After the Chinese surprised the entire world the scale of their skills, "cloning", creating some fake retail Apple, kupertinovtsy decided to defend its trademark in court. Apple filed suit against 50 "imagined defendants" - an unnamed company to charges of illegally using the trademark with the requirement to close the "fake" stores and to prohibit such activities in future. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York City, parts of it are not disclosed.
But some of the names of participants in the case yet known - is a kind of company «Apple Story Inc.», Which opened a store of the same name - a copy of the original "apple" store, leading a successful retail their products. Such fake «Apple Story» opened in the vicinity of Flushing in Queens, New York, a lawsuit against Apple filed it in Brooklyn.
In the photo depicting »Apple Story», published BirdAbroad, visible products Apple, located in the windows, similar to the large copy of the Apple iPhone and iPad. The rest of the creators of the New York magazine went so far do not like the Chinese, who made a very complex fraud. Some of them shop in Kunming looks absolutely copies of the original apple store, even the staff are dressed in blue shirts are the same.
This Thursday, AppleInsider.com trying to contact Samuel Joseph Chiang (Samuel Joseph Chuang) - lawyer representing Apple Story Inc., Fun Zone Inc., And Dzheynikom by Chiang (Janic Po Chiang), to clarify the exact nature of the lawsuit filed by Apple . But at the time of this publication is a response from them has not yet received.
Since the nature of action is unknown, it is not clear yet, whether it is just Apple Story Inc. New York, or the accused is also foreign companies. Perhaps, Apple still does not know exactly who it belongs to these fake shops, and decided the accused (without counsel) to indicate the imaginary 50 defendants, tentatively called " John Doe ".
Another name which appears in the lawsuit, is the general term "the Company XYZ», without specifying the total. And finally, the name of a named Jimmy Quoc (Jimmy Kwok), also without a lawyer.
Interests Apple Introduces a New York attorney Mark Matterperl (Mark N. Mutterperl) and Todd Ryan Hembridzh (Todd Ryan Hambridge) of the Company Fulbright & Jawardi LLP.
In the accompanying documents, it stated that Apple lawyers in this Tuesday, contacted a lawyer Chiang (Chuang), and both sides confirmed the court agreed to an autopsy of the claim. But access to them as long as they have only lawyers and the judiciary, for the rest of the details of action remain unknown.
After the fake the Apple Store attracted worldwide attention, the city of Kunming began their investigation. Outraged customers who have time to shop in these stores, began to return goods purchased, requiring proof that they are genuine, not cheap Chinese fakes. Two fake, it was decided to close shop due to lack of documentation required for trading. But copyright infringement on Chinese law authorities Kunming still silent.
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