Jeweler Caught Selling Fake Tiffany Items
Tiffany & Co has won an injunction against Starglam, INC, a company that has been selling fake Tiffany-branded items. From Reuters:
Tiffany said that according to the judgment issued by a federal court in New York, Starglam Inc., and its principal, John Shamir, should not engage in any further counterfeiting of Tiffany-branded items or infringing on its trademark.
Starglam and Shamir were also required to pay Tiffany $956,793.15, the company said.
Starglam had been distributing counterfeit Tiffany items in Asia and New York and also on Internet sites like eBay Inc.
Whoops.
Tiffany wins injunction in counterfeit lawsuit [Reuters]
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