According to the World IP Review, the accused, which included some individuals as well as businesses that have not been identified, had registered a total of 193 domains between them from which they sold their counterfeit goods. These domain names included gucciparisfrance.com and famous-handbags.com.
Gucci believes that these domains have been registered in numerous countries and that the infringers themselves are based in locations outside of the US.
The Italian fashion giant also stated that the accused have created an online marketplace in which they can sell counterfeit goods, infringing on Gucci’s trademarks and encouraging others to do so. Furthermore, the infringers are causing customer confusion in the marketplace as to the source identity of their goods.
Gucci is calling for compensation to cover their attorney’s fees as well as damages.
We will have to wait to hear the outcome of this case.
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