Opinion
Case No. 20-cv-61916-BLOOM/Valle
09-23-2020
APPLE CORPS LIMITED and SUBAFILMS LIMITED, Plaintiffs, v. THE INDIVIDUALS, PARTNERSHIPS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS IDENTIFIED ON SCHEDULE "A," Defendants.
SEALED ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS' EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR ENTRY OF TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AND SETTING HEARING ON MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
THIS CAUSE is before the Court upon Plaintiffs' Ex Parte Application for Entry of Temporary Restraining Order, Preliminary Injunction, and Order Restraining Transfer of Assets (the "Application for Temporary Restraining Order"), ECF No. [9]. The Court has carefully considered the Application for Temporary Restraining Order, the record in this case, and the applicable law, and is otherwise fully advised.
By the instant Application, Plaintiffs, Apple Corps Limited and Subafilms Limited (collectively "Plaintiffs"), move, ex parte, pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1116 and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65 and The All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a), for entry of a temporary restraining order and an order restraining the financial accounts used by Defendants, and upon expiration of the temporary restraining order, a preliminary injunction against Defendants, for alleged violations of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1114 and 1125(a). Because Plaintiffs have satisfied the requirements for the issuance of a temporary restraining order, the Court grants Plaintiffs' Application for Temporary Restraining Order.
Defendants are the Individuals, Partnerships, and Unincorporated Associations identified on Schedule "A" hereto (collectively "Defendants").
The factual background is taken from Plaintiffs' Complaint, ECF No. [1], Plaintiffs' Application for Temporary Restraining Order, ECF No. [9], and supporting evidentiary submissions. Plaintiffs filed declarations and exhibits annexed thereto in support of their Application for Temporary Restraining Order. The declarations are available in the docket at the following entries: Declaration of Paul Cole, ECF No. [9-1], Declaration of Stephen M. Gaffigan, ECF No. [9-2], and Declaration of Kathleen Burns, ECF No. [9-3].
Plaintiff, Apple Corps Limited, 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 "BEATLES Marks"):
| Trademark | RegistrationNumber | RegistrationDate | Class(es) / Good(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE BEATLES | 1,752,120 | February 16,1993 | IC 025 - Headwear, sweatshirts, t-shirts,shirts.IC 026 - Belt buckles. |
| BEATLES | 3,680,063 | September 8,2009 | IC 006 - Key rings and key chains.IC 026 - Ornamental buckles for clothing. |
| BEATLES | 4,373,956 | July 30, 2013 | IC 009 - Decorative refrigeratormagnets; computer keyboard accessories,namely mouse pads and wrist rests in theform of pads for use with computers;telephone apparatus, namely, telephones;telephone receivers, telephone answeringmachines, mobile telephones; cases formobile telephones; cell phone covers;covers for mobile telephones, namely, |
| fitted plastic films known as skins forcovering and protecting electronicapparatus in the nature of mobiletelephones; straps for mobile telephones;telephone call indicator lights and electro-mechanical shakers for detecting andsignaling incoming telephone calls;mechanical and electric egg timers; boxesand cases specially adapted for holdingaudio cassettes, video cassettes,gramophone records, audio compact discs,audio mini discs, video discs, andinteractive compact discs or cd-roms.IC 014 - Jewelry; horological andchronometric instruments, namely,watches and clocks; cuff links, bracelets,pendants, medallions, trinkets beingjewelry, charms being jewelry, ornamentalpins.IC 015 - Musical instruments.IC 018 - Luggage, clutch bags, rucksacks,backpacks, umbrellas; bags, namely,handbags, shoulder bags, all-purposesports bags, carry-on flight bags, suitcases,school bags, satchels, gym bags, tote bags,textile shopping bags.IC 025 - Footwear and headgear, namely,hats and caps; clothing, namely, shirts,polo shirts, t-shirts, sweatshirts; jackets,coats; scarves; neck-ties; socks; long-sleeved shirts and long sleeved t-shirts;fleece tops; thermal tops; jerseys; tanktops; swim wear; slippers; cloth babies'bibs. |
Plaintiff, Subafilms Limited, 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 "YELLOW SUBMARINE Mark"):
| Trademark | RegistrationNumber | RegistrationDate | Class(es) / Good(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| YELLOW SUBMARINE | 3,328,170 | November 6,2007 | IC 025 - Shirts; polo shirts; t-shirts; long-sleeved shirts andlong-sleeved t-shirts; sweatshirts;jackets; pullovers; vests; scarves;neck-ties; hats; caps; sock;thermal tops; jerseys; sweaters;tank tops; pajamas; clothing fortoddlers, infants and babiesnamely, one piece garments forinfants and toddlers, sleep suits, t-shirts and long-sleeved t-shirts. |
Defendants, by operating commercial Internet websites and Internet based e-commerce stores operating under Defendants' respective domain names and seller identification names identified on Schedule "A" hereto (the "Subject Domain Names and 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 BEATLES Marks and/or the YELLOW SUBMARINE Mark (collectively "Plaintiffs' Marks"). See Declaration of Paul Cole, ECF No. [9-1], at 16-20; Declaration of Stephen M. Gaffigan, ECF No. [9-2], at 2; Declaration of Kathleen Burns, ECF No. [9-3], at 4.
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 Paul Cole, ECF No. [9-1], at 16-23. 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 Paul Cole, ECF No. [9-1], at 16, 18-20, 23.
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 Paul Cole, ECF No. [9-1], at 17; Declaration of Stephen M. Gaffigan, ECF No. [9-2], at 2; Declaration of Kathleen Burns, ECF No. [9-3], at 3. Invisible accessed the Internet websites and Internet based e-commerce stores operating under the Subject Domain Names and Seller IDs and placed orders from each Defendant for the purchase of various products, all bearing and/or using 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. [9-3], at 4. Each order was processed entirely online, and following the submission of the orders, Invisible received information for finalizing payment for the various products ordered via Amazon Payments, Inc., via DHpay.com, via PayPal, Inc. ("PayPal") to Defendants' respective PayPal accounts and/or via Defendants' respective payee, which are identified on Schedule "A" hereto. (See id.) At the conclusion of the process, the detailed web page captures and images of the various Plaintiffs' branded products ordered via Defendants' Subject Domain Names and Seller IDs, together with photographs of one of the products received, were sent to Plaintiffs' representative, Paul Cole, for inspection. See Declaration of Paul Cole, ECF No. [9-1], at 18; Declaration of Stephen M. Gaffigan, ECF No. [9-2], at 2.
A certain Defendant 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 this Defendant bears Plaintiffs' Marks in their entirety. (See Burns Decl. ¶ 4, n.1.)
Invisible was instructed not to transmit the funds to finalize the sale for the orders from some of the Defendants so as to avoid adding additional funds to Defendants' coffers. (See Gaffigan Decl. ¶ 2, n.1; Burns Decl. ¶ 4, n.2.)
Defendant Numbers 3-9 operate via the non-party Internet platform Amazon.com. Amazon allows Defendants to conduct their commercial transactions privately via Amazon's payment processing and retention service, Amazon Payments, Inc. As such, Defendants' payment information is not publicly disclosed, but Amazon Payments, Inc. has the ability to identify and restrain the payment accounts using a seller's unique seller identification number. (See Gaffigan Decl. ¶ 5; Burns Decl. ¶ 4, n.3.)
Defendant Number 10 uses the non-party Internet platform DHgate.com, which processes its payments via the third-party platform, DHpay.com. The DHgate.com and DHpay.com platforms are operated by the Dunhuang Group, who utilizes Camel FinTech Inc to process transactions and deal with refunds and chargebacks on behalf of DHgate.com to its customers. (See Burns Decl. ¶ 4, n.4; Gaffigan Decl. ¶ 6.)
Defendant Numbers 1-2 and 11-36 use money transfer and retention services with PayPal. Upon completion of Invisible's purchases from Defendant Numbers 13, 15, 26 and 35 operating via eBay.com, Invisible discovered that the PayPal receipts received did not identify the Defendants' PayPal financial accounts in the form of an e-mail address. However, the receipts identify the Transaction Identification Number ("Transaction ID") for the purchase made from each Defendant's Seller IDs, and PayPal is able to identify a PayPal account using the Transaction ID. (See Burns Decl. ¶ 4, n.5.)
The payee for the orders placed from Defendant Numbers 37-98 identifies "Joom USA Inc," which is the aggregate PayPal account for purchases made via Joom.com. (See Burns Decl. ¶ 4 n.6; Gaffigan Decl. ¶ 8.) The Joom.com platform itself is not the ultimate merchant, but it can tie a particular Seller ID using the seller's unique merchant identification number to a reported transaction and identify the merchant's funds held within the aggregate account. (See Gaffigan Decl. ¶ 8.)
The payee for the orders placed from Defendant Numbers 99-102's Wish.com Seller IDs identifies "PayPal *Wish," which is the aggregate PayPal account for purchases made Wish.com. (See Burns Decl. ¶ 4 n.6; Gaffigan Decl. ¶ 9.) The Wish.com platform itself is not the ultimate merchant, but it can tie a particular Seller ID using the seller's unique merchant identification number to a reported transaction and identify the merchant's funds held within the aggregate account. (See Gaffigan Decl. ¶ 9.)
Defendant Numbers 1-2 also provided contact e-mail addresses in connection with their Subject Domain Names, which are included on Schedule "A" hereto. (See Burns Decl. ¶ 4 n.7.)
The web pages captured and downloaded by Plaintiffs' counsel's office, Stephen M. Gaffigan, P.A., identifying the Seller Identification Number, Store Name and/or Store Number for certain Defendants are included in Comp. Exs. "2," "5" and "6" to the Burns Decl.
Certain Defendants changed their seller identification names during the preparation and filing of the Application for Temporary Restraining Order in this case. These Defendants, together with their alias seller identification names are identified on Schedule "A" to the Application for Temporary Restraining Order.
Plaintiffs' representative reviewed and visually inspected the detailed web page captures and photographs reflecting Plaintiffs' branded products Invisible ordered from Defendants through the Internet websites and Internet based e-commerce stores operating under their respective Subject Domain Names and Sellers IDs, and determined the products were not genuine versions of Plaintiffs' goods. See Declaration of Paul Cole, ECF No. [9-1], at 18-20.
II. LEGAL STANDARD
To obtain a temporary restraining order, 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) (applying the test to a preliminary injunction in a Lanham Act case). Additionally, a court may only issue a temporary restraining order without notice to the adverse party or its attorney if:
(A) specific facts in an affidavit or a verified complaint clearly show that immediate and irreparable injury, loss, or damage will result to the movant before the adverse party can be heard in opposition [and] (B) the movant's attorney certifies in writing any efforts made to give notice and the reasons why it should not be required.Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(b)(1). Ex parte temporary restraining orders "should be restricted to serving their underlying purpose of preserving the status quo and preventing irreparable harm just so long as is necessary to hold a hearing, and no longer." Granny Goose Foods, Inc. v. Bhd. of Teamsters & Auto Truck Drivers Local No. 70, 415 U.S. 423, 439 (1974).
III. ANALYSIS
The declarations Plaintiffs submitted in support of their Application for Temporary Restraining Order 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' 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 temporary restraining order is not granted. It clearly appears from the following specific facts, as set forth in Plaintiffs' Complaint, Application for Temporary Restraining Order, and accompanying declarations on file, that immediate and irreparable loss, damage, and injury will result to Plaintiffs and to consumers before Defendants can be heard in opposition unless Plaintiffs' request for ex parte relief is granted:
1. Defendants own or control Internet websites and Internet based e-commerce stores operating under their Subject Domain Names and Seller IDs which advertise, promote, offer for sale, and sell products bearing and/or using counterfeit and infringing trademarks in violation of Plaintiffs' rights;
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; and
3. There is good cause to believe that if Plaintiffs proceed on notice to the Defendants of this Application for Temporary Restraining Order, Defendants can easily and quickly change the ownership or modify domain registration or e-commerce store data and content, change payment accounts, redirect consumer traffic to other domain names and seller identification names, and transfer assets and ownership of the Subject Domain Names and Seller IDs, thereby thwarting Plaintiffs' ability to obtain meaningful relief.
C. The balance of potential harm to Defendants in restraining their trade in counterfeit and infringing branded goods if a temporary restraining order 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 temporary restraining order 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 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, after due consideration, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Plaintiffs' Application for Temporary Restraining Order, ECF No. [9], 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 hereby temporarily restrained:
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 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 the use of Plaintiffs' Marks or any confusingly similar trademarks, on or in connection with all Internet websites and Internet based e-commerce stores owned and operated, or controlled by them, including the Internet websites and Internet based e-commerce stores operating under the Subject Domain Names and 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 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 websites and Internet based e-commerce stores registered, owned, or operated by any Defendant, including the Internet websites and Internet based e-commerce stores operating under the Subject Domain Names and Seller IDs;
(4) Each Defendant shall not transfer ownership of the Internet websites or Internet based e-commerce stores operating under their Subject Domain Names and Seller IDs during the pendency of this action, or until further order of the Court;
(5) Each Defendant shall preserve copies of all computer files relating to the use of any of the Subject Domain Names and Seller IDs and shall take all steps necessary to retrieve computer files relating to the use of the Subject Domain Names and Seller IDs that may have been deleted before the entry of this Order;
(6) 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, Amazon Payments, Inc. ("Amazon"), Dunhuang Group which operates the DHgate.com and DHPay.com platforms, Camel FinTech Inc., PayPal, Inc. ("PayPal"), SIA Joom, which operates the Joom.com platform ("Joom"), ContextLogic, Inc., which operates the Wish.com website ("ContextLogic"), and their related companies and affiliates shall (i) immediately identify and restrain all funds in all financial accounts and/or sub-accounts associated with the Internet websites and Internet based e-commerce stores operating under the Subject Domain Names and Seller IDs, merchant identification 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 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.
(7) 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, Amazon, Dunhuang Group which operates the DHgate.com and DHPay.com platforms, Camel FinTech Inc., PayPal, Joom, ContextLogic, and their related companies and affiliates, shall further, within five business days of receiving this Order, 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. Such restraining 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 after those accounts are 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, Amazon, Dunhuang Group which operates the DHgate.com and DHPay.com platforms, Camel FinTech Inc., PayPal, Joom, 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;
(8) This Order shall remain in effect until the ruling on Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction, or until such further dates as set by the Court or stipulated to by the parties;
(9) This Order shall apply to the Subject Domain Names and Seller IDs, associated websites and e-commerce stores, and any other domain names, seller identification names, websites, 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;
(11) As a matter of law, this Order shall no longer apply to any Defendant or associated e-commerce store, photo album, or domain name dismissed from this action, or as to which Plaintiffs have withdrawn their request for a temporary restraining order;
(12) Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1116(d)(5)(D) and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(c), Plaintiffs shall post a 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) A telephonic hearing is set before this Court on October 1, 2020, at 10:30 A.M. The parties may appear by telephone and are instructed to call 1-877-336-1829 on the date and time set forth above, at which time Defendants or any other affected persons may challenge the appropriateness of this Order and move to dissolve the same and at which time the Court will hear argument on Plaintiffs' requested preliminary injunction. The access code is 4742152 and the security code is 5680. For clarity, please do not use a cell phone or a speaker phone.
(14) After Plaintiffs' counsel has received confirmation from the financial institutions regarding the funds restrained as directed herein, Plaintiffs shall serve a copy of the Complaint, the Application for Temporary Restraining Order and this Order on each Defendant by e-mail via their corresponding e-mail address and/or online contact form or other means of electronic contact provided on the Internet websites and Internet based e-commerce stores operating under the respective Subject Domain Names and Seller IDs, or by providing a copy of this Order by e-mail to the registrar of record for each of the Subject Domain Names or the marketplace platforms for each of the Seller IDs so that they, in turn, notify each Defendant of the Order, or by other means reasonably calculated to give notice which is permitted by the Court. In addition, Plaintiffs shall post a copy of the Complaint, the Application for Temporary Restraining Order, this Order, and all other documents filed in this action on the website located at http://servingnotice.com/artfr4/index.html and shall provide the address to the website to Defendants via e-mail/online contact form, and such notice so given shall be deemed good and sufficient service thereof. Plaintiffs shall continue to provide notice of these proceedings and copies of the documents on file in this matter to the Defendants by regularly updating the website located at http://servingnotice.com/artfr4/index.html, or by other means reasonably calculated to give notice which is permitted by the Court;
In this Circuit, Rule 65 has been interpreted to require that a party have notice of the motion and hearing; perfecting service on a defendant is not a prerequisite to the entry of a preliminary injunction order. See Corrigan Dispatch Co. v. Casa Guzman, S.A., 569 F.2d 300, 302 (5th Cir. 1978); Diamond Crystal Brands, Inc. v. Wallace, 531 F. Supp. 2d 1366, 1370-71 (N.D. Ga. 2008).
(15) 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 Amazon, Dunhuang Group which operates the DHgate.com and DHPay.com platforms, Camel FinTech Inc., PayPal, Joom, ContextLogic, and their related companies and affiliates shall, at Plaintiffs' request, provide Plaintiffs' counsel with any e-mail address known to be associated with the Defendants' respective Subject Domain Names and Seller IDs;
(16) Any response or opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction must be filed and served on Plaintiffs' counsel forty-eight (48) hours prior to the hearing set for October 1, 2020, at 10:30 A.M. and filed with the Court, along with Proof of Service. Plaintiffs shall file any Reply Memorandum twenty-four (24) hours prior to the hearing set for October 1, 2020, at 10:30 A.M. The above dates may be revised upon stipulation by all parties and approval of this Court. Defendants are on notice that failure to appear at the hearing may result in the imposition of a preliminary injunction against them pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1116(d) , The All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a), Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65, and this Court's inherent authority.
The Clerk shall file this Order under seal until further order of the Court.
DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Miami, Florida, this 23rd day of September, 2020.
/s/ _________
BETH BLOOM
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Copies to: Counsel of Record via E-mail.
SCHEDULE A:
DEFENDANTS BY NUMBER, SELLER ID, SUBJECT DOMAIN NAME,
ASSOCIATED FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS , ASIN AND E-MAIL ADDRESS
Def. No. Defendant / Subject Domain Name / Seller ID Financial Account Information Amazon Item ASIN or E- Mail Address 1 bagani.mobi haiyenpp19@gmail.com admin@bagani.mobi 2 pretty-shirt.com chesterswyatt@hotmail.com trantutbqn@yahoo.com 3 Art Fish A27I3WBO2K55RU B0871FG7SP 4 DIEU LINH NGUYEN A3I79ZTDZ340QO B089YFF4HH 5 fresrddtgf A3NSCKLC2P2SBP B086ZQ6S5X 6 Hthygy A3TDLBV3PO80H0 B086MXVHFH B086MXKH7M 7 Ielzpmd13dt A3FLVF333045P6 B084QFBWQX B084Q5F8NB 8 Robert Dtesta A26T708L9VJWO3 B086TT4NBQ 9 tengzhoushilongquandongc henglifadian ALP606MTO5XVT B08DN8G4XQ 10 Wildwear 14774358 11 ahmamuqorrobi_0 lowesean700@yahoo.com 12 armalag0 dingadiredjo@gmail.com 13 atlanso PayPal transaction ID: 0BJ86154AX1650219 14 cathely_0 catherine.sherly@yahoo.com 15 charms-price-storm PayPal transaction ID: 172385685J441662G 16 goodkitchen4u Baophanvan092@yahoo.com 17 lahie_64 lahiertayi@gmail.com 18 levtstore levanthoglk840@gmail.com 19 lovecharmworld2012 lovecharmworld@gmail.com 20 malca feelingwu99@gmail.com 21 maulidi0 helmy.maulidina@gmail.com 22 mo246145 SUMANTO94828@gmail.com 23 nafssabri_0 nafsasabrin@gmail.com 18 24 ngutat_27 nguyentatnien.dn1992@gmail.com 25 nguyenyen.tore yennh2367@yahoo.com 26 nxhstore1994 PayPal transaction ID: 37660833KR429173Y 27 revay0 tatikwinarni499@gmail.com 28 siriz-16 siskarizkiya038@gmail.com 29 skinny14680 skinny1468@gmail.com 30 sukmdevia rizkynanberkah@gmail.com 31 tri-j28 trijaniatun28tr@gmail.com 32 trph-6912 phanvuongtrieu4071013@hotmail.com 33 tru-9394 TRUONGVIETANHdvf587@gmail.com 34 winkel.99 lord_lucas@yahoo.com 35 wybeads-fine-jewelry PayPal transaction ID: 867530313C923941J 36 yususety_0 yusufprasetyo560@gmail.com 37 3 Idiots 5d458ec91436d4030122195c 38 antelope 5d52835f28fc710301a00a8e 39 Arbutus-34 5b51a4768b2c370353deec85 40 Baby dress 1517884686413800174-140-5-709- 2672229233 41 Bangkok a/k/a Bangkok29 5af0100b1436d40316ec6fed 42 Bennet a/k/a Bennet28 5afa4ce08b2c370317df95eb 43 Berlin a/k/a Berlin42 5af012358b45130383483864 44 Betelnut06 5afa48041436d403aa69de51 45 Better time 1513587289219863090-86-3-709- 3245415502 46 Cabbage a/k/a Cabbage47 5afa50c38b4513036342ffd4 47 Cefef 5da414d01436d40301cf884d 48 confer15 5df6fc2328fc710301c5d270 49 CowboyJean 5bc978bf28fc7103172e72e3 50 Desert Rose-19 5b51a1518b451303bc8c112a 19 51 DM Decor 5d9e9d231436d40301c40569 52 Dusty Miller-25 5b51a2278b2c370353dec79e 53 eight octopus 5d5e817f8b2c3703019caf83 54 ERNX 5d9b587836b54d03012c2c64 55 Fashion 3C Phone Case Store 5d171fcd1436d403019bf6bc 56 flashlight07 5df6fb781436d40301f25ec0 57 found303 5e09697f8b45130301d4c189 58 Golden Bamboo-26 5b51a25a8b451303bc8c1ad7 59 guard309 5e0969d08b2c37030172df09 60 House Yami 5dc386a28b451303011fbe05 61 hung304 5e09698936b54d03010f6d5e 62 JO186 5db712118b2c3703013b84d4 63 JO427 5de557b328fc710301599fbb 64 Laomeng05 5df6fb4e8b2c370301fb66be 65 Les choristes 5d458edd8b2c370301c36350 66 LiliumL-3 5b5199ea8b2c370353de6958 67 Melon a/k/a Melon41 5afa4f5a8b4513036342e94a 68 Mens-Clothes04 5acf1de11436d40371bd0258 69 Mexico City 5af0103f1436d40316ec714e 70 Mini Malls 5bdc29ec8b2c37032676b0f0 71 Montreal a/k/a Montreal45 5af012798b45130383483be3 72 Music Bar01 5aced10b1436d40371b8684a 73 Nectarine a/k/a Nectarine27 5afa4c318b2c370317df8928 74 out52 5e0da2711436d403015c64c5 75 out61 5e0da56836b54d03019facd0 76 Pagoda Tree-20 5b51a16e1436d40366ca7262 77 Peach 5afa49dc8b2c370317df6a15 78 Pineapple a/k/a Pineapple18 5afa49f58b2c370317df6b9a 20 79 Pitaya a/k/a Pitaya19 5afa4a028b2c370317df6bff 80 realize12 5df6fbed1436d40301f27fc7 81 SDGI 5d9b543436b54d03012bc4ec 82 Shopping Night 5d9ad3c38b2c3703012267cf 83 Sky of shop 5db81be628fc7103019508de 84 Smart Watches05 5acf38eb8b2c37035e9540b6 85 Star Cluster-32 5b51a3131436d40366ca872e 86 stripping306 5e0969ad28fc71030121f6bd 87 SuperModel 5cac51b68b45130301702b34 88 template03 5df6fb1328fc710301c58091 89 Titanic 5d458e728b45130301192fcf 90 Tokyo a/k/a Tokyo04 5af00ea88b4513038347df3b 91 TopKitchen World 5d7f422736b54d0301b14ff1 92 vanished302 5e0969731436d40301cc7b6c 93 vast300 5e09695d8b45130301d4bbcc 94 Vovlo Office 5cb4296736b54d0301ead15f 95 Vwiwi 5da417278b2c370301700e09 96 Walnut a/k/a Walnut21 5afa4a508b4513036342a2d9 97 willnot11 5df6fbcc8b451303011e7816 98 withdrawn301 5e0969698b2c37030172cd5c 99 WDRDIEV 5d58b8449373f45fb03a865f 100 YIJIN03 5d5020a07ad2420b0af72029 101 YIJIN18 5d54e6d23db43e584e3583a6 102 ZHOUJIE56 5d5776f1560eca3980ed6b5e