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Sol De Janeiro USA Inc. v. American Instinct Inc.
1:25-cv-06268
| S.D.N.Y. | Aug 4, 2025
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK SOL DE JANEIRO USA INC. and SOL DE

JANEIRO IP, INC.,

Civil Action No. 1:25-cv-06268 Plaintiffs,

v. [PROPOSED] TEMPORARY

RESTRAINING ORDER AND AMERICAN INSTINCT INC. D/B/A COLGVITA ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR

AND D/B/A UNIFULL, A PRELIMINARY

INJUNCTION Defendant.

Plaintiffs Sol de Janeiro USA Inc. and Sol de Janeiro IP, Inc. (“Plaintiffs”) have moved

against Defendant American Instinct Inc. d/b/a ColgVita and Unifull (“Defendant”) for a

Temporary Restraining Order and Order to Show Cause for a Preliminary Injunction. The Court,

having reviewed the Complaint, Memorandum of Law, and supporting Declarations and

accompanying exhibits, finds that:

1. Plaintiffs are likely to succeed in showing that they own valid and enforceable

rights in the following trademarks and trade dresses: the federally registered BRAZILIAN BUM

BUM, CHEIROSA, and BRAZILIAN CRUSH word marks; the SDJ Trade Dresses for the

primary packaging designs of Plaintiffs’ Brazilian Bum Bum Cream, Bom Dia Bright Cream, Beija

Flor Elasti-Cream, Delícia Drench Body Butter, and Cheirosa Perfume Mists products; and the

CHEIROSA Logo pictured below (altogether, the “SDJ Marks”).

2. Plaintiffs are likely to succeed in showing that Defendant, by distributing,

marketing, and selling various body cream and fragrance products under trademarks and in

packaging designs similar to the SDJ Marks (the “Infringing Products”), has infringed the SDJ

Marks in violation of Sections 32(1) and 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1114(1), 1125(a),

and related New York common law. The Infringing Products include the following products shown

below:

3. Consistent with 15 U.S.C. § 1116(a), Defendant’s continued distribution,

marketing, or sale of the Infringing Products will result in immediate and irreparable injury to

Plaintiffs if injunctive relief is not granted.

4. The balance of hardships to the parties and the public’s interest in being free from

confusion, deception, and mistake would both be served by injunctive relief.

THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant, and its officers, agents,

servants, employees, and attorneys, and all those in active concert or participation with them, are

TEMPORARILY RESTRAINED pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65 from infringing

the SDJ Marks or Plaintiffs’ rights therein, or using or exploiting the SDJ Marks, by:

a. Using any reproduction, counterfeit, copy, or colorable imitation of the SDJ Marks

(as defined herein) for and in connection with any goods or services not authorized by Plaintiffs;

b. Engaging in any course of conduct likely to cause confusion, deception or mistake,

or to injure Plaintiffs’ business reputations or goodwill in the SDJ Marks;

c. Using any false description or representation, including words or other symbols

tending falsely to describe or represent Defendant’s unauthorized goods or services as Plaintiffs’,

or sponsored by or associated with Plaintiffs, and from offering such goods or services into

commerce;

d. Manufacturing, producing, distributing, circulating, selling, marketing, offering for

sale, advertising, promoting, renting, displaying, or otherwise disposing of any products or

packaging not authorized by Plaintiffs that bear any simulation, reproduction, counterfeit, copy, or

colorable imitation of the SDJ Marks;

e. Making any statement or representation whatsoever, or using any false designation

of origin or false description, or performing any act, which is or may be likely to lead the trade or

public, or individual members thereof, to believe that any products manufactured, distributed, or

sold by Defendant are in any manner associated or connected with Plaintiffs, or are sold,

manufactured, licensed, sponsored, approved, or authorized by Plaintiffs;

f. Secreting, destroying, altering, removing, or otherwise disposing of the Infringing

Products, or any books or records that contain any information relating to the importing,

manufacturing, producing, distributing, circulating, selling, marketing, offering for sale, *7 advertising, promoting, renting, or displaying of all Infringing Products;

g. Effecting assignments or transfers, forming new entities or associations or utilizing

any other device for the purpose of circumventing or otherwise avoiding the prohibitions set forth

in this Order, or any subsequent order or final judgment in this action; and h. Processing any payments for or otherwise providing any online services related to

the sale of Infringing Products.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT this Temporary Restraining Order shall remain in

effect until ______________, the date of the show cause hearing. August 18, 2025 August 18, 2025, at 4:00 p.m.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT Defendants shall appear on ___________________, remotely by telephone in accordance with

or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, in Courtroom _____________________________, Rule 3(B) of the Court's Individual Rules , at 4:15 p.m.

to show cause why an Order pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65 and Section 34 of the

Lanham Act should not be entered granting Plaintiffs a Preliminary Injunction to continue the

temporary restraining order. Jesse M. Furman

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT the Defendants’ answering papers, if any, shall be filed with the Clerk of this Court and served upon the attorneys for Plaintiffs by delivering copies

thereof to the offices of Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, P.C., 4 Times Square, 17 th Floor, New August 12, 2025

York, New York 10036, Attn: John P. Margiotta, Esq., no later than __________________. Any

reply shall be filed and served by Plaintiffs at the hearing. no later than August 15, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.

Defendants are hereby given notice that failure to attend the hearing scheduled herein may

result in immediate issuance of the prayed-for Preliminary Injunction to take effect immediately

upon expiration or dissolution of the within Temporary Restraining Order, and shall otherwise

extend for the pendency of this litigation relief upon the same or similar terms and conditions as

comprise this Temporary Restraining Order.

SO ORDERED.

August 4

Dated: July __, 2025

New York, New York ___________________________________ Honorable __________________________ United States District Court Judge No later than August 15, 2025 , at 5 p.m. , Plaintiffs shall post a $10,000 bond.

No later than 5 p.m. tomorrow, August 5, 2025 , Plaintiffs shall serve a copy of this TRO on

Defendant by e-mail and overnight courier and on defense counsel by email and file proof of

such service on the docket.

The teleconference scheduled for August 18, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. will be held remotely by

telephone in accordance with Rule 3(B) of the Court’s Individual Rules and Practices in Civil

Cases, available at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/hon-jesse-m-furman. The parties should join the

conference by calling the Court’s dedicated conference line at (855) 244-8681 and using

access code 2303 019 3884, followed by the pound (#) key. When prompted for an attendee

ID number, press the pound (#) key again. Counsel should review and comply with the rules

regarding teleconferences in the Court’s Individual Rules and Practices in Civil Cases,

including Rule 2(B)(i), which requires the parties, no later than 24 hours before the

conference, to send a joint email to the Court with a list of counsel who may speak during the

teleconference and the telephone numbers from which counsel expect to join the call.

Case Details

Case Name: Sol De Janeiro USA Inc. v. American Instinct Inc.
Court Name: District Court, S.D. New York
Date Published: Aug 4, 2025
Docket Number: 1:25-cv-06268
Court Abbreviation: S.D.N.Y.
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