the amount of all such gains, profits, savings, and advantages;
4. Awarding to Barefoot Contessa damages resulting from Defendant's
unlawful conduct, including the amount by which Defendants were unjustly enriched, in an
amount to be determined at trial and trebled pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1117;
5. Awarding to Barefoot Contessa Defendant's profits attributable to its
unlawful conduct, in an amount to be determined at trial and increased in the Court's discretion
pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1117;
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6. Awarding to Barefoot Contessa reasonable attorneys' fees, together with
the costs and disbursements of this action;
7. Awarding Barefoot Contessa punitive damages in an amount sufficient to
deter other and future similar conduct by Defendants, in view of Defendants' wanton and
deliberate unlawful acts; and
8. Granting Barefoot Contessa such other and further relief as the Court
deems just and proper.
DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL
Barefoot Contessa hereby demands a trial by jury of all issues so triable.
Dated: New York, New YorkFebruary 17, 2015
PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP
Lynn B. Bayard (lbayara^paulweiSsTCQm)Aidan Synnott ([email protected])Darren W. Johnson ([email protected])Rachale C. Miller ([email protected])
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10019-6064(212)373-3000
Attorneys for Plaintiffs Barefoot Contessa Pantry, LLC, InaGarten, and Ina Garten, LLC
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Int Cls.: 29, 30, 31, 32 and 35
Prior U.S. Cls.: 1, 45, 46, 48,100,101 and 102Reg. No. 2,892,226
United States Patent and Trademark Office Registered Oct 12,2004
TRADEMARKSERVICE MARK
PRINCIPAL REGISTER
BAREFOOT CONTESSA
GARTEN FOOD CORPORATION (NEW YORKCORPORATION)
46 NEWTOWN LANEEAST HAMPTON, NY 11937
FOR: DIPS, NAMELY, VEGETABLE. YOGURT.FISH AND HERB BASED DIPS; HUMMUS, CHILI.STEWS RIBOLLITA, SOUPS, NAMELY, GAZPACHOAND CHOWDERS; SALADS EXCEPT MACARONI,RICE AND PASTA; CRANBERRY SAUCE; APPLESAUCE, DRIED FRUITS, PROCESSED NUTS, CANDIED NUTS, SNACK MIX CONSISTING PRIMARILY OF PROCESSED FRUITS, PROCESSED NUTSAND/OR RAISINS; PROCESSED PEAS WITH WA-SABI FLAVORING, IN CLASS 29 (U.S. CL. 46).
FIRST USE 0-0-1979; IN COMMERCE 0-0-1979.
FOR: VEGETABLE STRUDEL, VEGETABLE COBBLERS, SPRING ROLLS, COFFEE. BREADCRUMBS, CROUTONS, GRANOLA, CAKES, NAMELY SOUR CREAM COFFEE CAKE; CANDY, NAMELY. STRAWBERRY FLAVORED LACES;QUESADILLA, SALSA, IN CLASS 30 (U.S. CL. 46).
FIRST USE 0-0-1979; IN COMMERCE 0-0-1979.
FOR: FRESH VEGETABLES AND FRESH NUTS,IN CLASS 31 (U.S. CLS. 1 AND 46).
FIRST USE 0-0-1994; IN COMMERCE 0-0-1994.
FOR: ORANGE JUICE, GRAPEFRUIT JUICE,LEMONADE; NON-ALCOHOLIC COCKTAILMIXES, IN CLASS32 (U.S. CLS. 45,46 AND 48).
FIRST USE 0-0-1997; IN COMMERCE 0-0-1997.
FOR: RETAIL STORE SERVICES FEATURINGGOURMET FOODS AND BOOKS, IN CLASS 35 (U.S.CLS. 100, 101 AND 102).
FIRST USE 0-0-1978; IN COMMERCE 0-0-1978.
THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF "CONTESSA"IS "COUNTESS".
SER. NO. 76-172,249, FILED 11-22-2000.
ELIZABETH HUGHITT, EXAMINING ATTORNEY
04/01/2008 TUE 11:31. FAX 5164311127 Galgano h Associates 0002/006
Fonn PTO-1594 (Rev. 07/05)OMB Collectton 0651-0027 (exp. 6/30/2008)
Docket #: 1442-22
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEUnited States Patent and Trademark Office
RECORDATION FORM COVER SHEET
TRADEMARKS ONLYTo the Director of the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office: Please record the attached documente or the new addresses) below.
1. Name of conveying party(ies):
GARTEN FOOD CORPORATION
• Indlvidual(s) • Association
LJ General Partnership L_J Limited PartnershipH Corporation- State: New ¥ork• Other
Citizenship (see guidelines)
Additional names of conveying parlies attached? fj"Yes {7|no
3. Nature of conveyance )/Executlon Date(s):
Execution Date(s) March 19.2005
171 Assignment • Merger
I ISecurity Agreement
• OtherLZ1 Change ofName
2. Name and address of receiving party(les)I I Yes
Additional names, addresses, orcitizenship attached? r^i No
Name: INA GARTEN LLC
Internal
Address:
Street Address: 46 Newtown Lane
City: East Hampton
State: New York
Country: U.S. Zip: 11937
I | Association Citizenship
I IGeneral Partnership Citizenship.I I Limited Partnership Citizenship.I ICorporation Citizenship[x]OtherLLC (NY) citizenship
Ifassignee is not domiciled in the United States, a domesticrepresentative designation isattached: LJ Yes • No
(Designationsmust be a separate document fromassignment)
4. Application number(s) or registration number(s) and identification or description of the Trademark,B. Trademark Registration No.(s)2,692,226 3,216,738 3,315,273
A. Trademark Application No.(s)
Additional sheet(s) attached? • Yes f/l NoC. identification or Description of Trademark(s) (and Filing Date ifApplication or Registration Number Is unknown):BAREFOOT CONTESSA BAREFOOT CONTESSA BAREFOOT CONTESSA PANTRY
5. Name & address of party to whom correspondenceconcerning document should be mailed:
Name: Thomas M. Galoano. GALGANO A ASSOCIATES. PLLC
Internal Address:
Street Address: 2Q w, Park Avflnim, Sulfa 204
City: Long Beach
State: n,sw York
Phone Number:5i6-431-Ii77
Fax Number: si&431--|127
Email Address: ttngaJs
Zip:11561
Name of Person Signing
6. Total number of applications andregistrations involved:
7. Total fee (37 CFR 2.6(b)(6) & 3.41) $ 90.00
[7] Authorized to be charged bycredit cardr"l Authorized to be charged to deposit accountLJ Enclosed
8. Payment Information:
a. Credit Card Last 4 Numbers 1QQ4Expiration Date a/OR
b. Deposit Account Number 50-3990
Authorized User Name Thomas M. Qnloann
Total number of pages includingcoversheet, attachments, and document:
Documents to be recorded (Including cover sheet) should be faxed to (571) 273-0140, or mailed to:Mail Stop Assignment Recordation Services, Director of the USPTO, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
700366127TRADEMARK
REEL: 003750 FRAME: 0833
04/01/2008 TUB 11; 32 FAX 5164311127 Galgano & Associates 0P.?.3/°9J
ASSIGNMENT
WHEREAS, GARTEN FOOD CORPORATION, ("Assignor") a company
organized under the laws of the New York havinga business address of 46 Newtown
Lane, East Hampton, New York 11937, is the owner of the marks and U.S.
registrations set forth in attached SCHEDULE I, and is the owner of the marks and
foreign application and registration set forth in attached SCHEDULE II (collectively
'Marks1');
WHEREAS, INA GARTEN LLC ('Assignee"), a limited liability company
organizedunder the lawsof the New York having a business address of46 Newtown
Lane, East Hampton, New York 11937, is desirous of acquiring said Marks,
application and registrations;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the sum of one dollar ($1.00)
and/or other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, Assignor, herebyassigns toAssignee, all right, titleand interest in and
to said Marks and the aforesaid application and registrations thereof as set forth in
SCHEDULES Iand II, togetherwith the goodwill of the business connected with the
use of and symbolized by said Marks, as fully and entirely as the same would have
been held and enjoyed by Assignor, if this assignment had not been made, together
with all claims for damages by reason of past infringement of said Marks, with the
right to sue for and collect the same for its own use and enjoyment, and for use and
enjoymentof its successors, assigns, or other legal representatives.
TRADEMARK
REEL: 003750 FRAME: 0834
• + • •04/01/2008 TUB 11:32 FAX 5164311127 Galgano & Associates 0004/006
)frExecuted at East Hampton, New York, and effective as of the // day of
March, 2008.
TMG/kddF:\G&b\1442\22\lrnassignrnent.wpd
GARTEN FOOD CORPORATION
By: fa-LlName:* ina GartenTitle: President
TRADEMARK
REEL: 003750 FRAME: 0835
04/01/2008 TUB 11:32 FAX 5164311127 Galgano 6. Associates
SCHEDULE I
U.S. REGISTRATIONS
Mark
BAREFOOT CONTESSA
BAREFOOT CONTESSA
BAREFOOT CONTESSA PANTRY
Regis'n Ifo,
2,892,226
3,216,738
3,315,273
Reals'n Date
10/12/2004
03/13/2007
10/23/2007
0005/006
RECORDED: 04/01/2008TRADEMARK
REEL: 003750 FRAME: 0836
Int. Cls.: 16,18,21, 25, 30, 35, 41 and 43
Prior U.S. Cls.: 1,2,3,5,13,22,23,29,30,33,37,38,39, 40,41, 46, 50,100,101,102 and 107 Reg ^ ^^United States Patent and Trademark Office Registered Mar. 13,2007
TRADEMARKSERVICE MARK
PRINCIPAL REGISTER
BAREFOOT CONTESSA
GARTEN FOOD CORPORATION (NEW YORKCORPORATION)
46 NEWTOWN LANEEAST HAMPTON, NY 11937
FOR: STATIONERY—NAMELY, NOTECARDS,AND RECIPE JOURNALS , IN CLASS 16 (U.S. CLS.2, 5, 22, 23, 29, 37, 38 AND 50).
FIRST USE 0-0-2004; IN COMMERCE 0-0-2004.
FOR: CANVAS TOTE BAGS, IN CLASS 18 (U.S.CLS. 1, 2, 3, 22 AND 41).
FIRST USE 0-0-1999; IN COMMERCE 0-0-1999.
FOR: MUGS. IN CLASS 21 (U.S. CLS. 2, 13, 23, 29,30, 33, 40 AND SO).
FIRST USE 0-0-1999; IN COMMERCE 0-0-1999.
FOR: CLOTHING—NAMELY, TEE SHIRTS, CAPSAND COOKING APRONS, IN CLASS 25 (U.S. CLS. 22AND 39).
FIRST USE 0-0-1999; IN COMMERCE 0-0-1999.
FOR: COFFEE, IN CLASS 30 (U.S. CL. 46).
FIRST USE 0-0-1999; IN COMMERCE 0-0-1999.
FOR: ONLINE RETAIL STORE SERVICES FEATURING COOKBOOKS, RECIPES, STATIONERY,
JOURNALS, COFFEE, MUGS, CANVAS BAG, T-SHIRTS, PEPPERMILLS, ZESTER, AND/OR OTHERFOOD/COOKING RELATED MERCHANDISE, INCLASS 35 (U.S. CLS. 100, 101 AND 102).
FIRST USE 0-0-1999; IN COMMERCE 0-0-1999.
FOR: ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES IN THENATURE OF ONGOING TELEVISION PROGRAMSIN THE FIELD OF FOOD AND COOKING, AND INTHE NATURE OF PROVIDING ONLINE INFORMATION SERVICES FEATURING INA GARTEN,HER TELEVISION PROGRAM, AND HER BOOKS,IN CLASS 41 (U.S. CLS. 100, 101 AND 107).
FIRST USE 0-0-1999; IN COMMERCE 0-0-1999.
FOR: PROVIDING AN ONLINE DATA BASE INTHE FIELD OF RECIPES AND COOKING INFORMATION, IN CLASS 43 (U.S. CLS. 100AND 101).
FIRST USE 0-0-1999; IN COMMERCE 0-0-1999.
THE MARK CONSISTS OF STANDARD CHARACTERS WITHOUT CLAIM TO ANY PARTICULARFONT, STYLE, SIZE, OR COLOR.
OWNER OF U.S. REG. NO. 2,892,226.
SER. NO. 76-626,056, FILED 12-27-2004.
KATHERTNE CHANG, EXAMINING ATTORNEY
04/01/2008 TUE lis 31. FAX 5164311127 Galgano & ^sqciates 502/006
Fonn PTO-15P4 (Rev. 07/05)OMB Collection 0651-0027 (exp. 6/30/2008)
Docket §i 1442-22
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEUnited States Patent and Trademark Office
RECORDATION FORM COVER SHEET
TRADEMARKS ONLYTo the Director of the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office: Please record the attached documents or the new addresses) below.
1. Name of conveying party(ies):
GARTEN FOOD CORPORATION
• Indlvidual(s) • AssociationLJ General Partnership LJ Limited PartnershipH Corporation- State: New york• Other
Citizenship (see guidelines)
Additional names of conveying parties attached? PJYes [7] No
3. Nature of conveyance )/Executlon Date(s):
Execution Oate(s) March 19.2008
171 Assignment • Merger
I ISecurity Agreement
• OtherO Change ofName
2. Name and address of receiving party(les) _ ^I I Yes
Additional names, addresses, orcitizenship attached? ra ^
Name; INAGARTEN LLC
Internal
Address:
Street Address: 46 Newtown Lane
City: East Hampton
State: New York
Country: U.S. ZIP: 11937
I | Association Citizenship
I IGeneral Partnership Citizenship.I I Limited Partnership Citizenship.[ )Corporation Citizenship[xjOtherLLC (NY) Citizenship __
Ifassignee is not domiciled in the United States, a domesticrepresentative designation isattached: LJ Yes • No
(Designations must be a separate document from assignment)
4. Application numbers) or registration number(s) and Identification or description of the TrademarkB. Trademark Registration No.(s)2,692,226 3,216,738 3,315,273
A. Trademark Application No.(s)
Additional sheet(s) attached? f~] Yes f/l NoC. Identification or Description of Trademark(e)(and Filing Date ifApplication or Registration Number is unknown):BAREFOOT CONTESSA BAREFOOT CONTESSA BAREFOOT CONTESSA PANTRY
5. Name & address of party to whom correspondenceconcerning document should be mailed:
Name: Thomas M. Galoano. GALGANO & ASSOCIATES. PLLC
Internal Address: ___
Street Address: pq w. park Avamm. suite prut
City: Long Baaoh
Stat9:jNflw.YorK.
Phone Number: 5)5-431 -1177
Fax Number: 516^431-1127
EmailAddress: tcngals
Zip: 11561
Name of Person Signing
6. Total number of applications andregistrations involved:
7. Total fee (37 CFR 2.6(b)(8) & 3.41) 8 90.00
[7] Authorized to becharged bycredit card| I Authorized to becharged todeposit accountL_l Enclosed
6. Payment Information:
a. Credit Card Last 4 Numbers 1QQ4Expiration Date a/oa
b. Deposit Account Number 60-3990
Authorized User Name Thomas M. flnlqano
Total number of pages includingcoversheet, attachments, and document:
Documents to be recorded (including cover sheet) should be taxed to (571) 273-0140, or mailed to:Mail Stop Assignment Recordation Services, Director Of the USPTO, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
700366127TRADEMARK
REEL: 003750 FRAME: 0833
04/01/2008 TUE 11:32 FAX 5164311127 Galgano & Associates ®9J3/lP.f
ASSIGNMENT
WHEREAS, GARTEN FOOD CORPORATION, ("Assignor") a company
organized under the laws of the New York having a business address of 46 Newtown
Lane, East Hampton, New York 11937, is the owner of the marks and U.S.
registrations set forth in attached SCHEDULE I, and is the owner of the marks and
foreign application and registration set forth in attached SCHEDULE II (collectively
"Marks");
WHEREAS, INA GARTEN LLC ("Assignee"), a limited liabilitycompany
organized under the laws of the New York having a business address of 46 Newtown
Lane, East Hampton, New York 11937, is desirous of acquiring said Marks,
application and registrations;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the sum of one dollar ($1.00)
and/or other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, Assignor, hereby assigns to Assignee, all right, title and interest inand
to said Marks and the aforesaid application and registrations thereof as set forth in
SCHEDULES I and II, together with the goodwill of the business connected with the
use of and symbolized by said Marks, as fully and entirely as the same would have
been held and enjoyed by Assignor, ifthis assignment had not been made, together
with all claims for damages by reason of past infringement of said Marks, with the
right to sue for and collect the same for its own use and enjoyment, and for use and
enjoyment of its successors, assigns, or other legal representatives.
TRADEMARK
REEL: 003750 FRAME: 0834
04/01/2008 TUE 11:32 FAX 5164311127 Galgano & Associates
Executed at East Hampton, New York, and effective as
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BAREFOOT CONTESSA
BAREFOOT CONTESSA
BAREFOOT CONTESSA PANTRY
Regis'n Nq,
2,892,226
3,216,738
3,315,273
Regis'n Date
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03/13/2007
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BAREFOOT CONTESSA
Reg. No. 4,203,987 ina garten, llc (new york limited liability company)46 NEWTOWN LANE
Registered Sep. 11,2012 east hampton.ny 11937
Int. Cls.: 29 and 30
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FOR: JAMS; CURDS; FRUIT PRESERVES, IN CLASS 29 (U.S. CL. 46).
FIRST USE 3-0-2006; IN COMMERCE 3-0-2006.
FOR: MIXES FOR BAKERY GOODS, CAKE MIXES, COOKIE MIXES; FROSTING MIXES;ICING MIXES; PANCAKE MIXES; WAFFLE MIXES; MUFFIN MIXES; MARSHMALLOWMIXES; COFFEE; CHOCOLATE; HOT CHOCOLATE; FLAVORING SYRUPS; TOPPINGSYRUPS, IN CLASS 30 (U.S. CL. 46).
FIRST USE 3-0-2006; IN COMMERCE 3-0-2006.
THE MARK CONSISTS OF STANDARD CHARACTERS WITHOUT CLAIM TO ANY PAR
TICULAR FONT, STYLE, SIZE, OR COLOR.
OWNER OF U.S. REG. NOS. 2,892,226 AND 3,216,738.
SER. NO. 77-550,245, FILED 8-19-2008.
KEVIN DINALLO, EXAMINING ATTORNEY
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