Federal Lawsuit: Crye Precision Trademark Infringement

Another brand is claiming that their intellectual property has been infringed on by e-commerce sellers! This federal counterfeit lawsuit was filed by Crye Precision. A brand recognized around the world for its tactical equipment and accessories. To grasp the full picture and to review the allegations of trademark infringement put forth by Crye Precision, we can look at the legal complaint.

Crye Precision Infringement Allegations

Here’s a few sections of the legal complaint, which sellers can read through the understand the Crye Precision infringement lawsuit:

Defendants are working to knowingly and willfully import, distribute, offer for sale, and sell Counterfeit Products in the same transaction, occurrence, or series of transactions or occurrences. Defendants, without any authorization or license from Plaintiff, have knowingly and willfully used and continue to use the CRYE PRECISION Trademarks in connection with the advertisement, distribution, offering for sale, and sale of Counterfeit Products into the United States and Illinois over the Internet.

This is a trademark infringement action against Defendants based on their unauthorized use in commerce of counterfeit imitations of the federally registered CRYE PRECISION Trademarks in connection with the sale, offering for sale, distribution, and/or advertising of infringing goods. The CRYE PRECISION Trademarks are highly distinctive marks. Consumers have come to expect the highest quality from Crye Precision Products offered, sold, or marketed under the CRYE PRECISION Trademarks.

On information and belief, Defendants have knowledge of Plaintiff’s rights in the CRYE PRECISION Trademarks and are willfully infringing and intentionally using counterfeits of the CRYE PRECISION Trademarks. Defendants’ willful, intentional, and unauthorized use of the CRYE PRECISION Trademarks is likely to cause and is causing confusion, mistake, and deception as to the origin and quality of the Counterfeit Products among the general public.

Are You Being Sued by Crye Precision?

Are you one of the e-commerce sellers being sued by Crye Precision for trademark infringement? Have you already considered what might be the quickest way forward? In Schedule A lawsuits like this, some sellers believe that they should try to reach a direct settlement with the Plaintiff. Sure enough, anyone affected by the suit has the option to pursue this sort of resolution. The Defendants ought to be informed, however, that notion of a direct settlement may not be beneficial for sellers. There’s a likelihood that sellers who negotiate with Crye Precision directly could only walk away with about half of their money! Our team at Stockman & Poropat, PLLC doesn’t want to see that happen unnecessarily. In fact, our attorneys will do all they can to get you the most robust and sensible outcome available!

So what’s really going to happen as a result of Crye Precision filing this federal trademark infringement lawsuit? A temporary injunction, more widely referred to as a temporary restraining order, will be approved. Once the court issues the injunction, sellers will be prohibited from accessing their online seller accounts. That’s correct, the accounts you’ve thus far been using to sell Crye Precision products will be frozen. Even though the accounts belong to the sellers, the lawsuit will make it so that they can’t access the money in them. More often than not, the restraining order is applied to money earned from the sale of the Plaintiff’s goods. Although, the freeze may also affect earnings made from selling non-Crye-Precision products, too!

Crye Precision Federal Lawsuit

Crye Precision has filed the lawsuit in federal court. They’re trying to stop the Defendants from selling unauthorized goods to consumers online. As noted earlier, the legal complaint can be used to identify and understand the details of the allegations. Crye Precision documented allegations related to what they believe. They assert that there’s a network of sellers doing all they can to continue selling counterfeit products. Per the Plaintiff, by incorporating tried-and-true methods of conducting these unlawful activities, the sellers have been able to get away with doing it thus far. Overall, Crye Precision is interested in possibly getting back some of the losses. Which they claim they suffered due to the sellers’ alleged actions.

The mere existence of Crye Precision’s allegations of infringement doesn’t mean that the Defendants actually engaged in the described actions. The nature of claims and/or allegations is that they’ve got to be proven! Which means, not every allegation of infringement will apply to each seller. Which is one of the main reasons you’ll want to hire an intellectual property attorney! If there’s any opportunity to seize on to clear your name, an IP lawyer can do that and get your business back on track. When you work with us at Stockman & Poropat, PLLC, we’ll create a specific legal strategy just for you!

Sellers Affected by the Crye Precision Suit Must Respond!

Another thing that sellers really must do is respond! Indeed, the lawsuit is predicated on allegations of infringement, but it still needs to be addressed in a timely manner. The absence of a response could give the court reason to issue a Default Judgment. If that occurs, you’ll have a more complicated legal situation that is more troublesome to overturn later on. And, a Default Judgment could end up costing even more money! Even if you haven’t done what Crye Precision says you did, you need to respond and figure out an appropriate resolution.

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

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