Sellers Sued by Crye Precision For Counterfeiting

Crye Precision is seeking a temporary restraining order against online sellers! This trademark infringement lawsuit was filed in federal court to curb an alleged network of counterfeiting. We don’t want any named seller in this lawsuit to lose all of their money! To that end, Defendants need to respond to the Crye Precision lawsuit in a timely manner. Choosing to ignore the lawsuit could potentially cost you even more money. See, once the TRO is in play, your seller account or accounts will be frozen. Failure to respond could permit the court to award the Plaintiff with whatever funds are in your account!

Yes, the situation that the named sellers are in is due to allegations of trademark infringement. The legal complaint doesn’t represent a condemnation, rather it’s a series of claims made by Crye Precision. The notice that you’re being sued shouldn’t be mistaken for a guilty decision or anything along those lines. Taking all of that into consideration, the Defendants will still need to respond! Furthermore, if you want to give yourself the greatest opportunity to get a fair, reasonable outcome, you may want to hire an intellectual property attorney.

How Settlements May Vary

With these sorts of trademark infringement lawsuits, sellers may be curious as to how settlements enter the picture. They can take several different forms! Any sellers wondering what a direct settlement with the Plaintiff might look like? Any of the Defendants can certainly attempt to settle with Crye Precision, without the aid of an attorney. What we want e-commerce operators to know is that most direct settlements only let sellers keep about 60% of their frozen money. Without having access to the funds in your seller accounts, sellers may feel pressured to accept that sort of outcome. But that’s definitely not your only option! When you work with an intellectual property attorney, they can develop a variety of strategies that may apply to your particular situation. At the end of the day, we want sellers to have as much of their money as possible!

Crye Precision Suing Sellers For Trademark Infringement

We really want to drive home the point that if you’re a Defendant you should take this matter very seriously! Avoiding the reality of the Crye Precision trademark lawsuit will not benefit you or your business. Actually, doing that could really damage your business. How’s that? The court could issue a Default Judgment against any seller who doesn’t respond to the lawsuit. If you’re hit with a Default Judgment, you might have to spend more of your money and/or be dealing with an irreversible decision. In Schedule A counterfeit lawsuits like this, make sure to respond! If you work with our team, we can help you handle every aspect of the lawsuit from beginning to end.

Are you a seller who is intimidated by the Crye Precision lawsuit? Do you have anxiety that you won’t be able to navigate the United States legal system? Or, are you worried that retaining an attorney and taking your own legal action will be a lost cause? We want to assure you that our team can address all of your concerns! As we said, inaction on the part of sellers might be the most destructive decision. With an intellectual property attorney working alongside you, you ought not to fear the Crye Precision lawsuit. Our lawyers can negotiate and strategize on your behalf to make the outcome worth your time and investment.

Crye Precision’s Claims of Infringement

Here are several of the Plaintiff’s claims, taken directly from the legal complaint: 

Defendants also deceive unknowing consumers by using the CRYE PRECISION Trademarks without authorization within the content, text, and/or meta tags of their e-commerce stores to attract various search engines crawling the Internet looking for websites relevant to consumer searches for Crye Precision Products. Other e-commerce stores operating under the Seller Aliases omit using CRYE PRECISION Trademarks in the item title to evade enforcement efforts, while using strategic item titles and descriptions that will trigger their listings when consumers are searching for Crye Precision Products.

Counterfeiters such as Defendants typically operate under multiple seller aliases and payment accounts so that they can continue operation in spite of Plaintiff’s enforcement. E- commerce store operators like Defendants maintain off-shore accounts and regularly move funds from their financial accounts to off-shore accounts outside the jurisdiction of this Court to avoid payment of any monetary judgment awarded to Plaintiff. 

Defendants’ unauthorized use of the CRYE PRECISION Trademarks in connection with the advertising, distribution, offering for sale, and sale of Counterfeit Products, including the sale of Counterfeit Products into the United States, including Illinois, is likely to cause and has caused confusion, mistake, and deception by and among consumers and is irreparably harming Plaintiff. 

Crye Precision Federal Lawsuit

Crye Precision’s federal trademark lawsuit is aimed at online sellers who the Plaintiff believes engaged in counterfeiting. The allegations are somewhat wide-ranging in terms of the conduct described as unlawful by the Plaintiff, as seen above. Are the allegations applicable to the actions of every single online seller listed on the lawsuit’s Schedule A? In all probability, the claims made by Crye Precision may not even apply to everyone named. Determining the degree to which you should be held accountable is something you and your attorney can figure out! It really all depends on the individual business practices of each Defendant.

Contact our team at Stockman & Poropat, PLLC today for a free initial consultation!

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