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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN THE VI CARNIVAL COMMITTEE, INC., Plaintiff, v. JOSEPH BOSCHULTE, IAN TURNBULL, and HALVOR HART, in their official capacities, and Halvor Hart, in his individual capacity, and THE GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, Defendants. ) ) ) ) Case No. 3:22-cv-0019 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) APPEARANCES: TERRI L. GRIFFITHS, ESQ. ST. THOMAS, V.I. FOR PLAINTIFF VIRGIN ISLANDS CARNIVAL COMMITTEE. VENETIA H. VELAZQUEZ, ESQ. ARIEL MARIE SMITH-FRANCOIS, ESQ. VIRGIN ISLANDS DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS FOR DEFENDANTS JOSEPH BOSCHULTE, IAN TURNBULL, AND HALVOR HART, AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. HALVOR HART, III ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS DEFENDANT HALVOR HART, III, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY PRO SE JUDGMENT BEFORE THE COURT is Defendants Joseph Boschulte, Ian Turnbull, and Halvor Hart, in their official capacities, and the Government of the Virgin Islands’ (collectively Case: 3:22-cv-00019-RAM-GAT Document #: 192 Filed: 03/31/26 Page 1 of 3 V.I. Carnival Committee v. Boschulte, et al. Case No. 3:22-cv-0019 Judgment “Defendants”) Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, filed October 10, 2023.1 (ECF No. 164.) For reasons stated in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion of even date, it is hereby ORDERED that Defendants’ Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, ECF No. 164, is GRANTED; it is further ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that Judgment is rendered in favor of Defendant Government of the Virgin Islands, Joseph Boschulte, Ian Turnbull, and Halvor Hart, in their ofϐicial capacities, and against Plaintiff on Plaintiff’s claims for Fifth Amendment Takings (Count One), violation of 15 U.S.C. § 1114(b) of the Lanham Act (Count Two), and violation of 15 U.S.C. § 1122(a) of the Lanham Act (Count Four) of the Second Amended Complaint, ECF No. 89, ϐiled on September 23, 2022; it is further ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that Judgment is rendered in favor of Defendant Government of the Virgin Islands, Joseph Boschulte, Ian Turnbull, and Halvor Hart, in their ofϐicial capacities, and against Plaintiff on Defendants’ Counterclaim Two to cancel the marks pursuant to 15 U.S.C. §§ 1064(3), 1119, and 1127. United States Patent and Trademark Ofϐice (“USPTO”) Registration No. 3,190,500 covering the mark “ST. THOMAS CARNIVAL” issued to registration on January 2, 2007, and USPTO Registration No. 3,204,836 covering the mark “VIRGIN ISLANDS CARNIVAL” issued to registration on February 6, 2007, are hereby CANCELLED; it is further 1Defendants ϐiled duplicate docket entries (ECF Nos. 162 and 165) on October 10, 2023; ECF No. 162 was improperly labeled as a motion, and the Court denied it as MOOT. The Court considers ECF No. 165 as Defendants’ memorandum in support of the motion ϐiled at ECF No. 164. Case: 3:22-cv-00019-RAM-GAT Document #: 192 Filed: 03/31/26 Page 2 of 3 V.I. Carnival Committee v. Boschulte, et al. Case No. 3:22-cv-0019 Judgment ORDERED that Counterclaims One, Three, and Four of Defendants’ Counterclaims are MOOT; it is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall certify this ORDER to the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, who shall make appropriate entry upon the records of the Patent and Trademark Office pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1119; it is further ORDERED that, as all federal claims are resolved against the Virgin Islands Government and Individuals in their ofϐicial capacity, the remaining claim against Halvor Hart in his individual capacity (Count Three) is DENIED without prejudice; it is further ORDERED that all motions pending prior to the issuance of this Judgment are MOOT;2 and it is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall CLOSE this case. Dated: March 31, 2026 /s/ Robert A. Molloy ROBERT A. MOLLOY Chief Judge 2 The motions that were pending prior to the issuance of this Judgment are the motions docketed at ECF Nos. 152 and 176, Case: 3:22-cv-00019-RAM-GAT Document #: 192 Filed: 03/31/26 Page 3 of 3