Free Statement - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF ARIZONA
CASE NO. CIV 03 2353-PHX—DGC
CENTURY 21 REAL ESTATE CORPORATION,
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DARYUSH B. MOTLAGH AND JANE DOE MOTLAGH, HUSBAND AND WIFE; l
INTEGRITY ASSURANCE,
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EXHIBIT TO CENTURY 21 REAL ESTATE CORPORATION’S: (1) RENEWED Q
MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON ITS BREACH OF CONTRACT 1
AND UNJU ST ENRICHMENT CLAIMS; AND (2) MOTION FOR SUMMARY
JUDGMENT ON COUNTERCLAIMS
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I I ` `I Avondale, AZ 85323 -3e" E 3301 N, Igitchfield Rd., Suite 800 _ _ I II I I I ,
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g _I I I I Re: Your Unauthorized U.s·aofthe.`CENTURY 21I® Marks I ` ` _ I2; I
_ It Dear Messrs. Motlagh andiEdmonds: I I _ I i - l I I
_ _ _ _ _ As you know, this firm represents Century 21 Real Estate Corporat1on·("Ce11tury 2_1"). I I I
I _I I- Despite previous demands on behalf of Century 2_I, _we havediscovered that as late _as ourilast _ I ,.,`‘ .
_ I I . , investigation onliriday, November 7, 2003, you (and your company — Integrity Assurance, Inc.) I l .
.i,, I I I I I I are continuing to improperly using;Century 21 marks without permission. We are sending this . I I
.- I letter to demand that you- immediately cease and desist using Century `21 ’s marks, copyrights, I QQII1
I . I and trademark materials and purporting to operate as Century 2] franchisee. As indicated above, _ I y I _I I
. I . _ I ` I we have also sentacopy of this letter to the counsel that- represented you in the bankruptcy I I .
` _ . _ I proceedings. . _ I I y- I __ I _ I I_
. I_ , II E _As you know, neither you nor IntegrityIAssurance, lncihas any right to operate a I. I . l I- l
I I ` I E p purported franchise of Century. 21 or use Century 2l’°S marks. In tloebankruptcy proceedings, . ` I
Ii _ I E I the'C0u1‘l granted Century 2lI’s Motion for Termination ofthe, Automatic Stay and denied I `. I
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_ _ Integrity Assurance, Inc.’s_Motion to Assume the Franchise Agreement. The Court speeriically _· 54
_. - ordered that to the extent Integity ever had any rights in the franchise agreement, those rights _ 4 e-4
J 4. _ 4· J are nojqv terminated and extinguished.- Sirnilarly, Messrs. Motlagli and Edmonds` interests-have 4 __ e - -
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_ J. J spent tremendous time and resources developing its marks and4theJ goodwill-4ass_oeiated with J _ -4 Ji ‘‘_.
4 . J J them. ..4In addition to eonstituizinga breach _of.oontr_aet. your improper use of Century.214’s_marks 4 - . __ .§4 .
.4 4 j and your_ continuedrepresentationthat you are a Century 21. nanehisee -eonstituteJnif1ingement4- 4 . 4 -J l
__ 4 44 thatis a-violation of_both_federal and statelaw. g l51U.SrC.4§ Jl125(a); Ariz.44Rev. Stat. §‘44- 4 e JJ _ 4 1
4 ‘ 4- J 4 4 1451. Your-unautl1oi‘izedJuse4 ofthe marks also constitutes-dilution in violation of both federal - _ r J _
4 _ 4 and state law. _ [email protected] U.S.C. § lt-25(e); Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 44-1448.01 .iir 4 4- 4 L.- i
_ ._-'‘ 4 J4 J4 . 4 4 . 4 The federl andJJstate_4 statutes impose strong penalties for infringement and4.dilution..J 4 4. -4 44 =4i4 4
e 4 additiori tofother things. the 4statutes.perrpit Century _214to recover any profits derived from your`.- - 4 _ J.
-J . .4 business. damages to Century 21 and 4attomeys‘ fees and costs- gee-415 U.S.C. §_ 1117; 4 _ 4 . .5
4 _ J4 - - _ — _Rev.-Stat. §_J44—l45l:. The federal statutes also allow recovery of up to three times the amomt of_ _ 4_ 4 _ - 4
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. 4 _ 4 Because you have not respondedJto;our previous demands to cease and desist improperly 4 . 4 4
Z -.`_ _ _4 usirig.Century 21JTs copyrights J.and trademarks, Century 21 has instructed us`to pursue all` - . 4 44
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