Tiffany (NJ), LLC v. Jianfang et al, No. 0:2013cv61470 - Document 15 (S.D. Fla. 2013)

Court Description: ORDER granting 5 Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction. Please see Order for details. Signed by Judge Robin S. Rosenbaum on 7/22/2013. (bon)

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Tiffany (NJ), LLC v. Jianfang et al Doc. 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 13-61470-CIV-ROSENBAUM TIFFANY (NJ), LLC, Plaintiff, vs. GU JIANFANG d/b/a AAA909.COM, et al., Defendants. / ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION FOR ENTRY OF PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff’s1 Ex Parte Application for Entry of Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction (the “Application for Preliminary Injunction”) [D.E. 5], and upon the Preliminary Injunction Hearing held on July 22, 2013. The Court has carefully reviewed the Motion and the entire court file and is otherwise fully advised in the premises. By the instant Application, Plaintiff Tiffany (NJ), LLC, moves for entry of a preliminary injunction against Defendants2 for alleged violations of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1114 and 1125(a) and (d). The Court convened a hearing on July 22, 2013, which only counsel for Plaintiff attended. During the hearing, Plaintiff directed the Court to evidence supporting the Application for Preliminary Injunction. See D.E. 14. Defendants have not appropriately responded to the Application for Preliminary Injunction, nor have they made any filing in this case, nor have Defendants appeared in this matter either individually or through counsel.3 Because Plaintiff has 1 Plaintiff is Tiffany (NJ), LLC. Defendants are the Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations identified on Schedule “A” hereto. 2 Defendant 24 (isjewelry365.com) responded to Plaintiff via email upon notification by Paypal of the account restraint imposed by the Temporary Restraining Order (“TRO”) [D.E. 10]. See 3 Dockets.Justia.com satisfied the requirements for the issuance of a preliminary injunction, the Court grants Plaintiff’s Application for Preliminary Injunction [D.E. 5]. I. 1. FACTUAL BACKGROUND4 Plaintiff manufactures, promotes, distributes, and sells in interstate commerce, including within this judicial district, luxury goods under multiple federally registered trademarks. See D.E. 5-1 at ¶ 4. 2. Plaintiff is the owner and/or exclusive licensee of the following trademarks on the Principal Register of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (collectively, the "Tiffany Marks"): Registration Number Registration Date Class of Goods 0,023,573 September 5, 1893 IC 014 jewelry and watches. TIFFANY 0,133,063 July 6, 1920 TIFFANY & CO. 1,228,189 February 22, 1983 IC 014 jewelry. TIFFANY 1,228,409 February 22, 1983 IC 014 jewelry. Trademark IC 014 Relevant Goods jewelry for personal wear, not including watches. TIFFANY & CO. 1,283,306 June 26, 1984 Clothing Accessories-Namely, Money Clips, Cufflinks, Key IC 014 Holders, Collar Clips, Collar Stays, Tie Bars; Tie Tacks; Tie Slides; Belt Buckles, and Studs. ATLAS 1,605,467 July 10, 1990 IC 014 Watches. T & CO. 1,669,365 December 24, 1991 all types of jewelry made of, or in part of, precious metals and/or IC 014 with precious or semi-precious stones. D.E. 13. Plaintiff’s counsel replied to the response and, among other things, informed Defendant 24 of the upcoming hearing on July 22, 2013, and the deadline for submitting a formal response or objection as detailed in the TRO. To date, however, Defendant 24 has not filed an appropriate response with the Court. The factual background is taken from Plaintiff’s Complaint, Application for Preliminary Injunction, and supporting evidentiary submissions. 4 2 1,785,204 August 3, 1993 IC 014 jewelry; namely, earrings. PERETTI 1,787,861 August 17, 1993 IC 014 ELSA PERETTI 1,799,272 October 19, 1993 IC 014 November 16, 1993 IC 014 1,968,614 April 16, 1996 IC 014 2,184,128 August 25, 1998 1,804,353 TIFFANY & CO. jewelry; namely, earrings, necklaces, pendants, bracelets and rings made of precious metals. jewelry; namely, earrings, necklaces, pendants, bracelets and rings made of variety of materials including precious metals, jewelry; namely, earrings, necklaces, bracelets, pendants, and rings. all types of timepieces, including especially watches. IC 014 jewelry and watches. IC 021 boxes. 2,359,351 June 20, 2000 IC 014 jewelry; watches. IC 021 decorative boxes. TIFFANY 2,639,539 October 22, 2002 ATLAS 2,886,655 September 21, 2004 IC 014 watches. IC 014 jewelry; rings; bracelets; earrings; necklaces; pendants. The Tiffany Marks are used in connection with the manufacture and distribution of goods in the categories identified above. See D.E. 5-1 at ¶ 5; D.E. 5-2 (containing Certificates of Registrations for the Tiffany Marks). 3. Defendants, through the fully interactive, commercial Internet websites or commercial Internet auction stores operating under their partnership and unincorporated association names identified on Schedule “A” hereto (collectively the “Subject Domain Names and Auction Stores”), or both, have advertised, promoted, offered for sale, or sold, at least, jewelry, such as bracelets, necklaces, pendants, earrings and rings, watches, cufflinks and key 3 rings, and gift boxes, bearing what Plaintiff has determined to be counterfeits, infringements, reproductions, and/or colorable imitations of the Tiffany Marks. See D.E. 5-1 at ¶¶ 9-14. 4. Although each Defendant may not copy and infringe each Tiffany Mark for each category of goods protected, Plaintiff has submitted sufficient evidence showing that each Defendant has infringed at least one or more of the Tiffany Marks. See D.E. 5-1 at ¶¶ 11-14. Defendants are not now, nor have they ever been, authorized or licensed to use, reproduce, or make counterfeits, reproductions, and/or colorable imitations of the Tiffany Marks. See D.E. 5-1 at ¶¶ 9, 14. 5. Plaintiff retained AED Investigations, Inc., a licensed private investigative firm, to investigate the sale of counterfeit versions of Plaintiff’s products by Defendants. See D.E. 5-1 at ¶ 10; D.E. 5-14 at ¶ 3; D.E. 5-4 at ¶ 4. 6. Eric Rosaler (“Rosaler”), an officer of AED Investigations, Inc., placed an order for the purchase of (i) a bracelet bearing at least one of the Tiffany Marks at issue in this action through the Internet website operating under the Subject Domain Name tiffanyjewelryoutletsale.org; (ii) a bracelet bearing at least one of the Tiffany Marks at issue in this action through the Internet website operating under the Subject Domain Name tiffanycoshop.net; and (iii) a pendant bearing at least one of the Tiffany Marks at issue in this action through the Internet website operating under the Subject Domain Name tiffanyoutlet4sale.com. See D.E. 5-14 at ¶¶ 4-6. Rosaler finalized payment for the Tiffanybranded bracelet purchased through tiffanyjewelryoutletsale.org via PayPal to the PayPal account, paypal2614@yahoo.com, the Tiffany-branded bracelet purchased through tiffanycoshop.net via PayPal to the PayPal account, beadscenter@live.com, and the Tiffany- 4 branded pendant purchased through tiffanyoutlet4sale.com via PayPal to the PayPal account, sunny20101230@yahoo.com. See D.E. 5-14 at ¶¶ 4-6; D.E. 5-15 through D.E. 5-17. 7. Additionally, Rosaler accessed the commercial Internet websites operating under the Subject Domain Names identified on the table below, and went through the purchasing process5 for various products, most of which bore counterfeits of at least one of the Tiffany Marks at issue in this action.6 See D.E. 5-14 at ¶ 7. Following submission of his orders, Rosaler received information for finalizing payment for each of the items ordered via PayPal and/or bank transfer to Defendants’ respective PayPal and/or bank accounts, as follows: Domain Name Payment Method Account7 aaa909.com PayPal fine909.com sale925.com PayPal PayPal 365tradesmart.com Bank Transfer 925crystalring.com Bank Transfer fine9091314@gmail.com navybule2009@gmail.com 1029best@gmail.com fine9091314@sina.com judy-white@hotmail.com China Merchants Bank Account Name: Yong Jiang Account Number: ************8821 Swift Code: CMBCCNBS131 Bank of China Account Name: Yabin Zhuang Account Number: ***************7685 Swift Code: BKCHCNBJ73B Rosaler intentionally did not finalize his purchases from the Internet websites so as to avoid contributing funds to Defendants’ coffers. See D.E. 5-4 at ¶ 4. 5 Although all of the websites operating under the Subject Domain Names offer for sale Tiffany branded items (see D.E. 5-4 at ¶ 2), Rosaler intentionally did not order Tiffany branded merchandise from some of the websites operating under the Subject Domain Names as part of his investigative process. Making purchases of mixed brands is a technique commonly used by investigators to avoid inadvertently tipping off the target that a brand owner is conducting an investigation. See D.E. 5-14 at ¶ 7, n.1; D.E. 5-4 at ¶ 4. 6 The full account numbers of all financial-institution accounts identified herein have been redacted to avoid disclosure of private financial information, in compliance with Rule 5.2(a)(4), Fed. R. Civ. P. 7 5 Agricultural Bank of China Account Name: Yuan Chen Account Number: *************3613 Swift Code: ABOCCNBJ110 Bank of China Account Name: LinShunfang Account Number: ***************5407 Swift Code: BKCHCNBJ45A Bank of China Account Name: XinHua Tang Account Number: ***************1534 Swift Code: BKCHCNBJ73C aidejewelry.com Bank Transfer axues.org Bank Transfer cheapbulks.com Bank Transfer cheap-jordans-china.net PayPal mumuwell123@163.com cheaptiffanyclub.co.uk PayPal david01yang@hotmail.com hottiffany4u.com PayPal cheaptiffanyrings.org cheaptiffanyjewelry.org Bank Transfer LeaderWutan@hotmail.com Agricultural Bank of China Account Name: Jian Bin Wang Account Number: ***************7118 Swift Code: AEOCCNBJ130 copytiffanyco.com goodstiffanyoutlet.com onsalestiffany.com selltiffanyoutlet.com tiffanycheapstore.com tiffanyoutletpro.com etsjewelry.com tiffanysreplica.com Bank Transfer PayPal PayPal fashionsmell.com Bank Transfer giftjewelries.net Bank Transfer groupbuyinguk.com Bank Transfer hotbrands4u.net PayPal Bank Transfer 6 Bank of China Account Name: yuyongjun Account Number: ***************0675 Swift Code: BKCH CN BJ300 newpayway@gmail.com welltopay@gmail.com Bank of China Account Name: Xuefeng Wang Account Number: **** **** **** ***3 599 Swift Code : BKCHCNBJ73C China Merchants Bank Account Name: Liu TianLiang Account Number: **** **** **** 2558 SWIFT Code: CMBCCNBS Bank of China Account Name: Dan Wang Account Number: *******-****-***262-7 Swift Code: BKCHCNBJ400 zorrojane08@sina.com Agricultural Bank of China Account Name: Cai Jin Chuan Account Number: **** **** **** ***1 215 Swift Code: ABOCCNBJ400 PayPal ilove925silver.com Bank Transfer infashion2012.net PayPal isjewelry365.com Bank Transfer jewellerysalewholesale.com Bank Transfer China Merchants Bank Account Name: Cai Jin Chuan Account Number: **** **** **** 9189 Swift Code: CMBCCNBS471 salesjewelmarks@outlook.com Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Account Name: Zhang Chunrong Account Number: ***************5860 Swift Code: ICBKCNBJGDG hzz392@qq.com China Construction Bank Account Name : Lu Jiang Bo’L Share Ltd Account Number : ***************1934 Swift Code: PCBCCNBJZJX Bank of China Account Name: Rongjiao Zhang Account Number: **** **** **** ***0 657 Swift Code: BKCHCNBJ73C tiffanyclassicsale.com Bank Transfer Bank of China Account Name: Jinchun Huang Account Number: **** **** **** ***9 962 Swift Code: BKCHCNBJ73C jewelrytiffanycouk.com tiffanyandcosales.co.uk PayPal zhousw10@hotmail.com karenmilenoutletstore.com tiffanyonlineoutlet.us Bank Transfer knockoff-tiffany.info Bank Transfer landtmall.com PayPal Bank Transfer 7 Bank of China Account Name: Zhi Sheng Cai Account Number: ***************1824 Swift Code: BKCHCNBJ73C Bank of China Account Name: Lin Dexiong Account Number: **** **** **** ***0 668 Swift Code: BKCHCNBJ73C supplieshotel@163.com Industrial and Commercial Bank Of China Account Name: Liu Cuiping Account Number: ****** ***** ****5 255 lovejewelryshop.com Bank Transfer lux-closet.com Bank Transfer morebulk.com Bank Transfer newangelshop.net PayPal tiffanybizuteriasklep.com tiffanyjewelrysupply.com Bank Transfer perfectlife2012.com PayPal ppfactoryoutlet.com PayPal Bank Transfer replica-relojes-shop.com Bank Transfer tiffanysreplica.com Bank Transfer tiffanybox.net Bank of China Account Name: Yanzhen Shen Account Number: **** **** **** ***9 526 Swift Code: BKCHCNBJ73C bestlife521@gmail.com ppfyolt@gmail.com readyforjerseys.com tiffanyandcooutletsales.com Bank Swift Code: ICBKCNBJGDG Bank of China Account Name: Yang Dong Sheng Account Number: ****-****-****-***3598 Swift Code: BKCHCNBJ400 Bank of China Account Name: Bin lin Account Number: ********4941 Swift Code:BKCHCNBJ940 Bank of China Account Name: Zhengshang Zhao Account Number: ***** ***** ***** 0986 Swift Code: BKCHCNBJ73C fashionitemsfromsunny@gmail.com Bank Transfer PayPal Bank of China Account Name: Li Lin Account Number: ***************3047 Swift Code: BKCH CNBJ73C Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Account Name: Zhang JunKun Account Number: **** **** **** ***2 126 Swift Code: ICBKCNBJGDG China Merchants Bank Account Name: Yan Ya Ping Account Number: **** **** **** 8567 Swift Code: CMBCCNBS471 Bank of China Account Name: Shen Meiyun Account Number: **** **** **** ***1 743 Swift Code: BKCH CN BJ 720 tcopayment@gmail.com 8 tiffanyc.com Bank Transfer tiffanycheaponline.net Bank Transfer tiffanycojewelrysaleonline.info Bank Transfer tiffanycoshop.net Bank Transfer tiffanyco-store.com tiffanyjewelryoutlets2013.com tiffanyukcosale.co.uk tiffanyjewelryoutletsale.org PayPal PayPal Bank of China Account Name: Dan Wang Account Number: ***************8113 Swift Code: BKCHCNBJ400 Bank of China Account Name: Suhe Zhuang Account Number: **** **** **** ***5 861 or ****** **** **** ***5 861 Swift Code: BKCHCNBJ73C Bank of China Account Name: Yimin Xu Account Number: **** **** **** ***3 051 Swift Code: BKCHCNBJ92H Bank of China Account Name: JianXiong Lin Account Number: ********9538 Swift Code: BKCH CN BJ 720 kickshoesbin@gmail.com tfbuyerservicepay@hotmail.com PayPal paypalpayment96843@yahoo.com tiffanyjewelry-outletstore.com Bank Transfer tiffanyor.com Bank Transfer tiffanyoutletsjewelry.org PayPal tiffanyoutletvip2013.com Bank Transfer tiffanyoutletwholesale.com PayPal tiffanys2013.com Bank Transfer tiffanysandoutlets.org PayPal 9 China Merchants Bank Account Name: Jiang Yongfei Account Number: **** **** **** 7212 Swift Code: CMBCCNBS261 Bank of China Account Name: Liu Li Account Number: **** **** **** ***0 645 Swift Code: BKCHCNBJ300 luqiuying@outlook.com Bank of China Account Name: Geng Zeng Account Number: 6013 8264 0700 3853 310 Swift Code: BKCHCNBJ73C huihuangservice@gmail.com China Construction Bank Account Name: Ya Nan Ju Account Number: **** **** **** ***0 075 Swift Code: PCBCCNBJFJX justdoitss@hotmail.com tiffanysolde.com wholesaletiffany.net Bank Transfer tiffanyuksaleoutlet.org.uk PayPal toptrade925.com Bank Transfer uktiffanyjewellery.com PayPal zsjrz.com Bank Transfer jewelry2013.org PayPal Bank of China Account Name: Nengjin Jiang Account Number: **** **** **** ***7 350 Swift Code: BKCHCNBJ73C paypaypaymentok92673@gmail.com Bank of China Account Name: zouhaitang Account Number: ***************9596 Swift Code: BKCHCNBJ45A linxueqiong16@gmail.com Bank of China Account Name: Liu Xiaoming Account Number: ***************3188 Swift Code: BKCHCNBJ45A yaoxibussiness@hotmail.com See D.E. 5-14 at ¶ 7; D.E. 5-18 through 5-23. 8. Furthermore, Rosaler accessed the commercial Internet auction stores operating under the seller ID names identified in the table below. Upon accessing each auction store, Rosaler was able to browse each online store for products bearing Tiffany trademarks,8 add products to the online shopping carts, proceed to a point of checkout on each auction store, and otherwise actively exchange data with each auction store. Rosaler then went through the purchasing process9 via each auction store for various products, most of which bore counterfeits of, at least, one of the Tiffany Marks at issue in this action. See D.E. 5-14 at ¶ 8. Each of Rosaler’s purchases was processed entirely online and following the submission of his orders, he Although all of the Internet auction stores offer for sale Tiffany branded items (see D.E. 5-4 at ¶ 2), Rosaler intentionally ordered non-Tiffany-branded merchandise from some of the auction stores as part of his investigative process. Making purchases of mixed brands is a technique commonly used by investigators to avoid inadvertently tipping off the target that a brand owner is conducting an investigation. See D.E. 5-14 at ¶ 8, n.4; D.E. 5-4 at ¶ 4. 8 Rosaler intentionally did not finalize his purchases from the Internet auction stores so as to avoid contributing funds to Defendants’ coffers. See D.E. 5-4 at ¶ 4. 9 10 received information for finalizing payment for each of the various products ordered via PayPal to Defendants’ respective PayPal accounts, as follows: Seller ID Names Fengkuangjiedan roadseeker001 wonderdb foudouing fortune588 hainandaxue168 miping01 shewei01 yongyuanbusi888 51168168 PayPal Account doudouzhangdala@163.com jxmt1815@163.com laiqian88@yeah.net woaini7687@126.com yixingqi47@163.com zongmenling@126.com See D.E. 5-14 at ¶ 8; D.E. 5-24. 9. Thereafter, the detailed web-page listings and images of the Tiffany branded bracelets and pendant, purchased by Rosaler via the Internet websites operating under the Subject Domain Names tiffanyjewelryoutletsale.org, tiffanycoshop.net, and tiffanyoutlet4sale.com, respectively, were reviewed by Tiffany’s representative, Steven Costello, who determined the products to be non-genuine, unauthorized Tiffany products. See D.E. 5-1 at ¶¶ 11, 14. Mr. Costello also reviewed and visually inspected Defendants’ Websites and Auction Stores, as well as pictures of items bearing the Tiffany Marks offered for sale by Defendants via their Internet websites and auction stores operating under the Subject Domain Names and Auction Stores, and likewise determined the products to be unauthorized, non-genuine versions of Plaintiff’s products. See D.E. 5-1 at ¶¶ 12, 14. 10. On July 8, 2013, Plaintiff filed its Complaint [D.E. 1] against Defendants for trademark counterfeiting and infringement, and false designation of origin. Also, on July 10, 2013, Plaintiff filed its Ex Parte Application for Entry of Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction [D.E. 5]. On July 11, 2013, the Court issued an Order Granting Plaintiff’s 11 Ex Parte Application for a Temporary Restraining Order [D.E. 10] and temporarily restrained Defendants from infringing the Plaintiff’s Marks at issue. Pursuant to the Court’s July 11, 2013, Order, Plaintiff provided Defendants with notice and copies of the Court’s July 11, 2013, Order and Plaintiff’s Ex Parte Application for Entry of a Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction, via email to the email address(es) reflected in the domain registration data for the Subject Domain Names, via email to the email address(es) provided on the Internet websites operating under the Subject Domain Names, electronically via the contact submission web page provided on the websites for the Subject Domain Names, and/or also sent a copy of the Court’s July 11, 2013, Order via email to the registrar of record for each of the Subject Domain Names. Thereafter, a Certificate of Service was filed confirming service on each Defendant. D.E. 12. II. LEGAL STANDARD In order to obtain a preliminary injunction, a party must demonstrate “(1) [there is] a substantial likelihood of success on the merits; (2) that irreparable injury will be suffered if the relief is not granted; (3) that the threatened injury outweighs the harm the relief would inflict on the non- movant; and (4) that the entry of the relief would serve the public interest.” Schiavo ex. rel Schindler v. Schiavo, 403 F.3d 1223, 1225–26 (11th Cir. 2005); see also Levi Strauss & Co. v. Sunrise Int’l. Trading Inc., 51 F. 3d 982, 985 (11th Cir. 1995). III. ANALYSIS The uncontested declarations Plaintiff submitted in support of its Application for Preliminary Injunction support the following conclusions of law: A. Plaintiff has a very strong probability of proving at trial that consumers are likely to be confused by Defendants’ advertisement, promotion, sale, offer for sale, or distribution of jewelry, such as bracelets, necklaces, pendants, earrings and rings, watches, cufflinks and key 12 rings, and gift boxes bearing counterfeits, reproductions, or colorable imitations of the Tiffany Marks, and the products Defendants are selling and promoting are copies of Plaintiff’s products that bear copies of the Tiffany Marks on jewelry, such as bracelets, necklaces, pendants, earrings and rings, watches, cufflinks and key rings, and gift boxes. B. Because of the infringement of the Tiffany Marks, Plaintiff is likely to suffer immediate and irreparable injury if a preliminary injunction is not granted. It clearly appears from the following specific facts, as set forth in Plaintiff’s Complaint, Application for Preliminary Injunction, and accompanying declarations on file, that immediate and irreparable loss, damage, and injury will result to Plaintiff and to consumers because it is more likely true than not that 1. Defendants own or control Internet websites, domain names, or auction store businesses that advertise, promote, offer for sale, or sell, at least jewelry, such as bracelets, necklaces, pendants, earrings and rings, watches, cufflinks and key rings, and gift boxes bearing counterfeit and infringing trademarks in violation of Plaintiff’s rights; 2. There is good cause to believe that more counterfeit and infringing products bearing Plaintiff’s trademarks will appear in the marketplace; that consumers are likely to be misled, confused, and disappointed by the quality of these products; and that Plaintiff may suffer loss of sales for its genuine products; C. The balance of potential harm to Defendants in restraining and enjoining their trade in counterfeit and infringing branded goods if a preliminary injunction is issued is far outweighed by the potential harm to Plaintiff, its reputation and goodwill as a manufacturer and distributor of quality products, if such relief is not issued; and 13 D. The public interest favors issuance of the preliminary injunction in order to protect Plaintiff’s trademark interests and the public from being defrauded by the palming off of counterfeit products as genuine products of Plaintiff. E. Under 15 U.S.C. § 1117(a), Plaintiff may be entitled to recover, as an equitable remedy, the illegal profits gained through Defendants’ distribution and sales of jewelry, such as bracelets, necklaces, pendants, earrings and rings, watches, cufflinks and key rings, and gift boxes bearing counterfeits and infringements of the Tiffany Marks. See Reebok Int’l, Ltd. v. Marnatech Enters., Inc., 970 F.2d 552, 559 (9th Cir. 1992) (quoting Fuller Brush Products Co. v. Fuller Brush Co., 299 F.2d 772, 777 (7th Cir. 1962) (“An accounting of profits under § 1117(a) is not synonymous with an award of monetary damages: ‘[a]n accounting for profits . . . is an equitable remedy subject to the principles of equity.’” F. Requesting equitable relief “invokes the district court’s inherent equitable powers to order preliminary relief, including an asset freeze, in order to assure the availability of permanent relief.” Levi Strauss & Co. v. Sunrise Int’l Trading Inc., 51 F.3d 982, 987 (11th Cir. 1995) (citing Federal Trade Commission v. United States Oil and Gas Corp., 748 F.2d 1431, 1433-34 (11th Cir. 1984)). G. In light of the inherently deceptive nature of the counterfeiting business, and Defendants’ blatant violation of the federal trademark laws, Plaintiff has good reason to believe Defendants will hide or transfer their ill-gotten assets beyond the jurisdiction of this Court unless those assets are restrained. 14 IV. CONCLUSION For the foregoing reasons, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Plaintiff’s Application for Preliminary Injunction [D.E. 5] is hereby GRANTED as follows: (1) Each Defendant, its officers, directors, employees, agents, subsidiaries, distributors, and all persons in active concert or participation with any Defendant having notice of this Order are hereby restrained and enjoined a. From manufacturing, importing, advertising, promoting, offering to sell, selling, distributing, or transferring any products bearing the Tiffany Marks, or any confusingly similar trademarks, other than those actually manufactured or distributed by Plaintiff; and b. From secreting, concealing, destroying, selling off, transferring, or otherwise disposing of: (i) any products, not manufactured or distributed by Plaintiff, bearing the Tiffany Marks, or any confusingly similar trademarks; or (ii) any evidence relating to the manufacture, importation, sale, offer for sale, distribution, or transfer of any products bearing the Tiffany Marks, or any confusingly similar trademarks. (2) Each Defendant, its officers, directors, employees, agents, subsidiaries, distributors, and all persons in active concert or participation with any Defendant having notice of this Order shall immediately discontinue, until further Order of this Court, the use of the Tiffany Marks or any confusingly similar trademarks, on or in connection with all Internet websites, domain name, and/or auction store businesses owned and operated, or controlled by them including the Internet websites and auction stores operating under the Subject Domain Names and Auction Stores; 15 (3) Each Defendant, its officers, directors, employees, agents, subsidiaries, distributors, and all persons in active concert or participation with any Defendant having notice of this Order shall immediately discontinue, until further Order of this Court, the use of the Tiffany Marks, or any confusingly similar trademarks within domain name extensions, metatags or other markers within website source code, from use on any webpage (including as the title of any web page), any advertising links to other websites, from search engines’ databases or cache memory, and any other form of use of such terms which is visible to a computer user or serves to direct computer searches to websites registered by, owned, or operated by each Defendant, including the Internet websites operating under the domain names used and controlled by Defendants 1-58 (collectively the “Subject Domain Names”); (4) Each Defendant shall not transfer ownership of the Subject Domain Names during the pendency of this Action, or until further Order of the Court; (5) The domain-name Registrars for the Subject Domain Names are directed, to the extent not already done, to transfer to Plaintiff’s counsel, for deposit with this Court, domainname certificates for the Subject Domain Names; (6) Upon Plaintiff’s request, the privacy-protection service for any Subject Domain Names for which the Registrant uses such privacy-protection service to conceal the Registrant’s identity and contact information are ordered, to the extent not already done, to disclose to Plaintiff the true identities and contact information of those Registrants; (7) Plaintiff may enter, and continue to enter, the Subject Domain Names into Google’s Webmaster Tools and cancel any redirection of the domains that have been entered there by Defendants which redirect traffic to the counterfeit operations to a new domain name or website and thereby evade the provisions of this Order; 16 (8) Each Defendant shall preserve, and continue to preserve, copies of all their computer files relating to the use of any of the Subject Domain Names and Auction Stores and shall take all steps necessary to retrieve computer files relating to the use of the Subject Domain Names and Auction Stores that may have been deleted before the entry of this Order; (9) Upon receipt of notice of this Order, PayPal, Inc. (“PayPal”),10 and its related companies and affiliates shall, to the extent not already done, immediately freeze all funds, as opposed to ongoing account activity, in or which hereafter are transmitted into the PayPal accounts related to Defendants and associated e-mail addresses identified on Schedule “B” hereto and the following specific PayPal account recipients: PayPal Account paypal2614@yahoo.com beadscenter@live.com sunny20101230@yahoo.com fine9091314@gmail.com navybule2009@gmail.com 1029best@gmail.com fine9091314@sina.com judy-white@hotmail.com mumuwell123@163.com david01yang@hotmail.com LeaderWutan@hotmail.com newpayway@gmail.com welltopay@gmail.com zorrojane08@sina.com salesjewelmarks@outlook.com hzz392@qq.com zhousw10@hotmail.com supplieshotel@163.com fashionitemsfromsunny@gmail.com bestlife521@gmail.com ppfyolt@gmail.com tcopayment@gmail.com kickshoesbin@gmail.com tfbuyerservicepay@hotmail.com PayPal is licensed to do business in the State of Florida by the Florida Office of the Controller and is therefore subject to personal jurisdiction in this Court. See D.E. 5-4 at ¶ 9. 10 17 paypalpayment96843@yahoo.com luqiuying@outlook.com huihuangservice@gmail.com justdoitss@hotmail.com paypaypaymentok92673@gmail.com linxueqiong16@gmail.com yaoxibussiness@hotmail.com doudouzhangdala@163.com jxmt1815@163.com laiqian88@yeah.net woaini7687@126.com yixingqi47@163.com zongmenling@126.com as well as all funds in or which are transmitted into (i) any other related accounts of the same customer(s), (ii) any other accounts which transfer funds into the same financial institution account(s), and/or any of the other PayPal accounts subject to this Order; and (iii) any other PayPal accounts tied to or used by any of the Subject Domain Names and Auction Stores identified on Schedule “A” hereto; (10) Upon receipt of notice of this Order, PayPal and its related companies and affiliates shall, to the extent not already done, immediately freeze all funds, as opposed to ongoing account activity, in or which hereafter are transmitted into PayPal accounts linked to, associated with, or that transmit funds into Defendants’ identified bank accounts,11 including but not limited to the: Bank Name Account Name Bank Account Number China Merchants Bank Bank of China Agricultural Bank of China Bank of China Yong Jiang Yabin Zhuang Yuan Chen LinShunfang ************8821 ***************7685 *************3613 ***************5407 The full account numbers identified herein have been redacted to avoid disclosure of private financial information, in compliance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2(a)(4); however, the full account numbers are identified on Plaintiff’s Notice of Filing Reference List, filed under seal, which shall be disclosed to PayPal to effectuate the relief ordered herein. 11 18 Bank of China Agricultural Bank of China XinHua Tang ***************1534 Jian Bin Wang yuyongjun Xuefeng Wang ***************7118 ***************0675 **** **** **** ***3 599 Liu TianLiang Dan Wang Cai Jin Chuan Cai Jin Chuan **** **** **** 2558 *******-****-***262-7 **** **** **** ***1 215 **** **** **** 9189 Zhang Chunrong Lu Jiang Bo’L Share Ltd Rongjiao Zhang Jinchun Huang Zhi Sheng Cai Lin Dexiong ***************5860 Liu Cuiping Yang Dong Sheng Bin lin Zhengshang Zhao Yanzhen Shen Li Lin ****** ***** ****5 255 ****-****-****-***3-598 ********4941 ***** ***** ***** 0986 **** **** **** ***9 526 ***************3047 Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Zhang JunKun **** **** **** ***2 126 China Merchants Bank Bank of China Bank of China Yan Ya Ping Shen Meiyun Dan Wang Bank of China Bank of China Bank of China China Merchants Bank Bank of China Bank of China China Construction Bank Bank of China Bank of China Bank of China Suhe Zhuang Yimin Xu JianXiong Lin Jiang Yongfei Liu Li Geng Zeng Ya Nan Ju Nengjin Jiang zouhaitang Liu Xiaoming **** **** **** 8567 **** **** **** ***1 743 ***************8113 **** **** **** ***5 861; ****** **** **** ***5 861 **** **** **** ***3 051 ********9538 **** **** **** 7212 **** **** **** ***0 645 **** **** **** ***3 310 **** **** **** ***0 075 **** **** **** ***7 350 ***************9596 ***************3188 Bank of China Bank of China China Merchants Bank Bank of China Agricultural Bank of China China Merchants Bank Industrial & Commercial Bank of China China Construction Bank Bank of China Bank of China Bank of China Bank of China Industrial and Commercial Bank Of China Bank of China Bank of China Bank of China Bank of China Bank of China and any other related accounts of the same customers; 19 ***************1934 **** **** **** ***0 657 **** **** **** ***9 962 ***************1824 **** **** **** ***0 668 (11) PayPal shall also, to the extent not already done, immediately divert to a holding account for the trust of the Court all funds in all PayPal accounts related to the PayPal account recipients: PayPal Account paypal2614@yahoo.com beadscenter@live.com sunny20101230@yahoo.com fine9091314@gmail.com navybule2009@gmail.com 1029best@gmail.com fine9091314@sina.com judy-white@hotmail.com mumuwell123@163.com david01yang@hotmail.com LeaderWutan@hotmail.com newpayway@gmail.com welltopay@gmail.com zorrojane08@sina.com salesjewelmarks@outlook.com hzz392@qq.com zhousw10@hotmail.com supplieshotel@163.com fashionitemsfromsunny@gmail.com bestlife521@gmail.com ppfyolt@gmail.com tcopayment@gmail.com kickshoesbin@gmail.com tfbuyerservicepay@hotmail.com paypalpayment96843@yahoo.com luqiuying@outlook.com huihuangservice@gmail.com justdoitss@hotmail.com paypaypaymentok92673@gmail.com linxueqiong16@gmail.com yaoxibussiness@hotmail.com doudouzhangdala@163.com jxmt1815@163.com laiqian88@yeah.net woaini7687@126.com yixingqi47@163.com zongmenling@126.com 20 and any other related accounts of the same customer(s), and/or all PayPal accounts linked to, associated with, or that transmit funds into Defendants’ identified bank accounts, including but not limited to the following: Bank Name Account Name Bank Account Number China Merchants Bank Bank of China Agricultural Bank of China Bank of China Yong Jiang Yabin Zhuang Yuan Chen LinShunfang ************8821 ***************7685 *************3613 ***************5407 Bank of China Agricultural Bank of China XinHua Tang ***************1534 Jian Bin Wang yuyongjun Xuefeng Wang ***************7118 ***************0675 **** **** **** ***3 599 Liu TianLiang Dan Wang Cai Jin Chuan Cai Jin Chuan **** **** **** 2558 *******-****-***262-7 **** **** **** ***1 215 **** **** **** 9189 Zhang Chunrong Lu Jiang Bo’L Share Ltd Rongjiao Zhang Jinchun Huang Zhi Sheng Cai Lin Dexiong ***************5860 Liu Cuiping Yang Dong Sheng Bin lin Zhengshang Zhao Yanzhen Shen Li Lin ****** ***** ****5 255 ****-****-****-***3-598 ********4941 ***** ***** ***** 0986 **** **** **** ***9 526 ***************3047 Zhang JunKun Yan Ya Ping Shen Meiyun Dan Wang **** **** **** ***2 126 **** **** **** 8567 **** **** **** ***1 743 ***************8113 Bank of China Bank of China China Merchants Bank Bank of China Agricultural Bank of China China Merchants Bank Industrial & Commercial Bank of China China Construction Bank Bank of China Bank of China Bank of China Bank of China Industrial and Commercial Bank Of China Bank of China Bank of China Bank of China Bank of China Bank of China Industrial & Commercial Bank of China China Merchants Bank Bank of China Bank of China 21 ***************1934 **** **** **** ***0 657 **** **** **** ***9 962 ***************1824 **** **** **** ***0 668 Bank of China Bank of China Bank of China China Merchants Bank Bank of China Bank of China China Construction Bank Bank of China Bank of China Bank of China Suhe Zhuang Yimin Xu JianXiong Lin Jiang Yongfei Liu Li Geng Zeng Ya Nan Ju Nengjin Jiang zouhaitang Liu Xiaoming **** **** **** ***5 861; ****** **** **** ***5 861 **** **** **** ***3 051 ********9538 **** **** **** 7212 **** **** **** ***0 645 **** **** **** ***3 310 **** **** **** ***0 075 **** **** **** ***7 350 ***************9596 ***************3188 and any other related accounts of the same customers as well as any other accounts which transfer funds into the same financial institution account(s) as any of the other PayPal accounts subject to this Order; (12) PayPal shall further, to the extent not already done, within five business days of receiving this Order, provide Plaintiff’s counsel with all data which details (i) an accounting of the total funds frozen and identifies the PayPal account(s) which the frozen funds are related to, and (ii) ) the account transactions related to all funds transmitted into the PayPal account(s) which have been restrained. Such freezing of the funds and the disclosure of the related financial institution account information shall be made without notice to the account owners or the financial institutions until further order of this Court. PayPal shall receive and maintain this Order and its contents as confidential until further order of this Court. No funds restrained by this Order shall be transferred or surrendered by PayPal for any purpose (other than pursuant to a chargeback made pursuant to PayPal’s security interest in the funds) without the express authorization of this Court; (13) This Preliminary Injunction shall apply to the Subject Domain Names, associated websites, and any other domain names and websites properly brought to the Court’s attention and verified by sworn affidavit which verifies such new domain names are being used by Defendants 22 for the purpose of counterfeiting Plaintiff’s Marks at issue in this action and/or unfairly competing with Plaintiff on the World Wide Web; (14) Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1116(d)(5)(D), Plaintiff shall maintain its previously posted bond in the amount of Ten Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($10,000.00), as payment of damages to which Defendants may be entitled for a wrongful injunction or restraint, during the pendency of this action, or until further Order of the Court. In the Court’s discretion, the bond may be subject to increase should an application be made in the interest of justice; (15) This Preliminary Injunction shall remain in effect during the pendency of this action, or until such further date as set by the Court or stipulated to by the parties. DONE AND ORDERED in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this 22nd day of July 2013. ________________________________ ROBIN S. ROSENBAUM UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE cc: All Counsel of Record 23 SCHEDULE “A” DEFENDANTS BY NUMBER AND SUBJECT DOMAIN NAMES AND AUCTION STORES Defendant Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 7 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 12 13 13 13 14 14 15 16 17 18 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 21 22 23 Defendant/Subject Domain Name and Auction Stores aaa909.com fine909.com sale925.com 365tradesmart.com 925crystalring.com aidejewelry.com axues.co axues.org axuesok.com cheapbulks.com cheap-jordans-china.net cheapstiffanyandco.org outletsaletiffanyandco.co.uk outlettiffanyandcohere.org tiffanyandcooutlet4u.org tiffanyjewelryoutlet.org tiffanyoutlet4sale.com tiffanyoutletsaleus.com cheaptiffanyclub.co.uk hottiffany4u.com cheaptiffanyjewellerysales.co.uk jewelrytiffanycouk.com tiffanyandcosales.co.uk cheaptiffanyjewelry.org cheaptiffanyrings.org etsjewelry.com tiffanysreplica.com fashionsmell.com giftjewelries.net copytiffanyco.com goodstiffanyoutlet.com onsalestiffany.com selltiffanyoutlet.com tiffanycheapstore.com tiffanyoutletpro.com groupbuyinguk.com hotbrands4u.net ilove925silver.com infashion2012.net 24 24 25 26 27 27 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 34 35 36 36 37 38 39 40 40 41 42 43 43 44 45 46 46 46 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 54 55 56 57 58 isjewelry365.com jewellerysalewholesale.com tiffanyclassicsale.com karenmilenoutletstore.com karenmillenoutletstoreus.com tiffanyonlineoutlet.us knockoff-tiffany.info landtmall.com lovejewelryshop.com lux-closet.com morebulk.com newangelshop.net tiffanybizuteriasklep.com tiffanyjewelrysupply.com perfectlife2012.com ppfactoryoutlet.com ppfcoutlet.com readyforjerseys.com replica-relojes-shop.com tiffanyandcooutletsales.com tiffanybox.net tiffanycoshop.net tiffanyc.com tiffanycheaponline.net tiffanycojewelrysaleonline.info tiffanycojewelrysaleonline.org tiffanyco-store.com tiffanyjewelryoutlets2013.com tiffanyjewelryoutletsale.org tiffanyukcosale.co.uk tiffanyuksale.biz tiffanyuksaleoutlet.org.uk tiffanyjewelry-outletstore.com tiffanyor.com tiffanyoutletsjewelry.org tiffanyoutletvip2013.com tiffanyoutletwholesale.com tiffanys2013.com tiffanysandoutlets.org tiffanysolde.com wholesaletiffany.net toptrade925.com uktiffanyjewellery.com zsjrz.com jewelry2013.org 25 59 60 60 61 62 63 63 63 63 64 Fengkuangjiedan roadseeker001 wonderdb foudouing fortune588 hainandaxue168 miping01 shewei01 yongyuanbusi888 51168168 26 SCHEDULE “B” DEFENDANT PARTNERSHIPS OR UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS BY SUBJECT DOMAIN NAMES AND AUCTION STORES AND ASSOCIATED E-MAIL ADDRESSES Defendant Number 1 2 3 4 Defendant /Subject Domain Name And Auction Stores aaa909.com fine909.com sale925.com 365tradesmart.com 5 aidejewelry.com axues.co 7 7 8 axues.org axuesok.com cheapbulks.com 9 10 10 10 10 10 cheap-jordans-china.net cheapstiffanyandco.org outletsaletiffanyandco.co.uk outlettiffanyandcohere.org tiffanyandcooutlet4u.org tiffanyjewelryoutlet.org 10 10 11 tiffanyoutlet4sale.com tiffanyoutletsaleus.com cheaptiffanyclub.co.uk 12 13 13 13 hottiffany4u.com cheaptiffanyjewellerysales.co.uk jewelrytiffanycouk.com tiffanyandcosales.co.uk 14 cheaptiffanyrings.org 14 tiffanyknockoffs@hotmail.com liuqiang521@163.com aidejewelry@hotmail.com aidejewelry@gmail.com sales@aidejewelry.com zhangqingok@yahoo.com.cn zhangqingok@yahoo.com.cn honiclin@yahoo.com.cn axues@axues.org 925crystalring.com 6 7 E-Mail Addresses aaa518000@gmail.com happyjewelry2011@gmail.com sale925@hotmail.com sale925@hotmail.co.uk cheaptiffanyjewelry.org 413107896@qq.com sale@cnnwholesale.com cheapjordansshoes@163.com ciaclimsubswon1983@hotmail.com inintarpau1986@hotmail.com centglovmodo1977@hotmail.com cafecoffeesweets@gmail.com tiffany2013sales@hotmail.com comcoroobi1974@hotmail.com supports2012@hotmail.com merakesa1980@hotmail.com david01yang@hotmail.com witness_8@163.com customersupportgrace@hotmail.com lueckzhou@hotmail.com store.service@hotmail.com cngoogletg@163.com store.service@hotmail.com cngoogletg123@163.com 27 Defendant Defendant /Subject Domain Name Number And Auction Stores 15 etsjewelry.com 16 tiffanysreplica.com 17 fashionsmell.com 18 19 giftjewelries.net copytiffanyco.com 19 goodstiffanyoutlet.com 19 onsalestiffany.com 19 selltiffanyoutlet.com 19 tiffanycheapstore.com 19 20 tiffanyoutletpro.com groupbuyinguk.com 21 22 hotbrands4u.net ilove925silver.com 23 infashion2012.net 24 25 26 isjewelry365.com jewellerysalewholesale.com tiffanyclassicsale.com 27 27 27 karenmilenoutletstore.com karenmillenoutletstoreus.com tiffanyonlineoutlet.us 28 knockoff-tiffany.info 29 30 31 landtmall.com lovejewelryshop.com lux-closet.com 32 morebulk.com 28 E-Mail Addresses minebuty@gmail.com ETSjewellry@gmail.com tiffanysreplica@gmail.com orderwant@hotmail.com fashionsmell@hotmail.com xuefeng03@tom.com giftjewelries@gmail.com selltiffanys@gmail.com tiffanyoutletshop@gmail.com tiffanyoutletshop@gmail.com yuyongjun80@163.com tiffanyoutletshop@gmail.com yuyongjun80@163.com tiffanyoutletshop@gmail.com yuyongjun80@163.com tradeonsilkroad@gmail.com tiffanyoutletshop@gmail.com tiffanyoutletshop@gmail.com yuyongjun80@163.com processorder@gmail.com sales@hotbrands4u.net service@hotbrands4u.net hotbrands4u@hotmail.com karlcai@hotmail.com jewelry88998@hotmail.com 727236899@qq.com Onlinecheapfashion@Gmail.com 596572895@qq.com isjewelry365@gmail.com everspring_wendy@hotmail.com tradeterrific@gmail.com worldstoreinfo@gmail.com karenmillenoutletstoreusa@hotmail.com karenmilenoutletstore@hotmail.com karenmilenoutletstore@hotmail.com tiffanyoutletonline@hotmail.com sales@knockoff-tiffany.com 604566711@qq.com sale005mall@163.com hollywoodadmin@163.com lovejewelryshopsales@gmail.com service@lux-closet.com sales@morebulk.com service@mail.morebulk.com Defendant Defendant /Subject Domain Name Number And Auction Stores 33 newangelshop.net 34 tiffanybizuteriasklep.com 34 tiffanyjewelrysupply.com 35 perfectlife2012.com 36 36 ppfactoryoutlet.com ppfcoutlet.com 37 replica-relojes-shop.com 39 tiffanyandcooutletsales.com 40 tiffanybox.net 40 41 tiffanycoshop.net tiffanyc.com 42 43 43 tiffanycheaponline.net tiffanycojewelrysaleonline.info tiffanycojewelrysaleonline.org 44 45 46 46 46 46 47 tiffanyco-store.com tiffanyjewelryoutlets2013.com tiffanyjewelryoutletsale.org tiffanyukcosale.co.uk tiffanyuksale.biz tiffanyuksaleoutlet.org.uk tiffanyjewelry-outletstore.com 48 49 tiffanyor.com tiffanyoutletsjewelry.org 50 tiffanyoutletvip2013.com 51 nfljerseysbay@hotmail.com readyforjerseys@gmail.com watchorders.service@gmail.com disfee@gmail.com servicesdsb@hotmail.com idaliaj6v51p@hotmail.com sales@tiffanybox.net cs@tiffanybox.net cuteandwhite@hotmail.com order@tiffanycoshop.net cuteandwhite@hotmail.com catalog100@gmail.com youlinkfavourite@gmail.com hhursd@163.com bestsellingonlinemall@yahoo.com readyforjerseys.com 38 E-Mail Addresses newangelshop@gmail.com chenhao1000@163.com cooltradelinkyou@gmail.com kjdfirj@163.com b2cperfecttrade@gmail.com huisbu@163.com perfectlife2012@gmail.com toystory314@gmail.com support@ppfactoryoutlet.com sales@ppfatoryoutlet.com tiffanyoutletwholesale.com tiffanycostore@gmail.com 233333@qq.com ptshunteng-1@hotmail.com servicecheckorderonline@yahoo.com loginjewelry@gmail.com tiffanyor@hotmail.com shopping-onlines@hotmail.com clftradeinc@gmail.com 52318590@qq.com tiffanyoutletwholesaler@gmail.com 350357499@qq.com 29 Defendant Defendant /Subject Domain Name Number And Auction Stores 52 tiffanys2013.com 53 tiffanysandoutlets.org 54 tiffanysolde.com 54 55 wholesaletiffany.net toptrade925.com 56 57 uktiffanyjewellery.com zsjrz.com 58 59 60 60 61 62 63 63 63 63 64 jewelry2013.org Fengkuangjiedan roadseeker001 wonderdb foudouing fortune588 hainandaxue168 miping01 shewei01 yongyuanbusi888 51168168 30 E-Mail Addresses djtreade@hotmail.com schuhelouboutinoutlets@gmail.com tiffanys2013@hotmail.com jewhome2011@hotmail.com 767608803@qq.com snow.service017@gmail.com huauaue@163.com supplyservice48@gmail.com net336633@126.com trade925@live.com sale@discountluxurydealer.com loviegbfn@hotmail.com admin@zsjrz.com hotjewelry2013sale@hotmail.com 76030625@qq.com doudouzhangdala@163.com jxmt1815@163.com jxmt1815@163.com laiqian88@yeah.net woaini7687@126.com yixingqi47@163.com yixingqi47@163.com yixingqi47@163.com yixingqi47@163.com zongmenling@126.com

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