LXA wins lawsuit against counterfeiters for Coty

Amsterdam Criminal Court Rules Against Counterfeiters Accused of Habitual Money Laundering (1)

Amsterdam criminal court rules against counterfeiters accused of habitual money laundering

Two persons were summoned to the Amsterdam Criminal Court after a criminal investigation found evidence that they were producing counterfeit Goose, Parajumpers, and Stone Island jackets – and were also engaging in habitual money laundering.

End of the ride: Dutch theme park intercepts counterfeit vouchers

Dutch theme park Julianatoren intercepted counterfeit vouchers on e-commerce platform Marktplaats.nl and brought the case before the District Court in Arhem. The Court found the counterfeiter liable for copyright infringement and awarded reputational damages to the plaintiff. Read more...

Copyright Infringement & Erotic Products: Court of Rotterdam Knows the Ropes

The case involved a commercial dispute between two Rotterdam-based companies that produce erotic products. The Defendant previously had an agreement with the plaintiff to manufacture a whip and subsequently decided to source these from another company. The Plaintiff alleged that they designed the original whip and therefore continued manufacture of this product amounted to intellectual property infringement.

Notorious platform Wish.com loses lawsuit against REACT after refusal to disclose seller info

Platform Wish.com owned by (ContextLogic) is a concern for many brand owners. Counterfeit products are abundantly available on the platform. It was for a good reason REACT decided to take Wish.com to Court earlier this March. On April 26, 2021 the Amsterdam Court ruled in favor of REACT that Wish.com should disclose the information of its users who have been active in selling counterfeit. A new and important victory for brand owners and their representatives in the fight against platforms trying to hide behind rules on privacy when asked by brand owners to share the information they have.

Which obligations are incumbent upon Facebook to prevent counterfeit advertisements on its platform?

Even as a "neutral intermediary provider" Facebook is ordered to do more to ban advertisements for counterfeit products from its platform.

COTY/Amazon: German Supreme Court: Does Amazon need to do more on preventing counterfeit?

In April last year, the ECJ (Court of Justice of the European Union) was requested to answer prejudicial questions on liability for platforms in the case between Coty and Amazon. Coty noticed that products marked with one of their trademarks were being sold through Amazon. The Court was asked to rule whether or not Amazon could be held liable for...

Smokey and the Bandit part #2

In December 2020, the Court of Appeal in The Hague rendered a decision in a case concerning the seizure of a batch of tobacco sticks on its way to the Philippines physically present at the ECT terminal in Rotterdam. The goods were qualified as goods in transit, not intended for import into the EU.