LOS ANGELES – The maker of UGG boots allege two competitors are selling boots that infringe their Bailey Button and Cambridge designs.
Deckers Outdoor Corp. filed a complaint on Sept. 14 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against S&L Shoes, A'Gaci LLC and Does 1-10 alleging patent infringement.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges that it suffered damages to its business as the result of its trademark design UGG boots being used without its permission. The plaintiff holds S&L Shoes, A'Gaci LLC and Does 1-10 responsible because the defendants allegedly sells the infringing Bamboo-brand products at retail stores in South El Monte and Torrance.
The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks enjoin the defendants from further infringing plaintiff's trademarks, order the defendants to recall all infringing products and deliver them for destruction, award all profits and damages to plaintiff, treble damages, all legal fees and interest and any other relief as the court deems just. It is represented by Brent H. Blakely, Cindy Chan and Jessica C. Covington of Blakely Law Group in Manhattan Beach.
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California Case number 2:16-cv-06905-FMO-JEM