Nike lawsuit follow-up: the court issued a "preliminary injunction"! The seller's account has been frozen!

It is learned that according to foreign media reports, Nike's lawsuit against "counterfeit sellers" has made progress. The court will issue a "preliminary injunction" to prohibit the defendants from continuing to sell counterfeit Nike products to facilitate lawyers to further collect data and freeze their assets.

Nike reportedly filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in early January, accusing Alibaba, Amazon, and eBay of trademark infringement and counterfeiting. In early February, the court issued a "temporary sales ban" against "counterfeit sellers" in response to the lawsuit.

It is learned that in early January, at Nike's request, the court did not disclose the list of defendants, and the documents have been kept sealed. Nike's representative lawyer said that it is suspected that these defendants are all Chinese residents, and before the court issues a restraining order, the public list will give them an opportunity to escape punishment.

As the lawsuit progressed, the court also further revealed the list of defendants. It is reported that the defendants include 207 online stores, of which 120 are from Alibaba, 81 are from Amazon, and 6 are from eBay. The sealed documents reveal the sellers' information and store addresses. As shown in the figure below:

According to the report, Nike's representative lawyer also submitted a new piece of evidence last week, providing the defendant's email address. In order to prevent the defendant from passing off fakes as genuine, Nike also ordered Alibaba, Amazon and eBay and other third-party markets to quickly hand over detailed information about "fake sellers", including the defendant's identity, contact information, sales data, listing history and financial accounts and other related documents.

A Nike lawyer said: "The defendants in this case hold most of their assets in offshore accounts, which makes it easy for them to hide or dispose of the funds, and will make Nike helpless and unable to punish the criminals."

It is understood that the "temporary restraining order" issued by the court will prohibit the defendant from transferring assets from his financial accounts. Nike's lawyers said that at present, the financial accounts associated with the seller's alias have been frozen.

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