Whirlpool Corporation et al v. The Individuals, Partnerships, and Unincorporated Associations identified on Schedule A, No. 0:2021cv60493 - Document 24 (S.D. Fla. 2021)

Court Description: ORDER granting 6 Plaintiff's Motion for Entry of Preliminary Injunction. Signed by Judge Beth Bloom on 3/18/2021. See attached document for full details. (mc)

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Whirlpool Corporation et al v. The Individuals, Partnerships, and Uni...ns identified on Schedule A Doc. 24 Case 0:21-cv-60493-BB Document 24 Entered on FLSD Docket 03/18/2021 Page 1 of 16 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Case No. 21-cv-60493-BLOOM/Valle WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, WHIRLPOOL PROPERTIES, INC., and MAYTAG PROPERTIES, LLC, Plaintiffs, v. THE INDIVIDUALS, PARTNERSHIPS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS IDENTIFIED ON SCHEDULE “A,” Defendants. / ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR ENTRY OF PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION THIS CAUSE is before the Court upon Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction, ECF No. [6] (“Motion”). The Court has carefully considered the Motion, the record in this case, and the applicable law, and is otherwise fully advised. By the instant Motion, Plaintiffs, Whirlpool Corporation, Whirlpool Properties, Inc., and Maytag Properties, LLC (collectively “Plaintiffs”), move for entry of a preliminary injunction against by Defendants,1 for alleged violations of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1114 and 1125(a). The Court held a hearing by video conference on March 18, 2021, which was attended by counsel for Plaintiffs only. During the hearing, Plaintiffs directed the Court to evidence supporting the Motion for Preliminary Injunction. None of the Defendants formally responded to the Motion, nor Defendants are the Individuals, Partnerships, and Unincorporated Associations identified on Schedule “A” hereto (collectively “Defendants”). 1 Dockets.Justia.com Case 0:21-cv-60493-BB Document 24 Entered on FLSD Docket 03/18/2021 Page 2 of 16 Case No. 21-cv-60493-BLOOM/Valle have they made any appearance or filing in this case, either individually or through counsel.2 Because Plaintiffs have satisfied the requirements for the issuance of a preliminary injunction, the Court grants the Motion. I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND3 Plaintiff, Whirlpool Properties, Inc., is the owner of the following trademarks which are valid and registered on the Principal Register of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the “Whirlpool Marks”): Trademark KITCHENAID Registration Number 2,520,284 Registration Date December 18, 2001 Class(es) / Good(s) IC 037 – installation, repair and maintenance of hand and stand electric beating and mixing machines, coffee making machines, toasters, food processors, blenders, clothes washing and drying machines, dishwashers, refrigerators, freezers, combination refrigerator/freezers, ranges, ovens and surface units, microwave ovens, cooktops, exhaust hoods, ventilating fans, air conditioners, dehumidifiers, wine cellars, water supply units for dispensing cold water and ice from refrigerators, food waste disposers, food waste and trash compactors, ice makers, electrically operated hot water dispensers, and compressors for refrigerators. Plaintiffs’ counsel was also contacted via email by attorneys based in China regarding a possible resolution of the matter on behalf of Defendant Numbers 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 55, 62, 63, and 64. However, counsel or Defendants have not entered any formal appearance or filed any response with the Court as of this date. 2 The factual background is taken from Plaintiffs’ Amended Complaint, ECF No. [15], Plaintiffs’ Motion, ECF No. [6], and supporting evidentiary submissions. Plaintiffs filed declarations and exhibits annexed thereto in support of their Motion. The declarations are available in the docket at the following entries: Declaration of Patrick Hall, ECF No. [6-1], Declaration of T. Raquel Wiborg-Rodriguez, ECF No. [6-2], and Declaration of Kathleen Burns, ECF No. [6-3]. 3 2 Case 0:21-cv-60493-BB Document 24 Entered on FLSD Docket 03/18/2021 Page 3 of 16 Case No. 21-cv-60493-BLOOM/Valle WHIRLPOOL 2,520,285 December 18, 2001 4,983,312 June 21, 2016 5,232,741 June 27, 2017 5,921,312 November 26, 2019 3 IC 037 – installation, repair and maintenance of hand and stand electric beating and mixing machines, coffee making machines, toasters, food processors, blenders, clothes washing and drying machines, dishwashers, refrigerators, freezers, combination refrigerator/freezers, ranges, ovens and surface units, microwave ovens, cooktops, exhaust hoods, ventilating fans, air conditioners, dehumidifiers, wine cellars, water supply units for dispensing cold water and ice from refrigerators, food waste disposers, food waste and trash compactors, ice makers, electrically operated hot water dispensers, and compressors for refrigerators. IC 011 – water filtration and purification units and replacement cartridges and filters therefor for refrigerators. IC 011 – refrigerator water filters; water filtration pitchers sold empty and portable water filter bottles sold empty. IC 011 – heating, cooling and ventilating apparatus, namely, furnaces, gas water heaters, conversion burners, heat pumps, air conditioning units, condensing units, evaporator units, evaporator coils, central humidifiers, central air cleaners, furnace boilers and heat exchangers; Clothes drying machines; Refrigerators, freezers, combination refrigerator-freezers; Water softening apparatus and installations, air conditioners, dehumidifiers, cooking ovens, cooking ranges, gas and electric cooktops, microwave ovens for cooking and range exhaust hoods; Freezer chests; Water purification and delivery systems comprising Case 0:21-cv-60493-BB Document 24 Entered on FLSD Docket 03/18/2021 Page 4 of 16 Case No. 21-cv-60493-BLOOM/Valle standalone water cabinets; Built-in bottled water dispensing apparatus for hot or chilled water; Domestic water filtration units; Reverse osmosis units for purification of water; Appliances for domestic and commercial use, namely, combination garment wrinkle and odor remover and garment dryer; Apparatus and appliances for domestic use, namely, air purifying units, air filters; Gas and electric water heaters; Water conditioning units, water softening apparatus and installations, water coolers, water chillers, countertop water filtration devices, home water filtration devices and water faucet filters; Refrigerator water filters. See Declaration of Patrick Hall, ECF No. [6-1] at 6; ECF No. [15-1] (containing Certificates of Registrations for the Whirlpool Marks at issue). The Whirlpool Marks are used in connection with the manufacture and distribution of quality goods in the categories identified above. See Declaration of Patrick Hall, ECF No. [6-1] at 6. Plaintiff, Maytag Properties, LLC, is the owner of the following trademark which is valid and registered on the Principal Register of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the “Maytag Mark”): Trademark Registration Number 5,777,058 Registration Date Class(es) / Good(s) June 11, 2019 IC 011 – water treatment equipment, namely, water filtration units and reverse osmosis units; water softening apparatus and installations; water purification and filtration apparatus and replacement cartridges and filters therefor. 4 Case 0:21-cv-60493-BB Document 24 Entered on FLSD Docket 03/18/2021 Page 5 of 16 Case No. 21-cv-60493-BLOOM/Valle See Declaration of Patrick Hall, ECF No. [6-1] at 13; ECF No. [15-2] (containing Certificate of Registration for the Maytag Mark at issue). The Maytag Mark is used in connection with the manufacture and distribution of quality goods in the category identified above. See Declaration of Patrick Hall, ECF No. [6-1] at 13. Defendants, by operating Internet based e-commerce stores under Defendants’ respective seller identification names identified on Schedule “A” hereto (the “Seller IDs”), have advertised, promoted, offered for sale, or sold goods bearing and/or using what Plaintiffs have determined to be counterfeits, infringements, reproductions or colorable imitations of the Whirlpool Marks and/or Maytag Mark (collectively “Plaintiffs’ Marks”). See Declaration of Patrick Hall, ECF No. [6-1] at 20-24; Declaration of T. Raquel Wiborg-Rodriguez, ECF No. [6-2] at 2; Declaration of Kathleen Burns, ECF No. [6-3] at 4-7. Although each Defendant may not copy and infringe each of Plaintiffs’ Marks for each category of goods protected, Plaintiffs have submitted sufficient evidence showing each Defendant has infringed, at least, one or more of Plaintiffs’ Marks. See Declaration of Patrick Hall, ECF No. [6-1] at 20-24. Defendants are not now, nor have they ever been, authorized or licensed to use, reproduce, or make counterfeits, reproductions, and/or colorable imitations of Plaintiffs’ Marks. See Declaration of Patrick Hall, ECF No. [6-1] at 11, 18, 23-24. Counsel for Plaintiffs retained Invisible Inc (“Invisible”), a licensed private investigative firm, to investigate the promotion and sale of counterfeit and infringing versions of Plaintiffs’ branded products by Defendants and to obtain the available payment account data for receipt of funds paid to Defendants for the sale of counterfeit versions of Plaintiffs’ branded products. See Declaration of Patrick Hall, ECF No. [6-1] at 21; Declaration of T. Raquel Wiborg-Rodriguez, ECF No. [6-2] at 2; Declaration of Kathleen Burns, ECF No. [6-3] at 3. Invisible accessed the 5 Case 0:21-cv-60493-BB Document 24 Entered on FLSD Docket 03/18/2021 Page 6 of 16 Case No. 21-cv-60493-BLOOM/Valle Internet based e-commerce stores operating under the Seller IDs and placed orders from each Defendant for the purchase of various products, all bearing4 counterfeits of, at least, one of Plaintiffs’ trademarks at issue in this action, and requested each product to be shipped to Invisible’s address in the Southern District of Florida. See Declaration of Kathleen Burns, ECF No. [6-3] at 4. Each order was processed entirely online, and following the submission of the orders, Invisible finalized payment for the various products ordered via Defendants’ respective payment accounts5 and/or payee,6 which are identified on Schedule “A” hereto. (See id.) Based upon the shipping origin information, most of the packages utilized and/or originated from a domestic fulfillment center, e-commerce shipping partner, warehouse, and/or storage facility during the shipping process. See Declaration of T. Raquel Wiborg-Rodriguez, ECF No. [6-2] at 2. The goods bearing at least one of Plaintiffs’ Marks that were purchased and received7 by Invisible from Defendants Certain Defendants blurred-out and/or physically altered the images of Plaintiffs’ Marks on the product being offered for sale via its e-commerce store. The product Invisible received from these Defendants bears Plaintiffs’ Marks in their entirety. (See Declaration of Kathleen Burns, ECF No. [6-3] at 4 n.1.) 4 5 Defendant Numbers 1–17, 19–24, 26–41, 43–44, and 46–64 operate via the non-party Internet marketplace platform eBay.com, and use money transfer and retention services with PayPal, Inc. (“PayPal”). See Declaration of Kathleen Burns, ECF No. [6-3] at 4 n.3; Declaration of T. Raquel Wiborg-Rodriguez, ECF No. [6-2] at 4. 6 Defendant Numbers 18 and 45 operate via the non-party Internet marketplace platform, AliExpress.com, and have their payments processed on their behalf using Alipay. Additionally, Defendant Number 45 has its payments processed on its behalf using PayPal, identifying the payee Alipay Singapore E-Commerce, which is the aggregate PayPal account for purchases made via PayPal on AliExpress.com. Defendant Numbers 25 and 42 operate via the non-party e-commerce marketplace platform, Wish.com (“Wish”), which is operated by ContextLogic Inc. (“ContextLogic”). The payee for the orders placed on Wish.com identifies “PayPal *Wish,” which is the aggregate PayPal account for purchases made via Wish.com. As such, Defendants’ payment information is not publicly disclosed. However, because these financial entities accept and/or process payments on behalf of the individual merchants operating on their respective platforms, the financial entities can tie a particular Seller ID, merchant identification number, and/or store number to a reported transaction and identify the merchant’s funds held in sub-accounts within their respective account. See Declaration of Kathleen Burns, ECF No. [6-3] at 4 n.3; Declaration of T. Raquel Wiborg-Rodriguez, ECF No. [6-2] at 5-6. Invisible has yet to receive the product it purchased from Defendant Number 64’s alias Seller ID, hawhi_50. See Declaration of Kathleen Burns, ECF No. [6-3] at 4 n.4. 7 6 Case 0:21-cv-60493-BB Document 24 Entered on FLSD Docket 03/18/2021 Page 7 of 16 Case No. 21-cv-60493-BLOOM/Valle via their Seller IDs were transmitted to Plaintiffs’ representative for analysis, together with an appropriate Chain of Custody. See Declaration of Patrick Hall, ECF No. [6-1] at 22; Declaration of Kathleen Burns, ECF No. [6-3] at 5. Plaintiffs’ representative reviewed and visually inspected the goods8 Invisible purchased and received from Defendants through Internet based e-commerce stores operating under their respective Sellers IDs, and determined the products were not genuine versions of Plaintiffs’ goods. See Declaration of Patrick Hall, ECF No. [6-1] at 23-24. On March 3, 2021, Plaintiffs filed their Complaint, ECF No. [1], and thereafter their Amended Complaint on March 15, 2021, ECF No. [15], against Defendants for trademark counterfeiting and infringement, false designation of origin, common law unfair competition, and common law trademark infringement. On March 4, 2021, Plaintiffs filed their Ex Parte Application for Entry of Temporary Restraining Order, Preliminary Injunction, and Order Restraining Transfer of Assets, ECF No. [6]. On March 4, 2021, this Court entered a sealed Temporary Restraining Order, ECF No. [11], and temporarily restrained Defendants from infringing Plaintiffs’ Marks at issue. The Temporary Restraining Order also directed AliExpress.com platform (“AliExpress”), Zhejiang Ant Small and Micro Financial Services Group Co., Ltd. (“Ant Financial Services”), AliPay (China) Internet Technology Co. Ltd. and Alipay.com Co., Ltd. (collectively, “Alipay”), PayPal, Inc. (“PayPal”), ContextLogic, Inc., which operates the Wish.com website (“ContextLogic”), to identify and restrain funds in payment accounts associated with Defendants and to divert those funds to a holding account. Pursuant to the Court’s March 4, 2021 Order, Plaintiffs served Defendants with a copy of the Complaint together with copies of the Plaintiffs’ representative reviewed the detailed web page captures of the product purchased from the ecommerce store operating under the Seller ID, hawhi_50. Declaration of Patrick Hall, ECF No. [6-1] at 23 n.1. 8 7 Case 0:21-cv-60493-BB Document 24 Entered on FLSD Docket 03/18/2021 Page 8 of 16 Case No. 21-cv-60493-BLOOM/Valle Ex Parte Application for Entry of Temporary Restraining Order, Preliminary Injunction, and Order Restraining Transfer of Assets, and the Court’s March 4, 2021 Temporary Restraining Order, thereby providing notice and copies of the March 4, 2021 Temporary Restraining Order and Plaintiffs’ Ex Parte Application for Entry of Temporary Restraining Order, Preliminary Injunction, and Order Restraining Transfer of Assets via email to each Defendant’s corresponding email/online contact form, and by posting copies of the Temporary Restraining Order and all other pleadings and documents on file in this action on the website located at http://servingnotice.com/xA14k/index.html. Thereafter, Certificates of Service were filed confirming service on each Defendant, ECF Nos. [20] & [21]. II. LEGAL STANDARD To obtain a preliminary injunction, a party must demonstrate “(1) 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 declarations Plaintiffs submitted in support of their Motion for Preliminary Injunction support the following conclusions of law: A. Plaintiffs have a strong probability of proving at trial that consumers are likely to be confused by Defendants’ advertisement, promotion, sales, offer for sale, and/or distribution of goods bearing and/or using counterfeits, reproductions, or colorable imitations of Plaintiffs’ 8 Case 0:21-cv-60493-BB Document 24 Entered on FLSD Docket 03/18/2021 Page 9 of 16 Case No. 21-cv-60493-BLOOM/Valle Marks, and that the products Defendants are selling and promoting for sale are copies of Plaintiffs’ products that bear copies of Plaintiffs’ Marks; B. Because of the infringement of Plaintiffs’ Marks, Plaintiffs are 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 Plaintiffs’ Complaint, Motion for Preliminary Injunction, and accompanying declarations on file, that immediate and irreparable loss, damage, and injury will result to Plaintiffs and to consumers because it is more likely true than not that: 1. Defendants own or control Internet based e-commerce stores operating under their Seller IDs which advertise, promote, offer for sale, and sell products bearing and/or using counterfeit and infringing trademarks in violation of Plaintiffs’ rights; and 2. There is good cause to believe that more counterfeit and infringing products bearing Plaintiffs’ trademarks will appear in the marketplace; that consumers are likely to be misled, confused, and disappointed by the quality of these products; and that Plaintiffs may suffer loss of sales for their genuine products. C. The balance of potential harm to Defendants in restraining their trade in counterfeit and infringing branded goods if a preliminary injunction is issued is far outweighed by the potential harm to Plaintiffs, their respective reputations, and their goodwill as manufacturers and distributors of quality products, if such relief is not issued. D. The public interest favors issuance of the preliminary injunction to protect Plaintiffs’ trademark interests and protect the public from being defrauded by the palming off of counterfeit goods as Plaintiffs’ genuine goods. E. Under 15 U.S.C. § 1117(a), Plaintiffs may be entitled to recover, as an equitable remedy, the illegal profits gained through Defendants’ distribution and sales of goods bearing 9 Case 0:21-cv-60493-BB Document 24 Entered on FLSD Docket 03/18/2021 Page 10 of 16 Case No. 21-cv-60493-BLOOM/Valle and/or using counterfeits and infringements of Plaintiffs’ 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., 51 F.3d at 987 (11th Cir. 1995) (citing Federal Trade Commission v. United States Oil and Gas Corp., 748 F.2d 1431, 1433-34 (11th Cir. 1984)); and G. In light of the inherently deceptive nature of the counterfeiting business, and the likelihood that Defendants have violated federal trademark laws, Plaintiffs have good reason to believe Defendants will hide or transfer their ill-gotten assets beyond the jurisdiction of this Court unless those assets are restrained. IV. CONCLUSION Accordingly, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Plaintiffs’ Motion, ECF No. [6], is 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 enjoined and restrained until further Order of this Court: a. From manufacturing, importing, advertising, promoting, offering to sell, selling, distributing, or transferring any products bearing and/or using Plaintiffs’ Marks, or any confusingly similar trademarks, other than those actually manufactured or distributed by the Plaintiffs; and b. From secreting, concealing, destroying, selling off, transferring, or otherwise disposing of: (i) any products, not manufactured or distributed by Plaintiffs, bearing and/or using Plaintiffs’ Marks, or any confusingly similar 10 Case 0:21-cv-60493-BB Document 24 Entered on FLSD Docket 03/18/2021 Page 11 of 16 Case No. 21-cv-60493-BLOOM/Valle trademarks; or (ii) any evidence relating to the manufacture, importation, sale, offer for sale, distribution, or transfer of any products bearing and/or using Plaintiffs’ Marks, or any confusingly similar trademarks; or (iii) any assets or other financial accounts subject to this Order, including inventory assets, in the actual or constructive possession of, or owned, controlled, or held by, or subject to access by, any Defendant, including, but not limited to, any assets held by or on behalf of any Defendant. (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 Plaintiffs’ Marks or any confusingly similar trademarks, on or in connection with all Internet based ecommerce stores owned and operated, or controlled by them, including the Internet based ecommerce stores operating under the Seller IDs; (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 Plaintiffs’ 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), from any advertising links to other websites, from search engines’ databases or cache memory, and any other form of use of such terms that are visible to a computer user or serves to direct computer searches to Internet based e-commerce stores registered, owned, or operated by any Defendant, including the Internet based e-commerce stores operating under the Seller IDs; (4) Each Defendant shall not transfer ownership of the Internet based e-commerce stores operating under their Seller IDs during the pendency of this action, or until further order of the Court; 11 Case 0:21-cv-60493-BB Document 24 Entered on FLSD Docket 03/18/2021 Page 12 of 16 Case No. 21-cv-60493-BLOOM/Valle (5) Each Defendant shall continue to preserve copies of all computer files relating to the use of any of the Seller IDs and shall take all steps necessary to retrieve computer files relating to the use of the Seller IDs that may have been deleted before the entry of this Order; (6) Upon receipt of notice of this Order, the authorized representative, officer, managing operator and/or administrator for any fulfillment center, e-commerce shipping partner, warehouse, storage facility, and/or marketplace platform shall, to the extent not already done, immediately cease fulfillment of and sequester Defendants’ inventory assets bearing Plaintiffs’ Marks presently in its inventory, possession, custody, or control, and impound such goods in trust for the Court during the pendency of this action or until further order of the Court; (7) Upon receipt of notice of this Order, the Defendants and all financial institutions, payment processors, banks, escrow services, money transmitters, or marketplace platforms, including but not limited to, Alibaba.com Hong Kong Limited, which operates the AliExpress.com platform (“AliExpress”), Zhejiang Ant Small and Micro Financial Services Group Co., Ltd. (“Ant Financial Services”), AliPay (China) Internet Technology Co. Ltd. and Alipay.com Co., Ltd. (collectively, “Alipay”), PayPal, Inc. (“PayPal”), ContextLogic, Inc., which operates the Wish.com website (“ContextLogic”), and their related companies and affiliates shall, to the extent not already done, (i) immediately identify and restrain all funds in all financial accounts and/or sub-accounts associated with the Internet based e-commerce stores operating under the Seller IDs, store numbers, merchant identification numbers, infringing product numbers, and/or the e-mail addresses identified on Schedule “A” hereto, as well as any other related accounts of the same customer(s); (ii) identify all other accounts which transfer funds into the same financial institution account(s) or any of the other financial accounts subject to this Order; (iii) restrain the transfer of all funds, as opposed to ongoing account activity, held or received for their benefit or to be 12 Case 0:21-cv-60493-BB Document 24 Entered on FLSD Docket 03/18/2021 Page 13 of 16 Case No. 21-cv-60493-BLOOM/Valle transferred into their respective financial accounts, and any other financial accounts tied thereto; and (iv) immediately divert those restrained funds to a holding account for the trust of the Court. (8) Upon receipt of notice of this Order, the Defendants and all financial institutions, payment processors, bank, escrow services, money transmitters, or marketplace platforms receiving notice of this Order, including but not limited to, AliExpress, Ant Financial Services, Alipay, PayPal, ContextLogic, and their related companies and affiliates, shall further, to the extent not already done, provide Plaintiffs’ counsel with all data that details (i) an accounting of the total funds restrained and identify the financial account(s) and sub-account(s) which the restrained funds are related to, and (ii) the account transactions related to all funds transmitted into the financial account(s) and sub-account(s) which have been restrained. No funds restrained by this Order shall be transferred or surrendered by any financial institution, payment processor, bank, escrow service, money transmitter, or marketplace website, including but not limited to, AliExpress, Ant Financial Services, Alipay, PayPal, ContextLogic, and their related companies and affiliates for any purpose (other than pursuant to a chargeback made pursuant to their security interest in the funds) without the express authorization of this Court; (9) This Order shall apply to the Seller IDs, associated e-commerce stores, and any other seller identification names, e-commerce stores, or financial accounts which are being used by Defendants for the purpose of counterfeiting Plaintiffs’ Marks at issue in this action and/or unfairly competing with the Plaintiffs; (10) Any Defendant or financial institution account holder subject to this Order may petition the Court to modify the asset restraint set out in this Order; 13 Case 0:21-cv-60493-BB Document 24 Entered on FLSD Docket 03/18/2021 Page 14 of 16 Case No. 21-cv-60493-BLOOM/Valle (11) As a matter of law, this Order shall no longer apply to any Defendant or associated e-commerce store dismissed from this action, or as to which Plaintiffs have withdrawn their request for a preliminary injunction; (12) Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1116(d)(5)(D) and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(c), Plaintiffs shall maintain their 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; (13) Additionally, for the purpose of providing additional notice of this proceeding, and all other pleadings, orders, and documents filed herein, the owners, operators and/or administrators of the Internet marketplace websites and/or financial institutions, payment processors, banks, escrow services, money transmitters, and marketplace platforms, including but not limited to AliExpress, Ant Financial Services, Alipay, PayPal, and ContextLogic, and their related companies and affiliates shall, to the extent not already done, at Plaintiffs’ request, provide Plaintiffs’ counsel with any e-mail address known to be associated with the Defendants’ respective Seller ID; (14) This Order shall remain in effect during the pendency of this action, or until further Order of this Court. DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Miami, Florida, on March 18, 2021. _________________________________ BETH BLOOM UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Copies to: Counsel of Record 14 Case 0:21-cv-60493-BB Document 24 Entered on FLSD Docket 03/18/2021 Page 15 of 16 Case No. 21-cv-60493-BLOOM/Valle SCHEDULE A: DEFENDANTS BY NUMBER, SELLER ID, AND RESPECTIVE FINANCIAL ACCOUNT Def. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Defendant / Seller ID criquin_12 kathphe_76 daabra_2441 dress37 riclan83 voya817 wows_5863 dakok97 deadega0 keengel2345 prin-9599 shun_6873 wellg_79 aunwic0 smart-5331 mabla1047 lab-271 Shop5257090 Store 97k-cube trabroth_23 518chakesi huayunjiaoyu irenestor65 danigo-4392 zhumeiling aleeya_19 jozach45 mariahgofil matthew-pope mylesdeb_67 stetlerstef_13 macha_2268 nancyb9863 nichro-4155 niruydfwesr32 warrencl71 jose.agu_44 meganb-62 otsra_50 Financial Account Information / Store Number labrindle@outlook.com ecolbrea@yahoo.com davidabramson684@yahoo.com dresstangs@gmail.com richardlandon914@yahoo.com voyaberg@gmail.com wowsherd@gmail.com Maxips@yahoo.com Pattygrinder@hotmail.com Marcsflea@gmail.com prinhera@yahoo.com Shunsurt@hotmail.com Geheidbdidhe10@gmail.com gambitesco@yahoo.com smarttleysd@gmail.com mariablanco232@aol.com Wschensn7neng@hotmail.com 5257090 pp.xjh8@hotmail.com kulonembong1@gmail.com dong1994yi@outlook.com juleidy4107@163.com Mrdaih68hao@hotmail.com chengweiqi2020@163.com 5a7c04af417cee603ac99bd2 Thfan7aj8wu9@hotmail.com Mrguzyou98z@hotmail.com meizhen1231xie@hotmail.com vhsqpnyjihs@gmail.com zhe933zhongmr@hotmail.com Wsheda88mi@hotmail.com kuyuuuxixoaaljkjm@outlook.com Yanjpppjsdccx@outlook.com HuujKU858Jnkl@outlook.com niruydfwesrbnfryu6r4598@gmail.com luuuRINGH@outlook.com uwuaoo01j8jdqa@gmail.com meganbrewis05@gmail.com otsranthfl@gmail.com 15 Infringing Product Number 4000174902263 5e8588a7093e6b10c129bc08 Case 0:21-cv-60493-BB Document 24 Entered on FLSD Docket 03/18/2021 Page 16 of 16 Case No. 21-cv-60493-BLOOM/Valle Def. No. 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 64 Defendant / Seller ID dolmccle61 insic-76 xuninini qiantec bratb4190 Shop910563236 Store seedekez rearrange518 vicselv0 pamur-8881 brast_7625 andkis65 chrivang84 darobe440054 doupow-75 incat-88 mcg_2100 mdonal_1246 micko-6335 phidan_3952 ricfu_5842 styl-7725 wiibol_4 willong-9719 daga_8967 loxevery321 hawhi_50 Financial Account Information / Store Number Earfusi@hotmail.com kokutagi413@gmail.com 5b977a2f063ce14991a745ce qiantecc@gmail.com brookeshelton1971@gmail.com 910563236 algraouf7@gmail.com peacesl@163.com tjdslmx183@163.com tjdshb183@163.com tjdshb183@163.com tjdsql193@163.com a17104420713@163.com daleroberson998@yahoo.com tjdslh193@163.com incatechno@yahoo.com tjdsyjh173@163.com mdonald19371@gmail.com kohnm164@gmail.com dangelophilip990@yahoo.com richardfuori@yahoo.com jww8968@163.com Deluxedn@yahoo.com tjdslsw321@163.com LQ16520741546@163.com LH16520744191@163.com LH16520744191@163.com 16 Infringing Product Number 5ed719e1916933c86052f0e4 1005001464961451

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