Chanel, Inc has become the latest brand holder to skip the UDRP process and head right for federal court.
Chanel filed a federal suit in the Florida Southern District Court seeking $100,000 under the ACPA seeking statutory damages of $100,00 per domain and attorney fees as well as counterfeiting, false designation of origin, cybersquatting, and common law unfair competition
Here are the domain name subject to the suit:
24onlinebags.com
aboutfoot.com
all-wholesaler.com
amazing4scarf.com
apparelto.net
bagbrands.org
bags-stores.com
bagsoffers.net
best-wholesalers.com
brandfashiontop.net
bzonetradediy.com
chanelacquisto.com
chanelbag2013.com
chanelbagsboutique.com
chanelbagsforwomen.net
chanelborseita.com
chanelpaschersoldes.com
chbagsoutlet.us
cheapchanel2012.org
cheapforclothing.com
china-discount-handbags.com
chinafashionhouse.com
chrome-clothing.net
clothing-brand.com
cnbestsell.com
cnwantbuybags.com
cosmohit.com
discountluxurybags.com
ebackshop.com
ec24online.com
emilysluxury.com
handbagxyz.com
icclothes.com
ilikereplica.com
iofferluxurygoods.com
ioffermac.com
jeans007.com
jessyjadebag.com
jixingtrade.com
lujosolv.com
luxury4u.cn
luxurybagsoffer.com
luxuryreplicashop.com
menedzfahionstyle.com
my8mart.com
mypursesale.com
onlineshopping888.com
outletstoreshoe.com
perfect-clones.co
pop-replica.com
puretime.co
qualitymost.com
replicabagsnow.com
replicaleboybags.org
replicas-handbags.net
replicaworlds.com
salebybulk.com
sell-cheapshoes.com
shoesexpress.net
shoesjerseysonline.com
shopluxbags.com
soaho.org
urbanclothesdiscount.com
vancleefarpelsmall.com
vivisbag.com
watchisnice.com
yahuaaa.com
zoolbags.com
The list may actually be much longer than this. I checked the PACER docket list, myself, and it looks like they starting filing separate suits on each domain starting in May, but the defendant lists on each of the cases looks every domain owner in China got sued. Many of those cases have recently been closed, and based on a couple of filings it looks like the defendants are not responding, resulting in default judgments.
Interesting these cases are in the FLSD, though. For instance, chanelbagsforwomen.net is owned out of China, and Chanel is operating in New York, so how does the FLSD have jurisdiction over this case?
Anyone want to tackle that question? Ari? Howard? Mike?
Danny
The last few of these cases I tracked have all been filed in the Florida District Court