louis vuittion complaint

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

CASE NO. LOUIS VUITTON MALLETIER, S.A,

Plaintiff, v. THE PARTNERSHIPS and UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS IDENTIFIED ON SCHEDULE “A” and DOES 1-1000,

Defendants. _________________________________________/

COMPLAINT FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF

Plaintiff, Louis Vuitton Malletier, S.A., (“Plaintiff” or “Louis Vuitton”) hereby sues

Defendants, the Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule “A” and

Does 1-1000 (collectively “Defendants”). Defendants are promoting, selling, offering for sale

and distributing goods bearing counterfeits and confusingly similar imitations of Plaintiff’s

trademarks within this judicial district through various fully interactive Internet websites and

supporting blogs operating under their partnership and/or business association names identified

on Schedule “A” hereto (the “Subject Domain Names”). In support of its claims, Plaintiff alleges

as follows:

JURISDICTION AND VENUE

1. This is an action pursuant to 15 U.S.C. §§ 1114, 1116, 1121, and 1125(a) and (d).

Accordingly, this Court has subject matter jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1338.

2. Venue is proper in this Court pursuant 28 U.S.C. § 1391, and this Court may

properly exercise personal jurisdiction over Defendants since all Defendants directly target

business activities towards consumers in Florida and cause harm to Louis Vuitton’s business

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within this District through, at least, various fully interactive Internet websites, including those

operating under the Subject Domain Names. Defendants have also advertised and, upon

information and belief, made sales and shipped infringing products into this judicial district.

THE PLAINTIFF

3. Louis Vuitton is a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of France

with its principal place of business located in the Paris, France. Louis Vuitton operates boutiques

throughout the world, including within this Judicial District. Louis Vuitton is, in part, engaged in

the business of manufacturing and distributing throughout the world, including within this

Judicial District, a variety of high quality luxury goods, including, but not limited to, handbags,

wallets, shoes, belts, sunglasses, watches, and jewelry, under multiple world famous common

law and Federally registered trademarks including those identified in Paragraph 13 below. Louis

Vuitton offers for sale and sells its trademarked goods within this Judicial District. Defendants’

sales of counterfeit and infringing Louis Vuitton branded products are causing damage to Louis

Vuitton within this Jurisdiction.

4. Like many other famous trademark owners in the luxury goods sector, Louis

Vuitton suffers ongoing daily and sustained violations of its trademark rights at the hands of

counterfeiters and infringers, such as the Defendants herein, who wrongfully reproduce and

counterfeit Louis Vuitton’s trademarks for the twin purposes of (i) duping and confusing the

consuming public and (ii) earning substantial profits. The natural and intended byproduct of

Defendants’ actions is the erosion and destruction of the overall luxury goods marketplace in

which Louis Vuitton operates and the goodwill associated with the Louis Vuitton name and

associated trademarks and the destruction of the legitimate market sector in which they operate.


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5. In order to combat the indivisible harm caused by the combined actions of

Defendants and others engaging in similar conduct, each year Louis Vuitton expends millions of

dollars in connection with trademark enforcement efforts, including legal fees, investigative fees,

and support mechanisms for law enforcement, such as field training guides and seminars. The

recent explosion of counterfeiting over the Internet has created an environment which requires

Louis Vuitton to file a massive number of lawsuits, often it later turns out, against the same

individuals and groups, in order to protect both consumers and itself from the ill effects of

confusion and the erosion of the goodwill connected to the Louis Vuitton brand. The financial

burden on Louis Vuitton and companies similarly situated is staggering, as is the resulting

burden on the Federal court system.

THE DEFENDANTS

6. Defendants are partnerships or unincorporated business associations which

operate through domain names registered with registrars in multiple countries and are comprised

of individuals and/or business entities of unknown makeup, many of whom likely reside and/or

operate in the People’s Republic of China or other foreign jurisdictions with lax trademark

enforcement systems. Defendants have the capacity to be sued pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 17(b). Defendants target their business activities towards consumers throughout the

United States, including within this Judicial District through the operation of the fully interactive

commercial websites operating under the Subject Domain Names identified on Schedule “A”

hereto. Multiple Defendants also operate blog style websites under some of the Subject Domain

Names which provide support and direct customer traffic to the fully interactive websites

operating under the other Subject Domain Names. Defendants are directly and personally

contributing to, inducing and engaging in the sale of counterfeit products as alleged herein, often


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times as partners, co-conspirators and/or suppliers. The partnership or unincorporated association

names used by Defendants are set forth on Schedule “A” hereto. Louis Vuitton is presently

unaware of the true names of Does 1-1,000, although they are generally identified as the owners,

operators, partners, managing agents and/or co-conspirators of the Defendant partnerships or

unincorporated associations operating under the Subject Domain Names. Louis Vuitton will

move to amend this Complaint upon discovery of the identities of such fictitious Defendants.

7. Defendants are the past and present moving and conscious forces behind the

operation of the commercial Internet websites operating under the Subject Domain Names.

8. Upon information and belief, Defendants engage in unfair competition with Louis

Vuitton and engage in the advertisement, offering for sale and sale of goods bearing counterfeits

and infringements of one or more of Louis Vuitton’s trademarks to consumers within the United

States and this judicial district through multiple fully interactive commercial websites operating

under the Subject Domain Names. Defendants, upon information and belief, also operate

additional websites which promote and offer for sale counterfeit and infringing goods under

domain names not yet known to Louis Vuitton. Defendants have purposefully directed their

illegal activities towards consumers in the State of Florida through the advertisement, offer to

sell, sale and shipment of counterfeit Louis Vuitton branded goods into the State.

9. Upon information and belief, Defendants will continue to register or acquire new

domain names for the purpose of selling goods bearing counterfeits and infringements of Louis

Vuitton’s trademarks unless preliminarily and permanently enjoined.

10. Defendants’ Internet-based website businesses amount to nothing more than

massive illegal operations, infringing on the intellectual property rights of Louis Vuitton and

others.


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11. Defendants use and have registered, established or purchased and maintained the

Subject Domain Names. Upon information and belief, Defendants have engaged in fraudulent

conduct with respect to the registration of the Subject Domain Names by providing false and/or

misleading information to their various Registrars during the Registration or maintenance

process. Upon information and belief, many of the Defendants have anonymously registered and

maintained some of the Subject Domain Names for the sole purpose of engaging in illegal

counterfeiting activities.

12. Defendants’ business names, i.e., the Subject Domain Names and any other

domain names used in connection with the sale of counterfeits bearing Louis Vuitton’s

trademarks, are essential components of Defendants’ counterfeiting and infringing activities. The

Subject Domain Names themselves are a significant part of the means by which Defendants

further their counterfeiting and infringing scheme and cause harm to Louis Vuitton. Moreover,

Defendants are using Louis Vuitton’s famous name and trademarks to drive Internet consumer

traffic to their websites operating under the Subject Domain Names, thereby creating and

increasing the value of the Subject Domain Names and decreasing the size and value of Louis

Vuitton’s legitimate common marketplace at Louis Vuitton’s expense.

COMMON FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS

Plaintiff’s Trademark Rights

13. Louis Vuitton is the owner of all rights in and to the following trademarks, which

are valid and registered on the Principal Register of the United States Patent and Trademark

Office (collectively the “Louis Vuitton Marks”):


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Trademark Registration Number

Registration Date Class(es) / Relevant Goods

0,297,594 September 20, 1932

IC 18 - trunks, valises, traveling bags, satchels, hat boxes and shoe boxes used for luggage, hand bags, and pocketbooks.

LOUIS VUITTON 1,045,932 August 10, 1976 IC 18 - luggage and ladies' handbags.

1,519,828 January 10, 1989

IC 18 - trunks, valises, traveling bags, satchels, hat boxes and shoe boxes used for luggage, hand bags, and pocketbooks.

1,938,808 November 28, 1995

IC 14 - jewelry, watches, and straps for wrist watches.

LOUIS VUITTON 1,990,760 August 6, 1996

IC 14 - watches and straps for wrist watches.

IC 16 - catalogues featuring luggage and travel accessories, bags, small leather goods, and garments; notebooks, anthologies, and pamphlets referring to travel; calendars; telephone indexes; fountain pens, ballpoint pens, nibs, covers for pocket and desk diaries, and checkbook holders.

IC 18 - trunks; traveling trunks; suitcases; traveling bags; luggage; garment bags for travel; hat boxes for travel; shoe bags for travel; umbrellas; animal carriers; rucksacks; haversacks; leather or textile shopping bags; beach bags; handbags; vanity cases sold empty; attache cases; tote bags, travel satchels; clutch bags; briefcases; wallets; pocket wallets; credit card cases; business card cases; bill and card holders; checkbook holders; key cases; change purses; briefcase-type portfolios.

IC 24 - travel blankets

IC 25 - shirts; sweatshirts; polo shirts; T-shirts; headwear; jackets; ties; belts; shawls; scarves.


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2,177,828 August 4, 1998

IC 14 - goods made of precious metals, namely, shoe ornaments, ornamental pins; jewelry, namely, rings, ear rings, cufflinks, bracelets, charms, necklaces; horological instruments, straps for watches, watches and wrist-watches, and cases for watches.

IC 18 - goods made of leather or imitations of leather are not included in other classes, namely, boxes made from leather; trunks, valises, traveling bags, luggage for travel, garment bags for travel, vanity cases sold empty, rucksacks, hand bags, beach bags, shopping bags, shoulder bags, attache cases, briefcases, and fine leather goods, namely, pocket wallets, purses, leather key holders, business card cases, calling card cases, and credit card cases, and umbrellas.

IC 25 - clothing and underwear, namely, sweaters, shirts, suits, waistcoats, raincoats, skirts, coats, pullovers, trousers, dresses, jackets, shawls, stoles, sashes for wear, scarves, neckties, pocket squares, gloves, belts, socks, bath robes, shoes, boots, and sandals.


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2,181,753 August 18, 1998

IC 014 - goods made of precious metals, namely, shoe ornaments, ornamental pins, jewelry, namely, rings, belt buckles, ear rings, cufflinks, bracelets, charms, necklaces, horological instruments, straps for watches, watches, and wrist-watches, and cases for watches.

IC 18 - goods made of leather or imitations of leather are not included in other classes, namely, boxes made from leather; trunks, valises, traveling bags, luggage for travel, garment bags for travel, vanity cases sold empty, rucksacks, hand bags, beach bags, shopping bags, shoulder bags, attache cases, briefcases, and fine leather goods, namely, pocket wallets, purses, leather key holders, business card cases, calling card cases, credit card cases, and umbrellas.

IC 25 - clothing and underwear, namely, sweaters, shirts, suits, waistcoats, raincoats, skirts, coats, pullovers, trousers, dresses, jackets, shawls, stoles, sashes for wear, scarves, neckties, pocket squares, gloves, belts, socks, bath robes, shoes, boots, and sandals.

LOUIS VUITTON PARIS

2,378,388 August 22,

2000

IC 18 - goods made of leather or imitations of leather not included in other classes, namely, boxes of leather principally used for travel purposes, trunks, valises, traveling bags, traveling sets for containing cosmetics and jewelry, rucksacks, handbags, beach bags, shopping bags, shoulder bags, brief cases, pouches, fine leather goods namely, pocket wallets, purses, key cases, business card cases, credit card cases, and calling card cases.

2,361,695 June 27, 2000

IC 25 - Clothing, namely, sweaters, shirts, sweatshirts, polo shirts, t-shirts, suits, waistcoats, raincoats, skirts, coats, pullovers, trousers, dresses, jackets, shawls, stoles, scarves, neckties, pocket squares, pocket handkerchief squares for wear, gloves, ties, belts, bathing suits, shoes, boots and sandals, and hats.


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2,421,618 January 16, 2001

IC 018 - Goods made of leather or imitations of leather not included in other classes, namely valises, traveling bags, traveling sets for containing cosmetics, handbags, shopping bags, shoulder bags, brief cases, pouches; fine leather goods, namely, pocket wallets, purses, key cases, business card cases, credit card cases.

2,773,107 October 14, 2003

IC 14 - Jewelry including rings, belt buckles of precious metals, earrings, cuff links, bracelets, charms, brooches, necklaces, tie pins, ornamental pins, and medallions; horological and chronometric instruments and apparatus, namely, watches, watch cases and clocks; nutcrackers of precious metals; candlesticks of precious metals, jewelry boxes of precious metals.

IC 18: Travel bags, travel bags made of leather; luggage trunks and valises, garment bags for travel, vanity-cases sold empty; rucksacks, shoulder bags, handbags; attache-cases, briefcases, drawstring pouches, pocket wallets, purses, umbrellas, business card cases made of leather or of imitation leather, credit card cases made of leather or of imitation leather; calling card cases made of leather or of imitation leather; key holders made of leather or of imitation leather.

IC 25 - Clothing, namely, underwear, sweaters, shirts, T-shirts, suits, hosiery, belts, scarves, neck ties, shawls, waistcoats, skirts, raincoats, overcoats, suspenders, trousers, jeans, pullovers, frocks, jackets, winter gloves, dress gloves, tights, socks, bathing suits, bath robes, pajamas, night dresses, shorts, pocket squares; highheeled shoes, low-heeled shoes, sandals, boots, and slippers.

3,023,930 December 6, 2005

IC 09 - Spectacles, sunglasses, and spectacle cases.

3,051,235 January 24, 2006

IC 09 - Spectacles, sunglasses, and spectacle cases.


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The Louis Vuitton Marks are used in connection with the manufacture and distribution of quality

goods in the categories identified above.

14. The Louis Vuitton Marks have been used in interstate commerce to identify and

distinguish Louis Vuitton's high quality goods for an extended period of time.

15. The Louis Vuitton Marks have never been assigned or licensed to any of the

Defendants in this matter.

16. The Louis Vuitton Marks are symbols of Louis Vuitton’s quality, reputation and

goodwill and have never been abandoned.

17. Further, Louis Vuitton has expended substantial time, money and other resources

developing, advertising and otherwise promoting the Louis Vuitton Marks. The Louis Vuitton

Marks qualify as famous marks as that term is used in 15 U.S.C. §1125(c)(1).

18. Louis Vuitton has extensively used, advertised, and promoted the Louis Vuitton

Marks in the United States in association with the sale of high quality luxury goods and has

carefully monitored and policed the use of the Louis Vuitton Marks.

19. As a result of Louis Vuitton’s efforts, members of the consuming public readily

identify merchandise bearing the Louis Vuitton Marks, as being high quality goods sponsored

and approved by Louis Vuitton.

20. Accordingly, the Louis Vuitton Marks have achieved secondary meaning as

identifiers of high quality luxury goods.

21. Genuine Louis Vuitton branded goods are widely legitimately advertised and

promoted by Louis Vuitton, its authorized distributors and unrelated third parties via the Internet.

Over the course of the past five to seven years, visibility on the Internet, particularly via Internet

search engines such as Google, Yahoo! and Bing has become increasingly important to Louis


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Vuitton’s overall marketing and consumer education efforts. Thus, Louis Vuitton expends

significant monetary resources on Internet marketing and consumer education, including search

engine optimization (“SEO”) strategies. Those strategies allow Louis Vuitton and its authorized

retailers to fairly and legitimately educate consumers about the value associated with the Louis

Vuitton brand and the goods sold thereunder. SEO is a now common marketing process

whereby a company or individual designs, supports, structures and phrases Internet website

content in order to enhance a website’s profile for search engines over a variety of search terms.

Defendants’ Infringing Activities

22. Upon information and belief, at all times relevant hereto, Defendants in this action

have had full knowledge of Louis Vuitton’s ownership of the Louis Vuitton Marks, including its

exclusive right to use and license such intellectual property and the goodwill associated

therewith.

23. Louis Vuitton has discovered Defendants are promoting and otherwise

advertising, distributing, selling and/or offering for sale counterfeit products, including, at least,

handbags, wallets, shoes, belts, sunglasses, watches, and jewelry, bearing marks which are exact

copies or colorable imitations of the Louis Vuitton Marks (the “Defendants’ Goods”).

Specifically, upon information and belief, Defendants are using the Louis Vuitton Marks for

different quality goods.

24. Upon information and belief, Defendants’ Goods are of a quality substantially

different than that of Louis Vuitton’s genuine goods. Despite the nature of the Defendants’

Goods and the knowledge they are without authority to do so, Defendants are actively using,

promoting and otherwise advertising, distributing, selling, and/or offering for sale substantial

quantities of such goods with the knowledge that such goods will be mistaken for the genuine


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high quality products offered for sale by Louis Vuitton. The net effect of Defendants’ actions

will cause confusion of consumers at the time of initial interest, sale, and in the post-sale setting,

who will believe Defendants’ Goods are genuine goods originating from, associated with, and

approved by Louis Vuitton.

25. Defendants advertise their products for sale to the consuming public. In so

advertising these products, Defendants improperly and unlawfully use the Louis Vuitton Marks.

Upon information and belief, the misappropriation of the Louis Vuitton Marks has been the

proximate cause of harm to Louis Vuitton.

26. As part of their overall infringement and counterfeiting scheme, the Defendants

are, upon information and belief, all employing substantially similar, and often times

coordinated, paid advertising and SEO strategies based, in large measure, upon an illegal use of

counterfeits and infringements of the Louis Vuitton Marks. Specifically, the Defendants are

using counterfeits of Louis Vuitton’s name and the Louis Vuitton Marks in order to make their

websites selling illegal goods appear more relevant and attractive to search engines across an

array of search terms. By their actions, the Defendants are causing concurrent and indivisible

harm to Louis Vuitton and the consuming public by (i) depriving Louis Vuitton of its right to

fairly compete for space within search engine results and reducing the visibility of Louis

Vuitton’s genuine goods on the World Wide Web, (ii) causing an overall degradation of the

value of the goodwill associated with the Louis Vuitton Marks and (iii) increasing Louis

Vuitton’s overall cost to market its goods and educate consumers about the brand via the

Internet.

27. Upon information and belief, Defendants are concurrently conducting their

counterfeiting and infringing activities, at least, within this Judicial District and elsewhere


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throughout the United States. As a result, Defendants are defrauding Louis Vuitton and the

consuming public for Defendants’ own benefit.

28. Defendants’ use of the Louis Vuitton Marks, including the promotion and

advertisement, reproduction, distribution, sale, and offering for sale of Defendants’ Goods, is

without Louis Vuitton’s consent or authorization.

29. Further, Defendants are engaging in the above-described illegal counterfeiting and

infringing activities knowingly and intentionally or with reckless disregard or willful blindness to

Louis Vuitton’s rights for the purpose of trading on the goodwill and reputation of Louis Vuitton.

30. Defendants’ above-identified infringing activities are likely to cause confusion,

deception and mistake in the minds of consumers, the public and the trade. Moreover,

Defendants’ wrongful use of the Louis Vuitton Marks is likely to create a false impression and

deceive customers, the public, and the trade into believing there is a connection or association

between Louis Vuitton and Defendants’ Goods.

31. Louis Vuitton has no adequate remedy at law.

32. Louis Vuitton is suffering irreparable and indivisible injury and damages as a

result of Defendants’ unauthorized and wrongful use of the Louis Vuitton Marks. If Defendants’

counterfeiting, infringing, and unfairly competitive activities are not preliminarily and

permanently enjoined by this Court, Louis Vuitton and the consuming public will continue to be

harmed.

33. The injuries and damages sustained by Louis Vuitton have been directly and

proximately caused by Defendants’ wrongful reproduction, use, advertisement, promotion,

offering to sell, and sale of the Defendants’ Goods.


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34. Louis Vuitton has retained the undersigned counsel to represent it in this matter

and is obligated to pay said counsel a reasonable fee for such representation.

COUNT I - TRADEMARK COUNTERFEITING AND INFRINGEMENT

35. Louis Vuitton hereby adopts and re-alleges the allegations set forth in Paragraphs

1 through 34 above.

36. This is an action for trademark counterfeiting and infringement against

Defendants based on their use of counterfeits, copies, and/or colorable imitations of the Louis

Vuitton Marks in commerce in connection with the promotion, advertisement, distribution, sale

and offering for sale of the Defendants’ Goods.

37. Specifically, Defendants are promoting and otherwise advertising, selling,

offering for sale and distributing products bearing the Louis Vuitton Marks. Defendants are

continuously infringing and inducing others to infringe the Louis Vuitton Marks by using them

to advertise, promote and sell such goods.

38. Defendants’ coordinated, concurrent counterfeiting, infringing, and unfairly

competitive activities are likely to cause and, upon information and belief, actually are causing

confusion, mistake and deception among members of the trade and the general consuming public

as to the origin and quality of Defendants’ Goods bearing or sold using the Louis Vuitton Marks.

39. Defendants’ unlawful actions have individually and jointly caused and are

continuing to cause unquantifiable and irreparable harm to Louis Vuitton.

40. Defendants’ above-described illegal actions constitute counterfeiting and

infringement of the Louis Vuitton Marks in violation of Louis Vuitton’s rights under § 32 of the

Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1114.


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41. Louis Vuitton has suffered and will continue to suffer irreparable injury due to the

above described activities of Defendants if Defendants are not preliminarily and permanently

enjoined.

COUNT II - FALSE DESIGNATION OF ORIGIN PURSUANT TO § 43(a) OF THE LANHAM ACT


1 through 34 above.

43. Defendants’ Goods bearing and sold under the Louis Vuitton Marks have been

widely advertised and distributed throughout the United States.

44. Defendants’ Goods bearing and sold under the Louis Vuitton Marks are virtually

identical in appearance to each of Louis Vuitton’s genuine goods. However, the Defendants’

Goods are different in quality. Accordingly, Defendants’ activities are likely to cause confusion

in the trade and among the general public as to at least the origin or sponsorship of the

Defendants’ Goods.

45. Defendants, upon information and belief, have used in connection with their

advertisement and sale of products, false designations of origins and false descriptions and

representations, including words or other symbols and trade dress which tend to falsely describe

or represent such goods and have caused such goods to enter into commerce with full knowledge

of the falsity of such designations of origin and such descriptions and representations, all to the

detriment of Louis Vuitton.

46. Specifically, Defendants have authorized an infringing use of the Louis Vuitton

Marks, in Defendants’ advertisement and promotion of their counterfeit and infringing products.

Defendants have also misrepresented to members of the consuming public that the products

being advertised and sold by them are genuine, non-infringing products.


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47. Additionally, Defendants are using counterfeits and infringements of the Louis

Vuitton Marks in order to unfairly compete with Louis Vuitton and others for space within

search engine organic results, thereby jointly depriving Louis Vuitton of a valuable marketing

and educational tool which would otherwise be available to Louis Vuitton, and reducing the

visibility of Louis Vuitton’s genuine goods on the World Wide Web.

48. Defendants’ above-described actions are in violation of Section 43(a) of the

Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §1125(a).

49. Louis Vuitton has sustained indivisible injury and harm caused by Defendants’

concurrent conduct, and absent an entry of an injunction by this Court, Louis Vuitton will

continue to suffer irreparable injury to its goodwill and business reputation as well as monetary

damages.

COUNT III - CLAIM FOR RELIEF FOR CYBERSQUATTING UNDER §43(d) OF THE LANHAM ACT, 15 U.S.C. §1125(d)


1 through 34 above.

51. At all times relevant hereto, Louis Vuitton has been and still is the owner of the

rights, title and interest in and to the Louis Vuitton Marks.

52. Upon information and belief, Defendants have acted with the bad faith intent to

profit from the Louis Vuitton Marks and the goodwill associated with the Louis Vuitton Marks

by registering various domain names which are identical or confusingly similar to or dilutive of

the Louis Vuitton Marks.

53. Defendants have no intellectual property rights in or to the Louis Vuitton Marks.

54. Defendants’ actions constitute cybersquatting in violation of §43(d) of the

Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §1125(d).


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55. Defendants’ conduct is done with knowledge and constitutes a willful violation of

Louis Vuitton’s rights in the Marks. At a minimum, Defendants’ conduct constitutes reckless

disregard for and willful blindness to Louis Vuitton’s rights.

56. The aforesaid conduct is causing Louis Vuitton damages and immediate and

irreparable injury. Louis Vuitton has no adequate remedy at law.

COUNT IV - COMMON LAW UNFAIR COMPETITION


1 through 34 above.

58. This is an action against Defendants based on their manufacture, promotion,

advertisement, distribution, sale and/or offering for sale of goods bearing marks which are

virtually identical, both visually and phonetically, to the Louis Vuitton Marks in violation of

Florida’s common law of unfair competition.

59. Specifically, the Defendants are promoting and otherwise advertising, selling,

offering for sale and distributing infringing and counterfeit Louis Vuitton branded products. The

Defendants are also using counterfeits and infringements of the Louis Vuitton Marks to unfairly

compete with Louis Vuitton and others for (1) space in search engine results across an array of

search terms and (2) visibility on the World Wide Web.

60. Defendants’ infringing activities are likely to cause and actually are causing

confusion, mistake and deception among members of the trade and the general consuming public

as to the origin and quality of Defendants’ products by their use of the Louis Vuitton Marks.

61. Louis Vuitton has no adequate remedy at law and is suffering irreparable injury as

a result of Defendants' actions.


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PRAYER FOR RELIEF

62. WHEREFORE, Louis Vuitton demands judgment on all Counts of this Complaint

and entry of an award of equitable relief against Defendants as follows:

a. Entry of preliminary and permanent injunction enjoining Defendants, their

agents, representatives, servants, employees, and all those acting in concert or participation

therewith, from manufacturing or causing to be manufactured, importing, advertising or

promoting, distributing, selling or offering to sell the Defendants’ Goods; from infringing,

counterfeiting, or diluting the Louis Vuitton Marks; from using the Louis Vuitton Marks, or any

mark or trade dress similar thereto, in connection with the sale of any unauthorized goods; from

using any logo, trade name or trademark or trade dress which may be calculated to falsely

advertise the services or products of Defendants as being sponsored by, authorized by, endorsed

by, or in any way associated with Louis Vuitton; from falsely representing themselves as being

connected with Louis Vuitton, through sponsorship or association, or engaging in any act which

is likely to falsely cause members of the trade and/or of the purchasing public to believe any

goods or services of Defendants, or in any way endorsed by, approved by, and/or associated with

Louis Vuitton; from using any reproduction, counterfeit, infringement, copy, or colorable

imitation of the Louis Vuitton Marks in connection with the publicity, promotion, sale, or

advertising of any goods sold by Defendants, without limitation; from affixing, applying,

annexing or using in connection with the sale of any goods, a false description or representation,

including words or other symbols tending to falsely describe or represent Defendants’ goods as

being those of Louis Vuitton, or in any way endorsed by Louis Vuitton and from offering such

goods in commerce; from engaging in search engine optimization strategies using colorable


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imitations of the Louis Vuitton name or Marks; and from otherwise unfairly competing with

Louis Vuitton.

b. Entry of an order requiring the Subject Domain Names, and any other

domain names being used by Defendants to engage in the business of marketing, offering to sell

and/or selling goods bearing counterfeits and infringements of the Louis Vuitton Marks to be

disabled and/or immediately transferred by Defendants, their Registrars and/or the Registries to

Louis Vuitton’s control so they may no longer be used for illegal purposes.

c. Entry of an Order that, upon Louis Vuitton’s request, the top level domain

(TLD) Registries for the Subject Domain Names and their administrators place the Subject

Domain Names on Registry Hold status, thus removing them from the TLD zone files

maintained by the Registries which link the Subject Domain Names to the IP addresses where

the associated websites are hosted.

d. Entry of an Order that, upon Louis Vuitton’s request, those in privity with

Defendants and those with notice of the injunction, including any Internet search engines, Web

hosts, domain-name registrars and domain-name registries or their administrators that are

provided with notice of the injunction, cease facilitating access to any or all domain names and

websites through which Defendants engage in the sale of counterfeit and infringing goods using

the Louis Vuitton Marks.

e. Entry of an order that, upon Louis Vuitton’s request, the Internet

Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) shall take all actions necessary to

ensure that the Registrars and the top level domain Registries or their administrators responsible

for the Subject Domain Names transfer, change the Registrar of Record, and/or disable the

Subject Domain Names as directed by the Court.


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f. Entry of an award of Louis Vuitton’s costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees

and investigative fees associated with bringing this action.

g. Entry of further relief as the Court may deem just and proper.

DATED: May 10, 2012. Respectfully submitted, STEPHEN M. GAFFIGAN, P.A. By: ____s:/smgaffigan/__________ Stephen M. Gaffigan (Fla. Bar No. 025844) Virgilio Gigante (Fla. Bar No. 082635) 401 East Las Olas Blvd., #130-453 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33301 Telephone: (954) 767-4819 Facsimile: (954) 767-4821 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Attorneys for Plaintiff LOUIS VUITTON MALLETIER, S.A.


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SCHEDULE A DEFENDANTS BY DEFENDANT NUMBER AND SUBJECT DOMAIN NAMES

Defendant Number Domain Name

Defendant 1 100wholesale.com

Defendant 2 2012fashionhandbags.com

Defendant 3 2012-louisvuittonbags.com

Defendant 4 2012louisvuittonhandbags.net

Defendant 5 2012louisvuittonoutlets.com

Defendant 6 2012ltwalletsale.info

Defendant 7 36shopping.com

Defendant 8 3a-wholesale.com

Defendant 9 4ureplicahandbagss.com

Defendant 10 51cheaphandbags.com

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! JS 44 (Rev. 2/08) CIVIL COVER SHEET

The JS 44 civil cover sheet and the information contained herein neither replace nor supplement the filing and service of pleadings or other papers as required by law, except as providedby local rules of court. This form, approved by the Judicial Conference of the United States in September 1974, is required for the use of the Clerk of Court for the purpose of initiatingthe civil docket sheet. (SEE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE REVERSE OF THE FO RM .) NOTICE: Attorneys MUST Indicate All Re-filed Cases Below.

I. (a) PLAINTIFFS DEFENDANTS

(b) County of Residence of First Listed Plaintiff County of Residence of First Listed Defendant(EXCEPT IN U.S. PLAINTIFF CASES) (IN U.S. PLAINTIFF CASES ONLY)

(c) Attorney’s (Firm Name, Address, and Telephone Number) NOTE: IN LAND CONDEM NATION CASES, USE THE LOCATION OF THE TRACT

LAND INVOLVED.

Attorneys (If Known)

(d) Check County Where Action Arose: " M IAM I- DAD E " M ONROE " BROW ARD " PALM BEACH " M ARTIN " ST. LUCIE " INDIAN RIVER " OKEECHO BEE

HIGHLANDS

II. BASIS OF JURISDICTION (Place an “X” in O ne Box O nly) III. CITIZENSHIP OF PRINCIPAL PARTIES(Place an “X” in One Box for Plaintiff

(For Diversity Cases Only) and One Box for Defendant)

" 1 U .S. Government " 3 Federal Question PTF DEF PTF DEF

Plaintiff (U .S. Government Not a Party) Citizen of This State " 1 " 1 Incorporated or Principal Place " 4 " 4

of Business In This State

" 2 U .S. Government " 4 Diversity Citizen of Another State " 2 " 2 Incorporated and Principal Place " 5 " 5

Defendant(Indicate Citizenship of Parties in Item III)

of Business In Another State

Citizen or Subject of a " 3 " 3 Foreign Nation " 6 " 6

Foreign Country

IV. NATURE OF SUIT (Place an “X” in One Box Only)

CONTRACT TORTS FORFEITURE/PENALTY BANKRUPTCY OTHER STATUTES

" 110 Insurance PERSONAL INJURY PERSONAL INJURY " 610 Agriculture " 422 Appeal 28 USC 158 " 400 State R eapportionment

" 120 M arine " 310 Airplane " 362 Personal Injury - " 620 Other Food & Drug " 423 W ithdrawal " 410 Antitrust

" 130 M iller Act " 315 Airplane Product M ed. M alpractice " 625 Drug Related Seizure 28 USC 157 " 430 Banks and Banking

" 140 Negotiable Instrument Liability " 365 Personal Injury - of Property 21 USC 881 " 450 Commerce

" 150 Recovery of Overpayment " 320 Assault, Libel & Product Liability " 630 Liquor Laws PROPERTY RIGHTS " 460 Deportation

& Enforcement of Judgment Slander " 368 Asbestos Personal " 640 R.R. & Truck " 820 Copyrights " 470 Racketeer Influenced and

" 151 M edicare Act " 330 Federal Employers’ Injury Product " 650 Airline Regs. " 830 Patent Corrupt Organizations

" 152 Recovery of Defaulted Liability Liability " 660 Occupational " 840 Trademark " 480 Consumer Credit

Student Loans " 340 M arine PERSONAL PROPERTY Safety/Health " 490 Cable/Sat TV

(Excl. Veterans) " 345 M arine Product " 370 Other Fraud " 690 Other " 810 Selective Service

" 153 Recovery of Overpayment Liability " 371 Truth in Lending LABOR SOCIAL SECURITY " 850 Securities/Commodities/ Exchange of Veteran’s Benefits " 350 M otor Vehicle " 380 Other Personal " 710 Fair Labor Standards " 861 HIA (1395ff)

" 160 Stockholders’ Suits " 355 M otor Vehicle Property Damage Act " 862 Black Lung (923) " 875 Customer Challenge

" 190 Other Contract Product Liability " 385 Property Damage " 720 Labor/M gmt. Relations " 863 DIW C/DIW W (405(g)) 12 USC 3410

" 195 Contract Product Liability " 360 Other Personal Product Liability " 730 Labor/M gmt.Reporting " 864 SSID Title XVI " 890 Other Statutory Actions

" 196 Franchise Injury & Disclosure Act " 865 RSI (405(g)) " 891 Agricultural Acts

REAL PROPERTY CIVIL RIGHTS PRISONER PETITIONS " 740 Railway Labor Act FEDERAL TAX SUITS " 892 Economic Stabilization Act

" 210 Land Condemnation " 441 Voting " 510 M otions to Vacate " 790 Other Labor Litigation " 870 Taxes (U .S. Plaintiff " 893 Environmental M atters

" 220 Foreclosure " 442 Employment Sentence " 791 Empl. R et. Inc . SecurityAct

or Defendant) " 894 Energy Allocation Act" 230 Rent Lease & Ejectment " 443 Housing/

AccommodationsHabeas Corpus: " 871 IRS— Third Party "

895 Freedom of Information Act" 240 Torts to Land " 530 General 26 USC 7609" 245 Tort Product Liability " 444 W elfare " 535 Death Penalty IM M IG RA TIO N " 900 Appeal of Fee Determination

Under Equal Access to Justice" 290 All Other Real Property "

445 Amer. w/Disabilities -Employment

" 540 M andamus & Other "462 NaturalizationApplication

"446 Amer. w/Disabilities -Other

" 550 Civil Rights "463 Habeas Corpus-AlienDetainee

" 440 Other Civil Rights " 555 Prison Condition "465 Other ImmigrationActions

"950 Constitutionality of State Statutes

V. ORIGINTransferred fromanother district(specify)

Appeal to DistrictJudge fromMagistrateJudgment

(Place an “X” in One Box Only)

" 1 OriginalProceeding

" 2 Removed fromState Court

" 3 Re-filed- (see VI below)

" 4 Reinstated orReopened

" 5 " 6 MultidistrictLitigation

" 7

VI. RELATED/RE-FILEDCASE(S).

a) Re-filed Case " YES " NO b) Related Cases " YES " NO

(See instructionssecond page): JUDGE DOCKET NUMBER

VII. CAUSE OF ACTION

Cite the U.S. Civil Statute under which you are filing and Write a Brief Statement of Cause (Do not cite jurisdictional statutes unless

diversity):

LENGTH OF TRIAL via ______ days estimated (for both sides to try entire case)

VIII. REQUESTED IN

COMPLAINT:

" CHECK IF THIS IS A CLASS ACTIONUNDER F.R.C.P. 23

DEMAND $ CHECK YES only if demanded in complaint:

JURY DEMAND: " Yes " No

ABOVE INFORMATION IS TRUE & CORRECT TOTHE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE

SIGNATURE OF ATTORNEY OF RECORD DATE

FOR OFFICE USE ONLY

AM OUNT RECEIPT # IFP

LOUIS VUITTON MALLETIER, S.A., a foreign business entity

Stephen M. Gaffigan/STEPHEN M. GAFFIGAN, P.A.401 East Las Olas Blvd., Suite 130-453, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33301(954) 767-4819

THE PARTNERSHIPS AND UNINCORPORATEDASSOCIATIONS IDENTIFIED ON SCHEDULE “A”, et al.

✔

✔

✘

✔

Trademark infringement and counterfeiting pursuant to 15 USC 1114

✔ ✔

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JS 44 Reverse (Rev. 02/08)

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ATTORNEYS COMPLETING CIVIL COVER SHEET FORM JS 44

Authority For Civil Cover Sheet

The JS 44 civil cover sheet and the information contained herein neither replaces nor supplements the filings and service of pleading or other papers as requiredby law, except as provided by local rules of court. This form, approved by the Judicial Conference of the United States in September 1974, is required for the useof the Clerk of Court for the purpose of initiating the civil docket sheet. Consequently, a civil cover sheet is submitted to the Clerk of Court for each civil complaintfiled. The attorney filing a case should complete the form as follows:

I. (a) Plaintiffs-Defendants. Enter names (last, first, middle initial) of plaintiff and defendant. If the plaintiff or defendant is a government agency, use onlythe full name or standard abbreviations. If the plaintiff or defendant is an official within a government agency, identify first the agency and then the official, givingboth name and title.

(b) County of Residence. For each civil case filed, except U.S. plaintiff cases, enter the name of the county where the first listed plaintiff resides at the timeof filing. In U.S. plaintiff cases, enter the name of the county in which the first listed defendant resides at the time of filing. (NOTE: In land condemnation cases,the county of residence of the “defendant” is the location of the tract of land involved.)

(c) Attorneys. Enter the firm name, address, telephone number, and attorney of record. If there are several attorneys, list them on an attachment, notingin this section “(see attachment)”.

(d) Choose one County where Action Arose.

II. Jurisdiction. The basis of jurisdiction is set forth under Rule 8(a), F.R.C.P., which requires that jurisdictions be shown in pleadings. Place an “X” in oneof the boxes. If there is more than one basis of jurisdiction, precedence is given in the order shown below.

United States plaintiff. (1) Jurisdiction based on 28 U.S.C. 1345 and 1348. Suits by agencies and officers of the United States are included here.

United States defendant. (2) When the plaintiff is suing the United States, its officers or agencies, place an “X” in this box.

Federal question. (3) This refers to suits under 28 U.S.C. 1331, where jurisdiction arises under the Constitution of the United States, an amendment to theConstitution, an act of Congress or a treaty of the United States. In cases where the U.S. is a party, the U.S. plaintiff or defendant code takes precedence, and box1 or 2 should be marked.

Diversity of citizenship. (4) This refers to suits under 28 U.S.C. 1332, where parties are citizens of different states. When Box 4 is checked, the citizenship of thedifferent parties must be checked. (See Section III below; federal question actions take precedence over diversity cases.)

III. Residence (citizenship) of Principal Parties. This section of the JS 44 is to be completed if diversity of citizenship was indicated above. Mark this sectionfor each principal party.

IV. Nature of Suit. Place an “X” in the appropriate box. If the nature of suit cannot be determined, be sure the cause of action, in Section VI below, is sufficientto enable the deputy clerk or the statistical clerks in the Administrative Office to determine the nature of suit. If the cause fits more than one nature of suit, selectthe most definitive.

V. Origin. Place an “X” in one of the seven boxes.

Original Proceedings. (1) Cases which originate in the United States District Courts.

Removed from State Court. (2) Proceedings initiated in state courts may be removed to the district courts under Title 28 U.S.C., Section 1441. When the petitionfor removal is granted, check this box.

Refiled (3) Attach copy of Order for Dismissal of Previous case. Also complete VI.

Reinstated or Reopened. (4) Check this box for cases reinstated or reopened in the district court. Use the reopening date as the filing date.

Transferred from Another District. (5) For cases transferred under Title 28 U.S.C. Section 1404(a). Do not use this for within district transfers or multidistrictlitigation transfers.

Multidistrict Litigation. (6) Check this box when a multidistrict case is transferred into the district under authority of Title 28 U.S.C. Section 1407. When this boxis checked, do not check (5) above.

Appeal to District Judge from Magistrate Judgment. (7) Check this box for an appeal from a magistrate judge’s decision.

VI. Related/Refiled Cases. This section of the JS 44 is used to reference related pending cases or re-filed cases. Insert the docket numbers and the correspondingjudges name for such cases.

VII. Cause of Action. Report the civil statute directly related to the cause of action and give a brief description of the cause. Do not cite jurisdictional statutesunless diversity. Example: U.S. Civil Statute: 47 USC 553

Brief Description: Unauthorized reception of cable service

VIII. Requested in Complaint. Class Action. Place an “X” in this box if you are filing a class action under Rule 23, F.R.Cv.P.

Demand. In this space enter the dollar amount (in thousands of dollars) being demanded or indicate other demand such as a preliminary injunction.

Jury Demand. Check the appropriate box to indicate whether or not a jury is being demanded.

Date and Attorney Signature. Date and sign the civil cover sheet.

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