MIAMI – Several online retailers are accused of selling counterfeit Louis Vuitton products.
Louis Vuitton Malletier SA filed a complaint on Dec. 21 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against 1688handbags.com, 2016louisvuittonu.com, 365bags.ru, et al., citing trademark infringement and other counts.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges that it suffered damages to its business. The plaintiff holds 1688handbags.com, 2016louisvuittonu.com, 365bags.ru, et al. responsible because the defendants allegedly manufactured and/or sold counterfeit copies of plaintiff's products, which also bore plaintiff's mark.
The plaintiff seeks enjoin the defendants from further infringing plaintiff's trademark, transfer all domain names used by the defendants to the plaintiff's control, award all profits and damages to the plaintiff, statutory damages of $2 million per each counterfeit mark used and product sold, all legal fees plus interest and any other relief as this court deems just. It is represented by Stephen M. Gaffigan, Virgilio Gigante and T. Raquel Rodriguez-Albizu of Stephen M. Gaffigan PA in Fort Lauderdale.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Case number 0:16-cv-62998-BB