Louis Vuitton Malletier and other luxury brands won an order for permanent injunction and judgment on consent against a number of Chinatown businesses and affiliated defendants in Manhattan federal court.
The initial action was filed by Louis Vuitton, but Marc Jacobs Trademarks LLC, Givenchy S.A., Celine S.A., Kenzo S.A. and Loewe S.A. were added as plaintiffs to the permanent injunction, awarded last week.
Defendants named in the judgment included Nenex International, New Age Trading and its owner Andy Lin, JTF 277 Canal Street and its owner Fotini Theoharidou, Yue Chan Ye, Nhu Thi Phuong Dean, Wang Guo Kang, Xinghua Huang, Jin Long Lin and Jian Liang Ge.
All the parties were permanently restrained from selling, manufacturing and marketing products that infringe on the Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Givenchy, Celine, Loewe or Kenzo brands.
The defendants were also ordered to hang up the signs that Louis Vuitton Malletier has been installing in stores in Chinatown notifying consumers that the sale and purchase of counterfeits at a location are prohibited and punishable by law. The defendants will be subject to monitoring by the luxury goods company and its investigators to ensure that the signs stay up and are complied with. In addition, the defendants were ordered to pay damages of $2,500 each to Louis Vuitton.
Louis Vuitton’s initial lawsuit was filed in April of this year for trademark and copyright infringement against a longer list of defendants. Some of the initial allegations were decided in early October and the rest are still pending.