偽造／グレーマーケット製品
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模倣品への対応
模造品やグレーマーケット商品は、驚くべき速度で増加しており、年間数十億ドルの産業損失を引き起こしています。これらによりクライアントの商標が脅威にさらされた場合、弊所は、メーカー及び販売会社に対して偽造品やグレーマーケット商品の市場流入を阻止するための措置を講じます。弊所は、米国各地の裁判所において、一方的差押え、一時的差止命令、予備的差止命令を含む緊急差止命令を勝ち取ってきました。また、ヨーロッパ、イギリス、アメリカにおける知的財産法に関する業務により、迅速かつ効果的にグローバルブランドを保護するプログラムを実施することが可能です。
実績
Represented Maglula Ltd. in a one-of-a-kind district court litigation including patent, trademark, and copyright claims over Maglula’s assertions that Amazon sold counterfeit consumer products. After the Court issued an order (i) denying Amazon’s motion for summary judgment; (ii) finding “Amazon's attempts to avoid liability … will have minimal impact before a jury”; (iii) reflecting the Court’s belief that "not [] even the most persuasive presentation of Amazon’s evidence would make one iota of difference to a jury”; and (iv) requiring the parties to engage in mediation, the parties entered into an agreement and the case was dismissed.
1:19-cv-01570, E.D. Va., Judge O'Grady
Obtained a temporary restraining order and asset freeze order against entities selling counterfeit apparel products and secured an order for the seizure of counterfeit product from multiple locations in California and New York.
2:16-cv-08030, C.D. Cal., Judges Stevenson, Walter
Obtained a temporary restraining order and asset freeze order against 22 defendants accused of selling counterfeit mobile headsets. Secured an award of over $168 million in damages and obtained default judgment against 17 defendants for trademark counterfeiting, trademark infringement, trademark dilution, false advertising, unfair competition, and cybersquatting. Obtained an award of over $380,000 in attorneys' fees.
3:16-cv-01162, S.D. Cal., Judges Sammartino, Stormes
Prevailed on summary judgment against entities and their owners who unlawfully used the FIRESTONE, FIRESTONE COMPLETE AUTO CARE, and BRIDGESTONE marks to offer automotive services, securing an order recognizing the fame of the FIRESTONE mark.
3:15-cv-00857, M.D. Tenn., Judges Campbell, Holmes, McCalla
4:15-cv-02274, S.D. Tex., Judge Werlein
Obtained consent judgment and favorable settlement amount against direct mail advertiser who created counterfeit of client’s proprietary envelope designs.
1:15-cv-01530, E.D. Va., Judge Ellis
Finnegan has successfully defended API and its engine oil certification program in numerous district court cases and before the TTAB. In one instance, we launched a multipart, simultaneous attack on twelve defendants, filing counterfeiting, trademark infringement, and false advertising claims in two different federal courts. We obtained multiple preliminary and permanent injunctions with each defendant agreeing to settlement. In another case, defendants falsely claimed their engine oil was licensed by API to use the API engine oil quality certification marks, which denotes an oil meets the stringent API engine oil performance standards. Ultimately, the defendants admitted to counterfeiting API’s engine oil quality certification marks and making false performance claims; they agreed to a 10-year ban on bottling or marketing any engine oil for diesel engines and for use in gasoline engines in cars, vans, trucks, and motorcycles; and they paid API’s litigation costs.
