A court has found the previous owners of this website to have been selling replica Chanel handbags. As a result of the court’s decision Chanel was granted ownership of the domain and awarded over $3.75 million in damages. For information about genuine Chanel merchandise and to find out where you can buy it, visit the official Chanel website at www.chanel.com.
THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
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CHANEL, INC., a New York corporation, Plaintiff, vs. JOSEPH _______ ,an individual, a/k/a JOSEPH ______ d/b/a LESHANTA.COM d/b/a FASHIONETAILER.COM d/b/a SACBELLE.COM d/b/a LABOLSO.COM d/b/a POUCHETTE.COM and Defendants. |
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CASE NO. 2:07-CV-02619-SRC-CCC |
JUDGMENT
THIS MATTER having come before the Court upon motion by Plaintiff Chanel, Inc. (“Chanel”) for a default judgment of its claims against Defendant Against ______________ Corporation pursuant to Rule 55(b)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; and the Court having considered the moving papers and there being no opposition thereto;
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Chanel’s Motion for Default Judgment is GRANTED, and judgment is entered in favor of Plaintiff Chanel, Inc., a New York corporation, with its principal place of business in the United States located at 9 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019, and against Defendant ______________ Corporation, a New York corporation, with its place of business located at ______________, Brooklyn, New York 11223;
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED AND ADJUDGED:
1. Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1117(c) Chanel is awarded statutory damages against Defendant ______________ Corporation in the amount of Three Million Seven Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($3,780,000.00), for which let execution issue;
2. Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1117(b) Chanel is awarded attorneys’ fees against Defendant ______________ Corporation in the amount of one-thousand one hundred and fifty-five dollars ($1,155.00), for which let execution issue;
3. Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1117(b) Chanel is awarded investigative fees against Defendant ______________ Corporation in the amount of Five Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-Eight Dollars and Five Cents ($5,888.05) for which let execution issue;
4. Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1117(b) Chanel is awarded costs against Defendant ______________ Corporation in the amount of Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($500.00), for which let execution issue;
5. In order to give practical effect to this Court’s concurrently issued Permanent Injunction, the domain names Leshanta.com, Pouchette.com, FashionEtailer.com, Labolso.com, Sacbelle.com, and Yuella.com shall be cancelled by the Registrar or, at Chanel’s election, transferred to Chanel.
6. Interest from the date this action was filed shall accrue at the legal rate.
Dated this 20th day of May 2008.