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    J S 44C /SD N Y

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    TheJS-44 civil coversheet and the informationcontained herein neither replace norsupplement the filing andserviceofpleadings orotherpapersas required by law, exceptas provided by local rulesof court. This form, approved bytheJudicial Conference ofthe United States inSeptember1974,is required foruse ofthe Clerk of Court forthe purposeofinitiating the civil docketsheet. _

    P L AI NT I F F S

    Big Apple Tutoring LLC1

    ATTORNEYS (FIRM NAME, ADDRESS, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER

    Meister Seelig & Fein LLP125 Park Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10017212-655-3500

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    Big Apple Education Center, Inc.Cambridge Educational Center Inc.

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

    FOR THESOUTHERNDIS^RICfOF^IMYORK Os 1I 31 L v V -i

    B I G A P PLE TU TO R IN G LLC,

    Plaintiff,

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    BI G APPLE EDUCATION CENTER, INC. an dCAMBRIDGE EDUCATIONAL CENTER INC.,

    De fe nda n t s .

    C O M P L A I N T

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    Plaintiff Big Apple Tutoring LLC ( Plaintiff or Bi g Apple Tutoring ), by its

    undersigned attorneys, for its Complaint against defendants Bi g Apple Education Center, Inc.

    ( Big Apple Educat ion ) and Cambridge Educational Center Inc. also doing business as C2

    Education ( C2 Education and collectively with Big Apple Education, Defendants ), alleges as

    fo l lows:

    N A T U R E O F T H E A C T I O N

    1. Plaint iffowns valuable rights in the federally registered BI G APPLE TUTORING

    and BIG APPLE TUTORING and Design trademarks. Such trademarks have been and are

    continuing to be used in connection with educational services, namely tutoring in a wide range of

    curriculum and standardized test preparation for students.

    2. Defendants have blatantly and willfully infringed Plaintiffs rights in the BIG

    APPLE T UTORING m ar k by offering the same educational services under the BIG APPLE

    EDUCATION and BIG APPLE EDUCATION and Design trademarks.

    3. By their actions, Defendants are liable for trademark infringement, false

    designation of origin and unfair competi tion in viola tion of the Trademark Act of 1946, as

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    amended (the Lanham Act, 15 U.SC. 1051, et seq.), unfair competition and trademark

    infringement under New York common law, and violation of Section 349 of New York's

    G e ne ra l B u si ne s s L a w.

    T H E P A R T IE S

    4. Plaintiff is a limited liability company formed and existing under the laws of the

    State o f N e w Yo rk .

    5. Upon information and belief, Big Apple Education is a limited liability company

    formed and existing under the laws of the State of New York and having its principal place of

    business at 1556 Third Avenue, Suite 300, New York, NY 10128.

    6. Upon information and belief, Cambridge Educational Center Inc. is a corporation

    formed and existing under the laws of the State of Virginia and having its principal place of

    business at 6465 East Johns Crossing, Duluth, GA 30097. Upon information and belief,

    Cambridge Educational Center Inc. is doing business as C2 Education.

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

    7. This Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter of this action pursuant to 28

    U.S.C. 1331 (federal question), 15 U.S.C. 1121 (actions arising under the Lanham Act), 28

    U.S.C. 1338(a) (acts of Congress relating to trademarks), 28 U.S.C. 1338(b) (pendant unfair

    competition claims), and 28 U.S.C. 1367 (supplemental jurisdiction over state claims).

    8. This Court has jurisdiction over Defendants by virtue of the fact that Defendants

    have: (1) transacted business with the Stateof

    New York on a regular and consistent basis and(2) infringed Plaintiffs trademark within the State of Ne w York.

    9. Venue is proper in this District pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1391.

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    12 . Pla in t i ff s use o f th e B IG A PP LE T UT OR IN G Trademark dates back to at least

    as early as August 1, 1998 and use of the BIG APPLE TUTORING and Design Trademark dates

    back to at least as early as November 2001. The BIG APPLE TUTORING Trademarks have

    been in continual use since such dates. During such time, Plaintiffhas gained extensive goodwill

    and acquired distinctiveness in connection with its BIG APPLE TUTORING Trademarks.

    13. Plaintiff is also the owner of the domain name www.bigappletutoring.com, which

    was registered on March 10, 2003 and which Plaintiff has continually used thereafter in

    furtherance of its business (the BIG APPLE TUTORING Website ).

    14. As a result of the widespread use and display of Plain ti ffs BIG APPLE

    TUTORING Trademarks for academic tutoring and standardized test preparation: (a) consumers

    use the BIG APPLE TUTORING Trademarks to identify and refer to Plaintiffs BIG APPLE

    TUTORING brand; (b) Plaintiffs academic tutoring and standardized test preparation are

    recognized by consumers as a high quality services emanating from a single source, namely,

    Plaintiff; and (c) the BIG APPLE TUTORINGTrademarks have built up secondarymeaning and

    extensive goodwill.

    Defendants I n f r in g e m e n t o f P l a i n t if f s Tr a d e m a rk s

    15. Defendant Big Apple Education is using BIG APPLE EDUCATION as a

    trademark in commerce to promote Big Apple Education's academic tutoring and standardized

    test preparation services in the New York City metropolitan area.

    16. Defendant Big Apple Education is also the registrant of the domain name

    www.bigappleeducation.com, which was registered on September 24, 2011, and website through

    which it advertises Big Apple Education's services (the Infringing Website ).

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    for standardized tests, admissions tests, and school subjects. According to this page of the

    Infringing Website, defendant Big Apple Education is a franchisee of C2 Education.

    23. With the Infringing Website, Defendants are seeking to create a false designation

    of origin to Plaintiff with the use of the confusingly similar BIG APPLE EDUCATION and BIG

    APPLE EDUCATION and Design trademarks.

    24. Defendant Big Apple Education's use of BIG APPLE EDUCATION as a

    trademark, and Defendant C2 Education's use of the Infringing Website to promote its own

    services and products in connection the BIG APPLE ED UCATIO N trademark, constitutes

    infringement of Plaintiffs BIG APPLE TUTORING Trademarks and is likely to cause

    confusion, mistake or deception as to the source of Defendants' services and products.

    25 . Because Defendants offer e d uc a ti o na l s e rv i ce s a nd b ec au se P la in ti ff offers the

    same services, consumers are likely to believe that Defendants' services are provided by,

    sponsored by, approved by, licensed by, affiliated with or in some other way legitimately

    c o nn e ct e d t o Pla in t i ffand it s B IG APPLE TUTORING Tr ad e m ar k s a n d r e la t ed services.

    26. Furthermore, consumers have informed Plaintiff of their actual confusion,

    including: (a) Plaintiffs former clients searched the Internet for Plaintiffs contact information,

    saw the Infringing Website, and thought that Plaintiff had sold its business; (b) Plaint iffs

    existing clients thought that Plaintiff only offered in-home sessions because such reference is

    on the Infringing Website (but not the BIG APPLE TUTORING Website); and (c) Big Apple

    Education's clients contacted Plaintiff, not Big Apple Education, complaining about tutoringsessions provided by Bi g Apple Education.

    27 . P la in t if f h as not a u th o ri ze d D ef en d an t s to use the BIG A P PL E T UT OR IN G

    Tra de ma rks o r o t h e r s i m il a r t r a de ma rks .

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    28. Upon information and belief, defendant Big Apple Education has recklessly,

    willfully and intentionally violated Plaintiffs trademark rights with the deliberate intention of

    trading on the valuable goodwill and reputation established in the BIG APPLE TUTORING

    Trad emark s .

    29. By letter dated November 11, 2014, Plaintiff, through legal counsel, demanded

    that defendant Big Apple Education cease from using the domain name

    www.bigappleeducation.com and from any further use of the BIG APPLE EDUCATION

    trademark and/or other marks similar to the BIG APPLE TUTORING Trademarks in any

    manner, including without limitation, by removing all such references from the InfringingWebsite and other advertising materials. However, defendant Big Apple Education refused to

    comply.

    F I R S T C L A I M F O R R E L I E F

    (Infringement of Federally Registered Trademark)

    30. Plaintiff repeats and incorporates by reference the allegations in paragraphs 1

    through 29.

    31. Defendant Big Apple Education's trademark and the Infringing Website are

    confusingly similar to Plaintiffs BIG APPLE TUTORING Trademarks and BIG APPLE

    TUTORING Website, and createthe false and misleading impression that BigAppleEducation's

    services and the Infringing Website are provided by, sponsored by, approved by, licensed by,

    affiliated with or in some other way legitimately connected to Plaintiff and its federally

    registered BIG APPLE TUTORING Trademarks and related services.

    32. Defendant C2 Education's use of the Infringing Website to promote its tutoring

    and standardized test preparation services and products create the false and misleading

    impression that C2 Education's services and products are provided by, sponsored by, approved

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    including diversion of customers from Plaintiff, lost sales and lost profits. Plaintiff has no

    adequate remedy at law.

    T H I R D C L A I M F O R R E L I E F

    (Common Law Unfair Competitionan d Trademark Infringement)

    39. Plaintiff repeats and incorporates by reference the allegations in paragraphs 1

    through 29.

    40. Defendants' conduct constitutes unfair competition and infringement of Plaintiffs

    BIG APPLE TUTORING Trademarks and the common law rights therein under the common

    la w o f th e State o f Ne w York, and Defendants ' acts have cr eat ed a nd w il l continue to create

    consumer confusion, all to the irreparable injury of Plaintiff unless restrained by this Court.

    Plaintiffhas no adequate remedy at law for this injury.

    41. Defendants acted with full knowledge of Plaintiffs use of the BIG APPLE

    TUTORING Trademarks and without regard to the likelihood of confusion of the public created

    by Defendants' activities, all to the substantial and irreparable injury of the public and of

    Plaintiffs business reputation and goodwill.

    42. Such wrongful acts demonstrate an intentional, willful and malicious intent to

    trade on the goodwill associated with Plaintiffs BIG APPLE TUTORING Trademarks.

    43. As a result of Defendants' acts, Plaintiff has been damaged in an amount not yet

    ascertainable. At a minimum, however, Plaintiff is entitled to injunctive relief, to an accounting

    of Defendants' profits, to damages, and to costs. Further, in light of the deliberately fraudulent

    and malicious use of a confusingly similar mark (Big Apple Education's mark), and the need to

    deter Defendants from similar conduct in the future, Plaintiff additionally is entitled to punitive

    damages.

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    TOsiiteUstates of 3tnerirj>VB^ SHnttebStates patent anb t rabemartt(Office *-Cf

    B IG A P P L E T U T O R I N G

    Reg. No. 4,631,421 bigapple tutoring l lc (newyork limited liabil ity company)259 WEST 18TH STREET, #4

    Registered Nov. 4, 2014 newyork, ny 10011

    In t . CI.: 41

    S E R V I C E M A R K

    P R I N C I PA L R E G I S T E R

    Deputy Director of th e United StatesP a t e n t a n d T r a d e m a r k O f f i c e

    FOR:CONDUCTINGAFTERSCHOOL MATH, ENGLISH, SCIENCE,FOREIGN LANGUAGES,A N D S TA N DA RD IZ ED T E ST P RE PA R AT IO N IN G RA D ES K -1 2 A N D C OL LE G E L EV EL

    TUTORING PROGRAMS;EDUCATION SERVICES, NAMELY, PROVIDINGTUTORING INTHEFIELDSOF MATH, ENGLISH,SCIENCE,FOREIGN LANGUAGES, HISTORY, SOCIALSCIENCES, AN D STANDARDIZED TEST PREPARATION FO R GRADES K-12 AN D COLLEGELEVEL, IN CLASS 41 (U.S . CLS. 100, 101 AND 107).

    F I RS T U S E 8-1-1998; IN COMMERCE 8-1-1998.

    T H E M A R K CONSISTS OF STANDARD CH A RA CTERS W I TH O U T CLAI M TO A N Y PA RTICULAR FONT, STYLE, SIZE, OR COLOR.

    NO CLAIM IS MADE TO THE EXCLUSIVERIGHT TO USE TUTORING , APARTFROMT H E M A R K A S S HO WN .

    SEC. 2(F).

    SER. NO. 86-190,867, FILED 2-11-2014.

    SUSAN RICHARDS, EXAMINING ATTORNEY

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    R E Q UI R E ME N TS T O M A I NTA I N YOUR FEDERALT R A D E M A R K R E G I S T R AT I O N

    WARNI NG: YOUR RE GI ST RAT I ON WILL BE CANCELLED IF YO U DO NO T FILE TH EDOCUMENTS BELOW DURING THE SPECIFIED TIME PERIODS.

    Requirements in th e FirstTen Years*W h a t and W h e n to File:

    FirstFilingDeadline Youmust filea DeclarationofUse (or ExcusableNonuse)betweenthe5th and 6th years after the registrationdate. See 15U.S.C. 1058,1141k. If the declarationisaccepted, theregistration willcontinue in forcefor theremainder of the ten-yearperiod,calculatedfromthe registration date,unlesscancelledby an orderof the Commissionerfor Trademarks or af e d er a l c o u rt .

    Second Filing Deadline Youmust file a Declarationof Use(or ExcusableNonuse) and anApplication for Renewal betweenthe9th and 10thyears afterthe registration date.*See 15 U.S.C. 1059.

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    You mustfilea Declarationof Use(or Excusable Nonuse) and anApplication for Renewalbetweenevery 9thand lOlh-yearperiod, calculated from the registrationdate.*

    Grace Period Filings*

    The above documentswill be accepted as timely if filed within six months after the deadlines listedabovewith the payment of an additional fee.

    The United States Patent andTrademark Office (USPTO) will NOT send you any future notice orreminder of these filing requirements.

    *ATTENTION MADRID PROTOCOL REGISTRANTS: The holderofan international registrationwithan extension of protection tothe United States underthe Madrid Protocolmust timely file the Declarationsof Use (or Excusable Nonuse) referenced above directly withthe USPTO. Thetime periods for filing arebasedon theU.S. registration date(notthe international registration date). The deadlines and grace periodsforthe Declarations of Use (or ExcusableNonuse) are identical to those for nationally issued registrations.See 15U.S.C. 1058,1141k. However, owners of international registrationsdonot file renewalapplicationsat the USPTO. Instead, the holder must file a renewal of the underlying international registrationat theInternational Bureauof the World Intellectual Property Organization, underArticle7 of theMadridProtocol,before the expiration of each ten-year term of protection, calculated from the date of the internationalregistration. See 15 U.S.C. 1141j. Formore informationand renewal formsforthe internationalregistration,see http://www.wipo.int/madrid/en/.

    NOTE: Fees andrequirementsfor maintainingregistrations are subjectto change. Please check theUSPTOwebsite for further information. With the exceptionof renewalapplications forregisteredextensions of protection, you can filethe registration maintenance documents referenced above online

    at http://www.uspto.gov.

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