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Karthik Nadesan (10217)Ivan LePendu (11191)Nadesan Beck P.C.39 Exchange Place, Suite 100Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
Telephone: (801) 363-1140Facsimile: (801) 534-1948Email: [email protected]
Mark E. Kalmansohn (pro hac vice pending)Kalmansohn & Andersen, LLP1801 Century Park East, 24th FloorLos Angeles, CA 90067Telephone: (310) 552-6024Facsimile: (310) 552-6025Email: [email protected]
Bassil Hamideh (pro hac vice pending)The Hamideh Firm, P.C.1801 Century Park East, 24th FloorLos Angeles, CA 90067Telephone: (310 556-9687Facsimile: (310) 733-5699Email: [email protected]
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF UTAH, CENTRAL DIVISION
UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOSPRODUCTIONS LLLP, a Delaware limitedliability limited partnership formerly known asUNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS, INC.; NEWSCORP., a Delaware corporation and owner ofSHINE LIMITED; REVEILLE LLC, aDelaware limited liability company, jointlyowned by UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOSPRODUCTIONS LLLP and NEWS CORP, byand through SHINE LIMITED; SHINE
LIMITED, a United Kingdom limited company
Plaintiffs,
v.
HARBOR FITNESS, LLC, a Utah limitedliability company; MALLORCA PARTNERS,
COMPLAINT FOR TRADEMARK
INFRINGEMENT; FALSE
DESIGNATION OF ORIGIN (PASSING
OFF); FALSE ADVERTISING;
DILUTION; COUNTERFEITING; ALTER
EGO LIABILITY; AND CIVIL
CONSPIRACY
Case No. 2:11cv00980-CW
The Honorable Clark Waddoups
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LLC, a Utah limited liability company;MYRIAD GROUP, LLC, a Utah limitedliability company; PFC ENTERPRISES, LLCa Utah limited liability company; PFCINVESTMENTS, LLC a Utah limited liability
company; PREMIER FITNESS CAMP, a UtahDBA, also doing business asWWW.PREMIERFITNESSCAMP.COM;CHRIS BUTT, an individual also doingbusiness as PREMIER FITNESS CAMP;PHILIP HOLMES, an individual, also doingbusiness as PREMIER FITNESS CAMP;HEATHER MCCALISTER, an individual;VINCENT MCALLISTER, an individual, alsodoing business as PREMIER FITNESSCAMP; KRISTIN RELYEA, an individual;
RYAN RELYEA, an individual, also doingbusiness as PREMIER FITNESS CAMP;and, DOES 1 - 50
Defendants.
Plaintiffs Universal City Studios Productions LLLP (Universal), News Corp. (News
Corp.), Reveille, LLC (Reveille), and Shine Limited (News Corp. and Shine Limited, the
Shine Plaintiffs) (collectively, Plaintiffs) complain against Defendants Harbor Fitness, LLC
(Harbor Fitness), Mallorca Partners, LLC (Mallorca Partners), Myriad Group, LLC
(Myriad Group), PFC Enterprises, LLC (PFC Enterprises), PFC Investments, LLC (PFC
Investments), Premier Fitness Camp, Philip Holmes, Heather McCallister, Vincent McCallister,
Kristen Relyea, and Ryan Relyea (collectively, Defendants) , as follows:
PARTIES, JURISDICTION, AND VENUE
1. Plaintiff Universal City Studios Productions LLLP is a Delaware company.2. Plaintiff News Corp. is a Delaware company.3. Plaintiff Reveille, LLC is a Delaware company.4. Plaintiff Shine Limited is a United Kingdom company.5. Defendant Harbor Fitness, LLC is a Utah company.
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6. Defendant Mallorca Partners, LLC is a Utah company.7. Defendant Myriad Group, LLC is a Utah company.8. Defendant PFC Enterprises, LLC is a Utah company.9. Defendant PFC Investments, LLC is a Utah company.10. Defendant Premier Fitness Camp is a DBA of Defendant PFC Enterprises, LLC.11. Defendant Chris Butt is a Utah resident.12. Defendant Philip Holmes is a Utah resident.13. Defendant Heather McCallister is a Utah resident.14. Defendant Vincent McCallister is a Utah resident.15. Defendant Kristen Relyea is a Utah resident.16. Defendant Ryan Relyea is a Utah resident.17. The true names or capacities, whether individual, corporate, associate, or otherwise,
of Defendants DOES 1 through 50, inclusive, are unknown to Plaintiffs, who therefore sue said
Defendants by such fictitious names. Plaintiffs are informed and believe and therefore allege that
each of the Defendants designated herein as a DOE is legally responsible in some manner for the
events and happenings herein referred to, and legally caused injury and damages proximately
thereby to Plaintiffs as herein alleged.
18. Plaintiffs are informed and believe and upon such information and belief allege thatat all relevant times herein concerned, Defendants, and each of them, were the agents and
employees of each of the remaining Defendants, and were at all times acting within the purpose
and scope of said agency and employment, and each Defendant has ratified and approved the acts
of the other.
19. This Court has subject matter jurisdiction over this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C.1331, 28 U.S.C. 1332, and 28 U.S.C. 1367.
20. Venue is proper in this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1391(b).
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FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION
(Trademark Infringement)
21. This action is brought under the Trademark Laws of the United States, 15 U.S.C.
1051 et seq., the general common law, and the laws of the State of Utah, which claims are
substantial and related to the claims arising under Federal law.
22. Since prior to the acts complained of herein, Plaintiff Reveille has been the owner
of the The Biggest Loser trademarks and related rights in the United States of America.
Plaintiff Reveille is a limited liability company, jointly owned and controlled by Universal and the
Shine Plaintiffs, with Universal also owning the exclusive right to exploit the aforesaid trademarks
and distribute products and services bearing same, throughout the world. Reveille caused The
Biggest Loser trademark to be registered on the principal register in the United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) on July 29, 2008 in Class 9, 41, 43, and 44; on September 30, 2008
in Class 29; on June 23, 2009 in Class 28; and, on February 10, 2009 in Class 16.
23. Upon Reveilles submission of Declarations of Use and Incontestability, the
registrations of these marks were and are deemed incontestable as a matter of law as the date of
the issuance of registration. [15 U.S.C. 1165].
24. Copies of said registrations are attached hereto, marked as Exhibit A, and
incorporated herein by reference.
25. Pursuant to agreement among themselves, Plaintiffs share the joint right, title and
interest in and to any and all USPTO The Biggest Loser registrations, while Universal possesses
the exclusive right to promote, market, sell, distribute or exploit same in connection with goods
and services relating to the aforementioned registrations.
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26. This includes but is not limited to registrations for The Biggest Loser in the
following International Classes:
(a) Class 41 for: Providing general interest entertainment and educational
information in the field of physical fitness, exercise, exercise, work-outs, and physical
conditioning, via a multi-user global computer information network and streaming media
(b) Class 43 for Providing general interest entertainment and educational
information in the field of recipes, via a multi-user global computer information network and
streaming media
(c) Class 44 for Providing general interest entertainment and educational
information in the field of health, nutrition, diet, and weight loss, via a multi-user global computer
information network and streaming media ; and,
(d) Class 41 for: Health club services, namely, providing instruction and
equipment in the field of physical exercise, instruction services, namely, instruction in the field
of health, nutrition and physical exercise, providing health club services, namely, providing
fitness and exercise facilities; gymnasium services; providing exercise and fitness facilities;
providing instruction in exercise, nutrition, healthy lifestyle and fitness; educational services,
namely instruction and training in the fields of fitness and nutrition; providing instruction and
training in the use of fitness equipment educational services; namely, classes, conventions,
demonstrations, workshops, seminars and training, in the fields of health and medical care,
fitness, nutrition and wellness .
27. Plaintiffs first discovered in or about April 2011 that, beginning on a date unknown
to Plaintiffs but which Plaintiffs are informed and believe and thereon allege was prior to April2011, Defendants had caused to be published and published several direct, prominent uses ofThe
Biggest Loser on Defendants website, www.premierfitnesscamp.com, and in so doing,
purposefully targeted consumers in interstate commerce in order to promote Defendants website,
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weight loss business and fitness retreat, also known as Premier Fitness Camp - Americas #1
Fitness Retreat.
28. These infringing uses included but were not limited to:
a) A stand-alone use on the website of www.premierfitnesscamp.com as the sixth
category under the Menu listing About Premier, with a stand-alone link titled, BIGGEST
LOSER(Exhibit B);
b) A prominent headline use on the website, www.premierfitnesscamp.com of
Biggest Loser of Weight directly followed by numerous references to Universals renowned
and popular television series entitled The Biggest Loser and associated products and services.
(Exhibit C);
c) In the Menu section of the website, www.premierfitnesscamp.com, under The
Healthy Spaghetti and the smaller headline Spaghetti Squash with Avocado Pesto, the site
reads Spaghetti squash is a perennial favorite ofBiggest Losercontestants
d) Moreover, the bottom of the same page states:
Recipe Created By:Cheryl Forberg, RD, is a professional chef and the nutritionist for NBCs The
Biggest Loser. She is the author of the book, TheBiggest LoserSimple Swaps: 100Easy Changes to Start Living a Healthier Lifestyle.
e) Additionally, Defendants have made extensive use of internet search engine
optimization (including substantial payments for advertising associated with Google Adwords) to
further cement the perception of a direct nexus between The Biggest Loser and Defendants
among consumers. For example, out of 6,700 results from a search in late July 2011 for Biggest
Loser, www.premierfitnesscamp appeared at the top of the Google search results, in the upper
right-hand corner under the headline Train Like Biggest Loser. All of the other results on the
first page related directly to The Biggest Loser television show or its licensees, including inter
alia, for an authorized Biggest Loser meal plan and fitness camp. (Exhibit D) Moreover, in a
Google search for Premier Fitness Camp Biggest Loser, the first result is a headline for
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Premier Fitness Camp, and the fourth result is Biggest Loser/Premier Fitness Camp.
(Exhibit E) (All of the foregoing uses, together, hereafter referred to as (the Infringing Uses).
29. The aforesaid uses of Plaintiffs The Biggest Loser trademarks were and are
unauthorized by Plaintiffs, violate Plaintiffs exclusive trademark rights, and constitute separate
infringements as to each such Infringing Use.
30. The said acts of Defendants have likely caused confusion, deception, or mistake as
to the source of ownership and origin ofThe Biggest Loser trademarks in that they were and are
likely to cause the public mistakenly to believe that Defendants and Defendants products and
services were and are sponsored by, connected with, or in some way interrelated with Plaintiffs
The Biggest Loser, in particular Universals famous television show.
31. Plaintiffs are informed and believe, and upon such information and belief allege,
that Defendants aforesaid infringing acts were intentional and were committed in willful and
deliberate disregard of Plaintiffs rights. Indeed, on May 11, 2011, Universal sent a demand letter
to Defendants requesting, inter alia, an immediate cease and desist of the Infringing Uses. Despite
communication with the counsel for Premier Fitness Camp regarding same, none of the
Defendants, including Premier Fitness Camp, took any action to stop the Infringing Uses for more
than three (3) additional months (and only then after a demand letter was issued to Defendants by
Universals outside litigation law firm). Plaintiffs The Biggest Loser marks are well-known
among the public and have become so identified with the trademark The Biggest Loser that
Universal has attained worldwide recognition and acknowledgment as the source of this famous
mark.
32. By reason of the acts of Defendants described above, Plaintiffs, and Universal in
particular, have suffered great detriment and injury to their trademarks, business, goodwill, and
profits. The exact amount of said damage is presently unascertained.
33. In the event Defendants resume the infringing activities set forth herein, such
conduct would cause Plaintiffs, and Universal in particular, irreparable damage in that it would be
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extremely difficult to ascertain the amount of compensation which would afford Plaintiffs, and
Universal in particular, adequate relief therefor, and, unless this Court grants a permanent
injunction, Universal would be compelled to prosecute a multiplicity of actions for damages, one
each time Defendants used or reproduced Plaintiffs trademark. Plaintiffs have no adequate
remedy at law.
SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION
(False Designation of Origin (Passing Off) Under 15 U.S.C. 1125(a))
34. Plaintiffs repeat, reallege, and incorporate herein by reference the allegations of
paragraphs 1 through 33 above.
35. Defendants use and exploitation ofThe Biggest Loser trademarks constituted and
constitute willful and deliberate false designations of origin and false representations which were
and are likely to cause confusion, mistake, or deception by inducing the impression among
customers, potential customers, and the public in general to believe that Defendants and
Defendants products and services were and are in some manner approved, licensed, sponsored,
affiliated, or associated with Plaintiffs.
36. Defendants said acts violate Title 15, United States Code, 1125(a).
37. Universal has been damaged by Defendants conduct and may suffer additional
irreparable damage unless this Court grants the remedies prayed for herein. Plaintiffs have no
adequate remedy at law.
THIRD CAUSE OF ACTION
[False Advertising Under 15 U.S.C. 1125(a)]
38. Plaintiffs repeat, reallege and incorporate herein by reference the allegations of
paragraphs 1 through 37, above.
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39. Plaintiffs are informed and believe and thereon allege that Defendants have
published Universals The Biggest Loser mark on its website www.premierfitnesscamp.com
(the Infringing Website or Defendants Website), for the purpose of advertising and
promoting the Infringing Uses and generating sales by and through association with Universals
famous television series and mark (the Infringing Advertisements).
40. Plaintiffs are informed and believe and thereon allege that, in advertising and
promoting the Infringing Uses by and through the Infringing Website and elsewhere, Defendants
have been and are also misrepresenting the nature, characteristics, and quality of their own goods
by, among other things, falsely and fraudulently implying approval, association or sponsorship by
Plaintiffs, and Universal in particular, thereby deceiving the general public and consumers.
41. Plaintiffs are informed and believe and thereon allege that Defendants deliberately
devised their Website, www.premierfitnesscamp.com, and advertising and promotion of the
Infringing Marks contained therein, to deliberately misrepresent the nature, quality, or
characteristics of their own goods as well as Universals.
42. Plaintiffs, and Universal in particular, have never authorized Defendants, by license
or otherwise, to advertise, promote, market, reproduce, duplicate, offer for sale, sell, or distribute
The Biggest Loser mark as contained in the Infringing Website.
43. The display ofThe Biggest Loser marks on Defendants Website was and is a
part of Defendants effort to solicit sales of the Infringing Products and/or Services, or other
products, constitutes a commercial advertisement and promotion distributed in interstate
commerce.
44. Plaintiffs, and Universal in particular, have sustained, and will continue to sustain,
substantial damage to the commercial value of its image in that the previously-described activities
of Defendants have damaged Plaintiffs (and in particular Universals) goodwill and reputation and
the value ofThe Biggest Loser marks by falsely associating The Biggest Loser marks and will
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continue to diminish the revenues which Plaintiffs (and in particular Universal) would otherwise
receive from authorized or prospective exploitation ofThe Biggest Loser marks.
45. Defendants said acts constitute direct infringement under 15 U.S.C. 1125(a).
46. Defendants have continued to infringe Plaintiffs rights, and unless temporarily,
preliminarily and permanently enjoined by Order of this Court, will continue to infringe said rights,
all to Plaintiffs irreparable injury. As a result of Defendants' acts of infringement, Universal is
without an adequate remedy at law in that damages are difficult to ascertain and, unless injunctive
relief is granted as prayed for herein, Plaintiffs will be required to pursue a multiplicity of actions.
47. Defendants have committed all of the aforesaid acts of infringement deliberately,
willfully, maliciously and oppressively, without regard to Plaintiffs proprietary rights.
FOURTH CAUSE OF ACTION
(Trademark Dilution)
48. Plaintiffs repeat, reallege and incorporate herein by reference the allegations of
paragraphs 1 through 47, above.
49. The Biggest Loser trademarks and Plaintiffs (in particular Universals)
rendition thereof have a distinctive and valuable quality protected by the Federal Trademark
Dilution Act of 1995 [15 U.S.C. 1125(c)].
50. Plaintiffs are informed and believe, and thereon allege, that the trademarks used by
Defendants have a likelihood of confusion with Universals The Biggest Loser television series
and related marks and have been used improperly, inter alia, in and upon the Infringing Website,
www.premierfitnesscamp.com, without Plaintiffs authorization and without proper attribution to
Plaintiffs (and Universal in particular). Said use threatens to cheapen and debase Plaintiffs mark
and the absence of proper attribution threatens to lead the public to believe there is no protection.
51. Defendants unauthorized appropriation as alleged above constituted and
constitutes a dilution of Plaintiffs rights in and to The Biggest Loser trademarks. Defendants
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misappropriation diminishes or destroys the exclusive association between Universal and their
trademarks thereby depriving Plaintiffs of the benefits sought and achieved from such exclusive
association developed through great diligence and significant cost. All of the foregoing acts of
Defendants constitute a violation of the Federal Trademark Dilution Act of 1995 [15 U.S.C.
1125(c)], and may continue to injure Plaintiffs (and Universal in particular) unless this Court
grants the relief requested herein.
FIFTH CAUSE OF ACTION
(Unfair Competition)
52. Plaintiffs repeat, reallege and incorporate herein by reference the allegations of
paragraphs 1 through 51 above.
53. Defendants unauthorized use of Universals trademarked phrase, The Biggest
Loser, constitutes common law unfair competition under 15 USC 1125(a). Defendants use of
The Biggest Loser trademarks was and is likely to cause confusion, mistake, and deception
among consumers.
54. By reason of the foregoing, Defendants unfair competition has caused irreparable
harm, injury, and damage to Plaintiffs and may continue to do so unless this Court grants the relief
requested herein.
SIXTH CAUSE OF ACTION
(Counterfeiting)
55. Plaintiffs repeat, reallege, and incorporate herein by reference the allegations of
paragraphs 1 through 54, above.
56. As noted herein, Plaintiffs are the owner ofThe Biggest Loser trademarks and
related rights in the United States of America, including but not limited in International Classes 41,
43, and 44, which expressly include use on a multi-user global computer information network
[the internet]. See,supra, at 25 (a)-(d).
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57. As noted herein, the Defendants online public display, advertising, promotion, and
offer of sale of registrations for its Premier Fitness Camp (via www.premierfitnesscamp.com)
prominently and repeatedly contained The Biggest Loser trademark.
58. Defendants aforesaid acts constituted and constitute the unauthorized use in
commerce of reproductions, counterfeits, copies, and colorable imitations of Plaintiffs registered
The Biggest Loser trademark in connection with the sale, offering for sale, distribution, or
advertising of goods or services.
59. Defendants aforesaid acts were and are likely to cause confusion, or to cause
mistake, or to deceive consumers and members of the general public.
60. Defendants said acts violate, inter alia, Title 15, United States Code, Section
1114(1)(a) and 1116(d), and constitute trademark counterfeiting.
61. Plaintiffs have been damaged by Defendants conduct and may suffer additional
irreparable damage unless this Court grants the remedies prayed for herein. Plaintiffs have no
adequate remedy at law.
62. Plaintiffs are informed and believe and thereon allege, that Defendants said acts,
including the unauthorized use of counterfeits of Plaintiffs registered trademarks, were and are
being done knowingly and willfully, at the very least during the period between the Universal legal
departments written demand that Defendants cease and desist from the Infringing Uses sent on
May 11, 2011 until in or about August 9, 2011. Pursuant to Title 15 U.S.C. 1117(c)(2), Plaintiffs
therefore seek statutory damages in the amount of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) per
counterfeit mark per type of good or service sold, offered for sale, or distributed.
SEVENTH CAUSE OF ACTION
(Alter Ego Liability)
63. Plaintiffs repeat, reallege, and incorporate herein by reference the allegations of
paragraphs 1 through 62, above.
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64. Pursuant to their registrations with the Utah Department of Commerce, all of the
corporate Defendants are located at 7659 South 700 West/Main Street, Midvale, UT 84047 (the
7659 Address), an office building with no signs and blacked out windows. As demonstrated in
the attached Exhibit F, Defendants manage and control numerous corporations out of the 7659
Address.
65. The domain name registration for the Infringing Website,
www.premierfitnesscamp.com, identifies the address for the website as 7659 South 700 West
Street, Midvale, UT 84047.
66. Defendant Ryan Relyea is identified as the registrant contact, technical contact,
and administrative contact for the Infringing Website. (Exhibit G)
67. Defendants Ryan Relyea, Chris Butt, Vincent McCallister, and Phillip Holmes also
have direct management of Premier Fitness Camp (and the Infringing Website) as evidenced by a
press release distributed by Premier Fitness Camp itself on June 6, 2011. (Exhibit H).
68. As demonstrated by the attached Exhibit I, Defendants appear to be involved in a
Tangled Web of ownership and control of www.premierfitnesscamp.com.
69. Upon information and belief, each of the Defendants has used the assets of the
other for its own use and benefit, and has treated the assets of the other as its own assets.
70. Upon information and belief and further information to be obtained through
discovery, Plaintiffs allege that the Defendants have conducted their affairs in such a manner that
their separate existences no longer exist, that each is the alter ego of the other, and that
observance of the corporate or limited liability form would sanction a fraud, or promote injustice,
or an inequitable result.
71. This Court should pierce the corporate veil of each Defendant corporate entity and
enter judgment that the Defendants, including but not limited to each Defendant corporate entity
and each individual Defendant, are mere alter egos of each and every such Defendant corporate
entity.
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72. Accordingly, to the extent that Plaintiffs obtain a judgment against one of the
Defendants, then Plaintiffs are also entitled to obtain a judgment, in a like amount, against the
remaining Defendants.
EIGHTH CAUSE OF ACTION
(Civil Conspiracy)
73. Plaintiffs repeat, reallege, and incorporate herein by reference the allegations of
paragraphs 1 through 72, above.
74. In committing the acts of wrongdoing alleged herein, all Defendants acted
pursuant to a common scheme to infringe and benefit from infringement ofThe Biggest Loser
trademarks.
75. All Defendants were aware of the common scheme and took steps in furtherance
of such scheme. Accordingly, all Defendants are vicariously liable for all acts in furtherance of
the conspiracy.
76. As a direct and proximate result of the conspiracy, Plaintiffs have suffered, and
continue to experience, significant damages in an amount to be determined at trial.
77. Accordingly, to the extent that Plaintiffs obtain a judgment against one of the
Defendants, then Plaintiffs are also entitled to obtain a judgment, in a like amount, against the
remaining Defendants.
PRAYER FOR RELIEF
Wherefore, Plaintiffs respectfully request this Court to enter judgment against Defendants
as follows:
1. For an Order during the pendency of this action and permanently thereafter,
enjoining Defendants, and Defendants' officers, agents, employees, and those acting in concert or
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conspiracy with them, temporarily during the pendency of this action and permanently thereafter
from:
(a) Infringing, or contributing to, or participating in the infringement by others of
Plaintiffs The Biggest Loser trademarks, denominated above, or acting in concert with, aiding
and abetting others to infringe any of said trademarks in any way;
(b) Advertising, promoting, marketing, manufacturing, duplicating, offering for sale,
selling, renting, distributing, or otherwise exploiting, using disposing of any products, sales or
advertising materials, or other merchandise, matter or materials (including any virtual matter)
containing, referring, or relating to The Biggest Loser trademark or any other trademarks or other
matter or material as to which Plaintiffs have the exclusive rights;;
2. That, with respect to the First Cause of Action, Defendants be required to account
for and pay over to Plaintiffs the actual damages suffered by Plaintiffs as a result of the aforesaid
infringements and any profits of Defendants attributable to each such infringement of each of
Plaintiffs exclusive rights and to pay such damages to Plaintiffs as to this Court shall appear just
and proper within the provisions of the Trademark laws of the United States;
3. That Defendants account for and pay over to Plaintiffs all damages sustained by
Plaintiffs and profits realized by Defendants by reason of their unlawful acts, and that the amount
of profits realized by Defendants be increased to a sum not exceeding three times the amount
thereof as provided by law.
4. That Defendants be required to pay to Plaintiffs such damages as Plaintiffs have
sustained in consequence of Defendants passing off, false advertising, dilution and unfair
competition under 15 U.S.C. 1125(a) and to account for:
(a) All gains, profits and advantages derived by Defendants by said passing off;
and
(b) All gains, profits, and advantages derived by Defendants by infringement or
such damages as to the Court shall appear proper within the provisions of all applicable statutes.
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5. That, with respect to the Sixth Cause of Action, and pursuant to Title 15 U.S.C.
1117(a) and (c)(2), Defendants be required to account for and pay over to Plaintiffs the actual
damages suffered by Plaintiffs as a result of the aforesaid infringements and any profits of
Defendants attributable to each such infringement of each of Plaintiffs registered trademarks and
to pay such damages to Plaintiffs as to this Court shall appear just and proper within the provisions
of the Lanham Act, or, in the alternative, at Plaintiffs election at any time before final judgment is
rendered by the trial court, Plaintiffs be awarded statutory damages arising from the Defendants
willful use of counterfeit mark(s) in the amount of One Millions Dollars ($1,000,000) per
counterfeit mark per type of good or service sold, offered for sale, or distributed;
6. That Plaintiffs recover compensatory and consequential damages in an amount to
be ascertained at trial;
7 That Plaintiffs recover exemplary damages according to proof;
8. That Plaintiffs recover attorneys' fees and costs of suit incurred herein; and
9. That Plaintiffs have such other and further relief as this Court deems just and
proper.
JURY DEMAND
Pursuant to Rule 38 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Plaintiffs demand a trial by
jury on all issues triable as a matter of right. Plaintiffs have tendered the requisite fee to the
Clerk of Court.
DATED this 21st day of October, 2011.
/s/ Karthik NadesanKarthik NadesanMark E. KalmansohnBassil HamidehAttorneys for Plaintiff
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit A The Biggest Loser Trademark Registrations with the U.S. Patent and TrademarkOffice.
Exhibit B www.premierfitnesscamp Scroll Down Menu Infringement - Biggest Loser
Exhibit C www.premierfitnesscamp Biggest Loser of Weight Webpage Infringement
Exhibit D www.premierfitnesscamp Train Like Biggest Loser Infringement
Exhibit E Premier Fitness Camp Google Search
Exhibit F Premier Fitness Camp Who Is Information and Registration
Exhibit G Entities Associated With 7659 Address
Exhibit H Press Release Showing Defendants Ryan Relyea, Chris Butt, Vincent McCallister, andPhillip Holmes Direct Involvement with www.premierfitnesscamp.com
Exhibit I Tangled Web of Control of www.premierfitnesscamp.com
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