Las Vegas Sands Corp. v. Chen et al, No. 2:2020cv00472 - Document 34 (D. Nev. 2021)

Court Description: FINAL JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT AND PERMANENT INJUNCTION ORDER. Plaintiff shall take judgment against Defendants and Defendants are ordered to pay to Plaintiff statutory damages in the amount of $2,000,000. See Order for additional details re permanent injunction. Signed by Judge James C. Mahan on 6/14/2021. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - YAW)

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Las Vegas Sands Corp. v. Chen et al Doc. 34 1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA Case No. 2:20-cv-00472-JCM-VCF LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP., a Nevada corporation, 4 Plaintiff, 5 v. 6 XIAN SHENG CHEN, SHA'SHA JIN, JIE LUO, MENG LUI, BINGJIAN WANG, XIAO YANG XIANG, TIANXIA ZHANG; AND THE UNKNOWN REGISTRANTS OF: 11BB8331.COM, 11CC8331.COM, 11DD8331.COM, 11EE8331.COM, 8332.COM, 10050451.COM, 10050452.COM, 1005NET-11UFTRTYRSXCUJUYDFGZC.COM, VOQGFKISH.COM, 10050453.COM, 10050454.COM, 1005CM13SADFADSSDXCZFVADSFASDFASDCAC.COM , 10050455.COM, 1005VIP13QWERFSXHGGKBJLOIBJHGDCDASZRS.COM, 10050456.COM, 1005CM1SADFADSSDXCZFVADSFASDFASDCAC.COM, 10050457.COM, 1005AM11QAZXSWEDCVFRTGBNHYUJMKIOLPP.COM, 10050458.COM, 1005VIP14QWERFSXHGGKBJLOIBJHGDCDASZRS.COM, 10050459.COM, 1005J.COM, 5009SS.COM, JSC6688.COM, 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 FINAL JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT AND PERMANENT INJUNCTION Defendants. 18 The Clerk of the Court having entered the default of Defendants Xian Cheng Chen, 19 Sha'sha Jin, Jie Luo, Meng Lui, Bingjian Wang, Xiao Yang Xiang, Tianxia Zhang, and 20 unknown registrants of 11bb8331.com, 11cc8331.com, 11dd8331.com, 11ee8331.com, 21 8332.com, 22 Voqgfkish.com, 23 cac.com, 10050455.com, 1005vip-13qwerfsxhggkbjloibjhgdcdaszrs.com, 10050456.com, 24 1005cm-1sadfadssdxczfvadsfasdfasdcac.com, 25 gbnhyujmkiolpp.com, 26 10050459.com, 1005j.com, 5009ss.com, and Jsc6688.com (collectively, the “Defendants”), 27 Plaintiff Las Vegas Sands Corp. (“Plaintiff” or “Las Vegas Sands”) having moved the Court 28 for entry of a final judgment by default against Defendants, and the Court having considered 113029778.1 10050451.com, 10050453.com, 10050452.com, 10050454.com, 10050458.com, 1005net-11uftrtyrsxcujuydfgzc.com, 1005cm-13sadfadssdxczfvadsfasdfasd 10050457.com, 1005am-11qazxswedcvfrt 1005vip-14qwerfsxhggkbjloibjhgdcdaszrs.com, -1Dockets.Justia.com 1 Plaintiff’s motion, the accompanying memorandum of points and authorities, the papers and 2 pleadings on file in this case, and for good cause shown, the Court hereby FINDS as follows: 3 1. Plaintiff Las Vegas Sands has alleged meritorious claims for trademark 4 counterfeiting, trademark infringement claims, and common law trademark and unfair 5 competition claims. 6 2. Las Vegas Sands is the owner of common law and registered trademark 7 rights in the SANDS mark, “Jinsha” mark, the VENETIAN mark, and the wing lion design 8 mark. In addition, , Las Vegas Sands owns U.S. trademark registrations for these marks. 9 These trademark registrations include, among others, the following: 10 Mark U.S. Reg. No. First Use 11 1,209,102 12 13 SANDS 14 15 16 SANDS 17 VENETIAN THE VENETIAN 18 1/1/1952 Goods and Services “Entertainment services-namely, providing stage show, gambling and casino services . . . .” “[P]roviding casino and gaming services; providing casino and gambling facilities . . . .” 3,734,615 12/31/1952 3,838,397 11/30/1996 “Casino services....” 3,850,500 11/30/1996 “Casino services...” 2,507,363 2,507,362 5/4/1999 5/4/1999 “Casino and gaming services…” “Casino and gaming…” 2,352,445 6/19/1999 “Casino and gaming services…” 2,655,917 5/04/1999 “Casino and gaming services…” 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 All of the aforementioned marks are collectively referred to herein as the “SANDS Marks.” 27 /// 28 /// 113029778.1 -2- 1 3. Las Vegas Sands will suffer irreparable injury to its valuable trademarks and 2 associated goodwill if the Defendants are not enjoined because an injunction appears to be the 3 only effective remedy and absent an injunction, Defendants will likely continue to use the 4 SANDS Marks and continue to cause reputational damage to Las Vegas Sands; 5 4. As a direct and proximate result of Defendants’ conduct, Plaintiff has 6 suffered, and will continue to suffer, monetary loss and irreparable injury to its business, 7 reputation, and goodwill. 8 5. The balance of hardships favors Plaintiff. 9 6. Entry of a permanent injunction is in the public interest. 10 11 NOW THEREFORE, it is ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Plaintiff shall take judgment against Defendants, and further that: 12 13 A. Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1117(a)-(c), Defendants are ordered to pay to Plaintiff statutory damages in the amount of $2,000,000; 14 B. Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1116, Defendants and their respective officers, 15 agents, servants, employees, attorneys, and all persons, corporations, business entities, and 16 other associations of persons who are in active concert or participation with Defendants (the 17 “Restrained Parties”), are hereby permanently enjoined and restrained from: 18 1. Using the SANDS Marks or the any confusingly similar variations thereof, 19 alone or in combination with any other letters, words, letter string, phrases or designs in 20 commerce, including, without limitation, on any website, in any domain name, in any social 21 network user name, in any hidden website text, or in any website metatag; and 22 2. Engaging in false or misleading advertising or commercial activities likely 23 to deceive consumers into believing that any Defendant is the Plaintiff or that any Defendant’s 24 services are associated or affiliated with, connected to, approved or sponsored by the Plaintiff; 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 /// 113029778.1 -3- 1 IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED THAT: 2 A. GoDaddy.com, Inc. (the domain name registrar for the domains associated with the 3 websites) and VeriSign, Inc. (the .com domain name registry) are hereby ordered to 4 immediately remove or disable the domain name server information for the domains attached 5 here as Exhibit A. 6 IT IS SO ORDERED: 7 _______________________________ UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 8 9 June 14, 2021 DATED: ________________________ 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 113029778.1 -4- 1 EXHIBIT A – DOMAINS TO DISABLE 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA CASE NO. 2:20-CV-00472-JCM-VCF 4 LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. V. XIAN SHENG CHEN, ET AL. 5 6 Infringing Domain Registrant Email w778800.com 29883176@qq.com w778811.com 29883176@qq.com w778822.com 29883176@qq.com w778833.com 29883176@qq.com w778844.com 29883176@qq.com w778855.com 29883176@qq.com 11 w778866.com 29883176@qq.com 12 w778877.com 29883176@qq.com tz.amjs78332.com js2979ha@gmail.com 11aa8331.com baoma5350@gmail.com 14 11bb8331.com 11bb8331.com@domainsbyproxy.com 15 11cc8331.com 11cc8331.com@domainsbyproxy.com 11dd8331.com 11dd8331.com@domainsbyproxy.com 11ee8331.com 11ee8331.com@domainsbyproxy.com 8332.com 8332.com@domainsbyproxy.com jj8js.com js2018825@gmail.com jj8.com 978888118@qq.com 3616a.com xxy930808@gmail.com 3616b.com xxy930808@gmail.com 3616c.com xxy930808@gmail.com 3616d.com xxy930808@gmail.com 3616e.com xxy930808@gmail.com 3616f.com xxy930808@gmail.com 3616g.com xxy930808@gmail.com 3616h.com xxy930808@gmail.com 3616j.com xxy930808@gmail.com 3616k.com xxy930808@gmail.com 27 3616l.com xxy930808@gmail.com 28 3616n.com xxy930808@gmail.com 7 8 9 10 13 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 113029778.1 -5- 1 Infringing Domain Registrant Email 3616o.com xxy930808@gmail.com 3616p.com xxy930808@gmail.com 3616q.com xxy930808@gmail.com 3616r.com xxy930808@gmail.com 3616s.com xxy930808@gmail.com 3616t.com xxy930808@gmail.com 3616u.com xxy930808@gmail.com 3616v.com xxy930808@gmail.com 8 3616x.com xxy930808@gmail.com 9 3616y.com xxy930808@gmail.com 3616z.com xxy930808@gmail.com 9998900.com xxy930808@gmail.com 11 616201.com xiaohuining@outlook.com 12 1764.com xiaohuining@outlook.com 10050451.com 10050451.com@domainsbyproxy.com 10050452.com 10050452.com@domainsbyproxy.com 15 1005net-11uftrtyrsxcujuydfgzc voqgfkish.com 1005net11uftrtyrsxcujuydfgzcvoqgfkish.com@dom ainsbyproxy.com 16 10050453.com 10050453.com@domainsbyproxy.com 17 18 1005cm13sadfadssdxczfvadsfasdfasdcac.com 1005cm13sadfadssdxczfvadsfasdfasdcac.com@dom ainsbyproxy.com 19 10050454.com 10050454.com@domainsbyproxy.com 10050455.com 10050455.com@domainsbyproxy.com 1005vip13qwerfsxhggkbjloibjhgdcdaszrs.com 1005vip13qwerfsxhggkbjloibjhgdcdaszrs.com@dom ainsbyproxy.com 10050456.com 10050456.com@domainsbyproxy.com 24 1005cm1sadfadssdxczfvadsfasdfasdcac.com 1005cm1sadfadssdxczfvadsfasdfasdcac.com@doma insbyproxy.com 25 10050457.com 10050457.com@domainsbyproxy.com 26 27 1005am11qazxswedcvfrtgbnhyujmkiolpp.com 1005am11qazxswedcvfrtgbnhyujmkiolpp.com@do mainsbyproxy.com 28 10050458.com 10050458.com@domainsbyproxy.com 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 13 14 20 21 22 23 113029778.1 -6- 1 2 Infringing Domain Registrant Email 3 1005vip14qwerfsxhggkbjloibjhgdcdaszrs.com 1005vip14qwerfsxhggkbjloibjhgdcdaszrs.com@dom ainsbyproxy.com 4 10050459.com 10050459.com@domainsbyproxy.com 1005j.com 1005j.com@domainsbyproxy.com 5009ss.com 5009ss.com@domainsbyproxy.com jsc6688.com jsc6688.com@domainsbyproxy.com 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 113029778.1 -7-

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