A New York jury found a luxury reseller liable for willful counterfeiting and false association over Chanel-branded bags—holding that even items that left a Chanel factory can be 'counterfeit' when they fail the brand's quality controls.
The Supreme Court upheld Customs' common-control exception for gray-market imports while striking the authorized-use exception, defining when genuine foreign goods can be stopped at the U.S. border under the Tariff Act.
The Ninth Circuit held that a web host that ignores notices and keeps serving counterfeit-selling sites can be liable for contributory trademark infringement—but capped statutory damages at one award per mark, jointly and severally.
The Second Circuit held that an online marketplace is contributorily liable for counterfeit sales only when it knows of specific infringing listings—not because counterfeiting is rampant on its platform generally.
