The Beatles music company challenges counterfeiters in Court

2019/05/05

Apple Corps, a music company founded by members of The Beatles, has taken unnamed counterfeiters to court over the online sale of fake goods. In a suit filed on Wednesday, April 10 at the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Apple Corps accused the unnamed defendants of infringing its ‘The Beatles’ and ‘Yellow Submarine’ trademarks. Apple Corps’s subsidiary Subafilm, which owns the rights to the 1967 cartoon film “Yellow Submarine”, was also named as a plaintiff. According to the claim, the counterfeiters are using Apple Corps’ brand names and trademarks to drive internet traffic to their online stores, which is decreasing the size and value of Apple Corps’ legitimate marketplace. Apple Corps warned that the defendants would continue to register or acquire new seller IDs to sell fake goods unless they were enjoined by the court.Apple Corps has also requested either triple damages or statutory damages from each defendant of $2 million per each counterfeit trademark used.

Source: www.worldipreview.com