Source: https://www.iniplaw.org/2016/12/indiana-trademark-litigation-carmel-golf-merchant-accused-counterfeiting.html
Timestamp: 2017-08-17 09:52:42
Document Index: 85177525

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 43', '§ 34', '§ 35', '§ 34', '§ 35', '§ 34', '§ 35', '§ 34', '§ 35', '§ 34', '§ 35']

Indiana Trademark Litigation: Carmel Golf Merchant Accused of Counterfeiting — Indiana Intellectual Property Law News — December 27, 2016
Further, Plaintiff Cleveland Golf asserts ownership of the following federal trademarks, also at issue in this lawsuit:
2,070,051 10 June 1997 IC 18: carry all bags and umbrellas
IC 25: golf apparel, namely shirts, caps, visors, sweatshirts, and sweater vests.
IC 28: golf clubs, golf club heads, golf club shafts, golf club grips, golf bags, golf bag covers, and golf club head covers.
2,302,251 21 December 1999 IC 28: golf clubs, and golf club heads, namely woods, irons, and putters.
Plaintiffs state that Defendants are “manufacturing, promoting and otherwise advertising, distributing, selling, and offering for sale…golf clubs and golf accessories…which are counterfeits and/or infringements” of Plaintiffs’ trademarks. Plaintiffs further contend that Defendants’ goods are of a “different quality” from Plaintiffs’ “high quality products.”
Plaintiffs assert that Defendants’ acts damage Plaintiffs’ brands and constitute a fraud upon the public. The claims in this lawsuit, brought in Indiana federal court, are as follows:
Count I: Trademark Counterfeiting
Count II: Trademark Infringement
Count III: False Designation of Origin Pursuant to § 43(a) of the Lanham Act
Count V: Civil Action under Indiana Code § 34-24-3-1 for Recovery of Damages, Costs, and Fees Arising from Defendants’ Conversion in Violation of Indiana Code § 35-43-4-3
Count VI: Civil Action under Indiana Code § 34-24-3-1 for Recovery of Damages, Costs, and Fees Arising from Defendants’ Forgery in Violation of Indiana Code § 35-43-5-2(b)
Count VII: Civil Action under Indiana Code § 34-24-3-1 for Recovery of Damages, Costs, and Fees Arising from Defendants’ Counterfeiting in Violation of Indiana Code § 35-43-5-2(a)
Count VIII: Civil Action under Indiana Code § 34-24-3-1 for Recover [sic] of Damages, Costs and Fees Arising from Defendants’ Theft in Violation of Indiana Code § 35-43-4-2
Count IX: Civil Action under Indiana Code § 34-24-3-1 for Recovery of Damages, Costs and Fees Arising from Defendants’ Criminal Mischief in Violation of Indiana Code § 35-43-1-2
Plaintiffs ask the court for statutory damages of $2 million for each counterfeit as well as injunctive relief, costs and attorneys’ fees.
The case was assigned to District Judge Richard L. Young and Magistrate Judge Tim A. Baker in the Southern District and assigned Case No. 1:16-cv-03379-RLY-TAB.