BMW of North America LLC, Bayerische Motoren Werke AG v. US Elogistics Service Corp., Etarget Limited, and Does 1-10, inclusive
Published: Apr. 24, 2020 | Result Date: Mar. 3, 2020 | Filing Date: Apr. 26, 2019 |Case number: 5:19-cv-00789 JFW (RAOx) Bench Decision – Permanent Injunction
Judge
Court
CD CA
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Christopher D. Johnson
(Johnson & Pham LLP)
Christopher Q. Pham
(Johnson & Pham LLP)
Marcus F. Chaney
(Johnson & Pham LLP)
Defendant
Joseph Shemaria
(Law Offices of Joseph Shemaria)
Paul A. Goldberger
(Goldberger & Dubin PC)
Renee M. Wong
(Goldberger & Dubin PC)
Facts
Plaintiffs BMW of North America LLC and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG brought suit against defendants US Elogistics Service Corp. and ETarget Limited for damages and seeking declaratory relief.
Contentions
PLAINTIFFS CONTENTIONS: Plaintiffs claimed defendants knew or should've known that foreign-third party sellers were using defendants' importation and distribution services and domestic warehouse distribution locations to deal in counterfeit and/or infringing products using plaintiffs' BMW trademark in the United States.
Plaintiffs contended that defendants' conduct constituted federal trademark infringement, false designation of origin, unfair competition, trademark dilution, and unfair business practice.
DEFENDANTS CONTENTIONS: Defendants denied the allegations.
Result
Permanent injunction was entered against defendants.
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