UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

CASE NO. 08-cv-60621-LENARD-GARBER

CHANEL, INC.,

a New York Corporation

Plaintiff,

 

vs.

 

ALBERT MARTIN KAUFMAN, et al.

Defendants.

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FINAL DEFAULT JUDGMENT

AND PERMANENT INJUNCTION

THIS CAUSE having come before the Court upon Plaintiff’s Motion for Final Default Judgment, and the Court having granted the Motion, does hereby further ORDER AND ADJUDGE as follows:

(1) Default Judgment is ENTERED in favor of the Plaintiff, Chanel, Inc. (“Chanel”), with its principal place of business in the United States located at Nine West 57th Street, New York, New York 10022, and against the Defendants, Albert Martin Kaufman d/b/a Rlcv.com d/b/a Knockoffitems.com d/b/a Transcontinental Marketing d/b/a Replica Lovers d/b/a

Transcontinentalmarketing.com d/b/a Rbbuys d/b/a Replicabuys d/b/a Professoralk, and Transcontinental Marketing, Inc., a Florida corporation, d/b/a Rlcv.com d/b/a Knockoffitems.com d/b/a Transcontinental Marketing d/b/a Replica Lovers d/b/a Transcontinentalmarketing.com d/b/a Rbbuys d/b/a Replicabuys d/b/a Professoralk d/b/a Replicasee.com (collectively the “RLCV Defendants”), located at 9840 SW 4th Street,

Plantation, Florida 33324;

(2) Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1117(c), Chanel is awarded statutory damages against the RLCV Defendants, jointly and severally, in the amount of nine hundred and fifty one

thousand three hundred and fifty three dollars and twenty-eight cents ($951,353.28), for which let execution issue;

(3) Chanel is awarded its attorney’s fees against the RLCV Defendants, jointly and severally, in the amount of five thousand and seventy-five dollars and no cents ($5,075.00),

for which let execution issue;

(4) Chanel is awarded its costs against the RLCV Defendants, jointly and severally, in the amount of six hundred and fifty dollars and no cents ($650.00), for which let execution

issue;

(5) Chanel is awarded its investigative fees against the RLCV Defendants, jointly and severally, in the amount of one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight dollars and zero

cents ($1,828.00), for which let execution issue;

(6) In order to give practical effect to this Court’s concurrently issued Permanent Injunction, the domain names RLCV.com, Knockoffitems.com and Replicasee.com are hereby ordered to be immediately transferred by the RLCV Defendants and the Registrar to Chanel’s control. To the extent the current Registrar refuses to recognize this Court’s authority and transfer the domain name to Chanel’s control, the United States based Registry shall transfer the domain name to a United States based Registrar of Chanel’s choosing, and that Registrar shall transfer the domain name to Chanel;

(7) This judgment shall accrue interest at the rate prescribed by 28 U.S.C. § 1691.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED AND ADJUDGED

(8) That the RLCV Defendants and their respective officers, agents, servants, employees and attorneys, and all persons in active concert and participation with it are hereby restrained and enjoined from:

(a) manufacturing or causing to be manufactured, importing, advertising, or promoting, distributing, selling or offering to sell counterfeit and infringing goods using the Chanel Marks;

(b) using the Chanel Marks in connection with the sale of any unauthorized goods;

(c) using any logo, and/or layout which may be calculated to falsely advertise the services or products of the RLCV Defendants, RLCV.com, Knockoffitems.com, Replicasee.com, and/or any other website or business, as being sponsored by, authorized by, endorsed by, or in any way associated with Chanel;

(d) falsely representing themselves as being connected with Chanel, through sponsorship or association;

(e) engaging in any act which is likely to falsely cause members of the trade and/or of the purchasing public to believe any goods or services of the RLCV Defendants, RLCV.com, Knockoffitems.com, Replicasee.com, and/or any other website or business, are in any way endorsed by, approved by, and/or associated with Chanel;

(f) using any reproduction, counterfeit, copy, or colorable imitation of the Chanel Marks in connection with the publicity, promotion, sale, or advertising of any goods

sold by the RLCV Defendants, RLCV.com, Knockoffitems.com, Replicasee.com, and/or any other website or business, including, without limitation, handbags,

watches, sunglasses, and/or watch boxes;

(g) affixing, applying, annexing or using in connection with the sale of any goods, a false description or representation, including words or other symbols tending to falsely describe or represent goods by the RLCV Defendants, RLCV.com, Knockoffitems.com, Replicasee.com, and/or any other website or business, as being those of Chanel, or in any way endorsed by Chanel;

(h) offering such goods in commerce;

(i) otherwise unfairly competing with Chanel;

(j) secreting, destroying, altering, removing, or otherwise dealing with the unauthorized products or any books or records which contain any information relating to the importing, manufacturing, producing, distributing, circulating, selling, marketing, offering for sale, advertising, promoting, renting or displaying of all unauthorized products which infringe the Chanel Marks; and

(k) effecting assignments or transfers, forming new entities or associations or utilizing any other device for the purpose of circumventing or otherwise avoiding the prohibitions set forth above.

DONE AND ORDERED in Miami, Florida this 23rd day of October, 2008.

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JOAN A. LENARD

United States District Judge

cc: Counsel of Record