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Alexander Wang Awarded $90 million in Anti-counterfeit and Cybersquatting Case

WWD

8.15.2016

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York awarded Alexander Wang Inc. $90 million in damages in a trademark counterfeiting and cybersquatting case, Alexander Wang, et al. v. Wang Bao D/B/A Alexanderwangroccobag.com, et al.

As part of the ruling, 459 domain names were locked and transferred to Alexander Wang and the defendants’ assets were frozen.

The case involved at least 45 defendants operating 459 websites that sold fake Alexander Wang handbags, footwear, apparel and accessories. The sites shipping directly to consumers in the U.S. and other regions and many of the domain names included the Alexander Wang name, for example, alexanderwangshoessale.com, cheapalexanderwangbags.com. The illegal sites were designed to emulate legitimate fashion retailers and the design of Wang’s own website. They accepted payment in U.S. dollars through PayPal and major credit cards.

In a statement, Dennis Wang, chief principal officer of Alexander Wang Inc. said, “The company takes its intellectual property rights very seriously. Protecting our brand requires maintaining constant vigilance on a global scale as well as taking proactive measures such as sending cease and desist orders directly to domestic and foreign counterfeiters as well as contacting website servers that host counterfeit sites. The creativity and originality of our designs are the foundation upon which the company is based.

“Since the launch of the brand in 2005, we have collectively devoted an incalculable amount of resources (time, money, and hard work) towards creating a trademark that is distinctive and uniquely our own. I am very pleased that the court recognized this and decided in our favor,” he added.

The judgement was ruled under the Trademark Counterfeiting Act. The judge found that the defendants had purposely concealed their identities and failed to comply with previous injunctions.

Alexander Wang was represented by James Donoian of the firm McCarter & English.

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