Harley-Davidson Obtains Injunction Against Online Counterfeiting Group

2017/05/27

Harley-Davidson has successfully obtained an injunction against a group of online counterfeiters running an internet store in China. The final judgment order against the group was delivered in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division on May 23. It also states that Harley-Davidson be awarded $1 million statutory damages from each of the defaulting defendants for wilful use of counterfeit Harley-Davidson trademarks.
In the initial claim, filed in April, the US motorbike manufacturer claimed the “injuries and damages” sustained by it have been “directly and proximately caused by defendants’ wrongful reproduction, use, advertisement, promotion and sale of counterfeit Harley-Davidson products”. The defendants sold motorcycle parts, apparel, jewellery and other goods using counterfeit versions of Harley-Davidson’s federally registered trademarks.

Source: WIPR