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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
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`Plaintiffs,
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`AMAZON.COM, INC., a Delaware
`corporation; and SALVATORE FERRAGAMO
`S.P.A., an Italian corporation,
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`LI YONG, an individual d/b/a PHIL
`BALDINIE;
`YANTAITIANMINGWANGLUOKEJIYOUXI
`ANGONGSI, a Chinese entity d/b/a PHIL
`BALDINIE; WU PIANPIAN, an individual
`d/b/a HEFEI YANZI TRADING COMPANY;
`HEFEIZANZISHANGMAOYOUXIANGONG
`SI, a Chinese entity d/b/a HEFEI YANZI
`TRADING COMPANY; and DOES 1-10,
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`No.
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`COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES
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`Defendants.
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`INTRODUCTION
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`1.
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`This case involves the Defendants’ unlawful and expressly prohibited sale of
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`counterfeit Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A. (“Ferragamo”) belts on Amazon.com. Amazon and
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`Ferragamo jointly bring this lawsuit to permanently prevent and enjoin Defendants from
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`causing future harm to Amazon’s and Ferragamo’s customers, reputations, and intellectual
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`property, and to hold Defendants accountable for their illegal actions.
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`The Amazon store offers products and services to customers in more than 100
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`countries around the globe. Some of the products are sold directly by Amazon, while others are
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`sold by Amazon’s numerous third-party selling partners. The Amazon brand is one of the most
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`well-recognized, valuable, and trusted brands in the world. In order to protect customers and
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`safeguard its reputation for trustworthiness, Amazon invests heavily in both time and resources
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`to prevent counterfeit goods from being sold in its store. In 2019 alone, Amazon invested over
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`$500 million and employed more than 8,000 employees to protect its store from fraud and
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`abuse. Amazon stopped over 2.5 million suspected bad actor selling accounts before they
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`published a single listing for sale and blocked more than six billion suspected bad listings
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`before they were published. As a result of these efforts and investment, 99.9% of all products
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`viewed by customers on Amazon did not have a valid counterfeit complaint.
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`Ferragamo, which has always been a byword for top quality and Made in Italy
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`products, is one of the main players in the luxury industry and its origins date back to 1927.
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`Ferragamo is mainly active in the creation, production and sale of footwear, leather goods,
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`apparel, silk products, and other accessories, as well as fragrances for men and women. Taking
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`into account the entire distribution network, Ferragamo is present in over 90 countries all over
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`the world with several retail stores in the United States, including one in Bellevue, Washington.
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`Ferragamo works constantly to consolidate and increase over time the value of the brand and
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`maintain high quality standards for the products and distribution processes through investments
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`in research, product innovation, IT and business support.
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`Ferragamo owns, manages, enforces, licenses, and maintains intellectual
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`property, including various trademarks. Relevant to this Complaint, Ferragamo owns the
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`following registered trademarks (“Ferragamo Trademarks”).
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`Mark
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`Registration No. (International
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`SALVATORE FERRAGAMO
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`1,016,032 (IC 010, 025, 026)
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`1,208,600 (IC 026)
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`1,609,161 (IC 025)
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`2,051,981 (IC 025)
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`4,514,247 (IC 018, 025)
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`4,578,196 (IC 018, 025)
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`6,127,042 (IC 025)
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`True and correct copies of the registration certificates for the Ferragamo Trademarks are
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`attached as Exhibit A.
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`From 2019 through 2020, Defendants advertised, marketed, offered, and sold
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`counterfeit Ferragamo products in the Amazon store, using Ferragamo’s registered trademarks,
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`without authorization, to deceive customers about the authenticity and origin of the products
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`and the products’ affiliation with Ferragamo.
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`6.
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`As a result of their illegal actions, Defendants have infringed and misused
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`Ferragamo’s intellectual property (“IP”), willfully deceived and harmed Amazon, Ferragamo,
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`and their customers, compromised the integrity of the Amazon store, and undermined the trust
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`that customers place in Amazon and Ferragamo. Defendants’ illegal actions have caused
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`Amazon and Ferragamo to expend significant resources to investigate and combat Defendants’
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`wrongdoing and to bring this lawsuit to prevent Defendants from inflicting future harm to
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`Amazon, Ferragamo, and their customers.
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`II.
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`PARTIES
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`7.
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`Amazon.com, Inc. is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business
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`in Seattle, Washington. Through its subsidiaries, Amazon.com, Inc. owns and operates the
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`Amazon.com website, counterpart international websites, and the Amazon store (collectively,
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`“Amazon”).
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`Ferragamo is an Italian corporation with its principal place of business in
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`Florence, Italy.
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`9.
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`Defendants are a collection of individuals, both known and unknown, who
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`conspired and operated in concert with each other to engage in the counterfeiting scheme
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`alleged in this Complaint. In many cases, Defendants took intentional and affirmative steps to
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`hide their true identities and whereabouts from Amazon and Ferragamo by using fake names
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`and contact information, and unregistered businesses to conduct their activities. Defendants are
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`subject to liability for their wrongful conduct both directly and under principles of secondary
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`liability including, without limitation, respondeat superior, vicarious liability, and/or
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`contributory infringement.
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`10.
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`On information and belief, Defendant Li Yong, d/b/a Phil Baldinie, is an
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`individual who personally participated in and/or had the right and ability to supervise, direct,
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`and control the wrongful conduct alleged in this Complaint, and derived a direct financial
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`benefit from that wrongful conduct. Based on information provided to Amazon in connection
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`with an Amazon Selling Account, he may reside in either Walnut, California; Durham, North
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`Carolina; or China.
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`On information and belief, Defendant Yantaitianmingwangluokejiyouxiangongsi
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`is a Chinese entity d/b/a Phil Baldinie. On further information and belief, Defendant
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`Yantaitianmingwangluokejiyouxiangongsi personally participated in and/or had the right and
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`ability to supervise, direct, and control the wrongful conduct alleged in this Complaint, and
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`derived a direct financial benefit as a result of that wrongful conduct.
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`On information and belief, Defendant Wu Pianpian, d/b/a Hefei Yanzi Trading
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`Company, is an individual who personally participated in and/or had the right and ability to
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`supervise, direct, and control the wrongful conduct alleged in this Complaint, and derived a
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`direct financial benefit from that wrongful conduct. Based on information provided to Amazon
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`in connection with an Amazon Selling Account, he may reside in either Walnut, California;
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`Durham, North Carolina; or China.
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`On information and belief, Defendant Hefeizanzishangmaoyouxiangongsi is a
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`Chinese entity d/b/a Hefei Yanzi Trading Company. On further information and belief,
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`Defendant Hefeizanzishangmaoyouxiangongsi personally participated in and/or had the right
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`and ability to supervise, direct, and control the wrongful conduct alleged in this Complaint, and
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`derived a direct financial benefit as a result of that wrongful conduct.
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`14.
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`On information and belief, Defendants Does 1-10 (the “Doe Defendants”) are
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`individuals and entities working in active concert with each other and the named Defendants to
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`knowingly and willfully manufacture, import, advertise, market, offer, and sell counterfeit
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`Ferragamo products. The identities of Does 1-10 are presently unknown to Plaintiffs.
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`15.
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`On information and belief, each Defendant has acted in concert with all
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`Defendants and other unknown parties to willfully advertise and sell counterfeit Ferragamo
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`products. These parties are related by common banking information, mutual addresses, similar
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`products, identical packaging, and indistinguishable tactics to evade detection, among other
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`indicators.
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`III.
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`JURISDICTION AND VENUE
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`16.
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`The Court has subject matter jurisdiction over Amazon’s and Ferragamo’s
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`Lanham Act claims for 1) trademark infringement; and 2) false designation and false
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`advertising pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1121 and 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1338(a). The Court has
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`subject matter jurisdiction over Amazon’s and Ferragamo’s claim for violation of the
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`Washington Consumer Protection Act pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332 and 1367.
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`17.
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`The Court has personal jurisdiction over all Defendants because they transacted
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`business and committed tortious acts within and directed to the State of Washington, and
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`Amazon’s and Ferragamo’s claims arise from those activities. Defendants affirmatively
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`undertook to do business with Amazon, a corporation with its principal place of business in
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`Washington, and sold through the Amazon store products bearing counterfeit versions of the
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`Ferragamo Trademarks and which otherwise infringed Ferragamo’s IP. Defendants shipped
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`products bearing counterfeit versions of the Ferragamo Trademarks to consumers in
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`Washington. Each of the Defendants committed, or facilitated the commission of, tortious acts
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`in Washington and has wrongfully caused Amazon and Ferragamo substantial injury in
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`Washington.
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`18.
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`Further, the named Defendants have consented to the jurisdiction of this Court
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`by agreeing to the Amazon Services Business Solutions Agreement (“BSA”), which provides
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`that the “Governing Courts” for claims to enjoin infringement or misuse of intellectual property
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`rights are state or federal courts located in King County, Washington.
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`Venue is proper in this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b) because a
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`substantial part of the events giving rise to the claims occurred in the Western District of
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`Washington.
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`Venue is proper in this Court also with respect to Defendants by virtue of the
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`allegations stated in paragraph 16 above, which are incorporated herein.
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`21.
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`Pursuant to Local Civil Rule 3(d), intra-district assignment to the Seattle
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`Division is proper because the claims arose in this Division, where (a) Amazon resides,
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`(b) injuries giving rise to suit occurred, and (c) Defendants directed their unlawful conduct.
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`IV.
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`FACTS
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`A.
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`22.
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`Amazon’s Efforts to Prevent the Sale of Counterfeit Goods
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`Amazon works hard to build and protect the reputation of its store as a place
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`where customers can conveniently select from a wide array of authentic goods and services at
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`competitive prices. Amazon invests a vast amount of resources to ensure that when customers
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`make purchases through the Amazon store—either directly from Amazon or from one of its
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`millions of third-party sellers—customers receive authentic products made by the true
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`manufacturer of those products.
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`A small number of bad actors seeks to take advantage of the trust customers
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`place in Amazon by attempting to create Amazon Selling Accounts to advertise, market, offer,
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`and sell counterfeit products. These bad actors seek to misuse and infringe the trademarks and
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`other IP of the true manufacturers of those products to deceive Amazon and its customers. This
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`unlawful and expressly prohibited conduct undermines the trust that customers, sellers, and
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`manufacturers place in Amazon, and tarnishes Amazon’s brand and reputation, thereby causing
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`irreparable harm to Amazon.
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`Amazon prohibits the sale of inauthentic and fraudulent products and is
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`constantly innovating on behalf of customers and working with brands, manufacturers, rights
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`owners, and others to improve the detection and prevention of counterfeit products ever being
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`offered to customers through the Amazon store. Amazon employs dedicated teams of software
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`engineers, research scientists, program managers, and investigators to prevent counterfeits from
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`being offered in the Amazon store. Amazon’s systems automatically and continuously scan
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`thousands of data points to detect and remove counterfeits from its store and to terminate the
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`Selling Accounts of bad actors before they can offer counterfeit products. Each week Amazon
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`monitors more than 45 million pieces of feedback it receives from customers, rights owners,
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`regulators, and selling partners. When Amazon identifies issues based on this feedback, it
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`takes action to address them. Amazon uses this intelligence also to improve its proactive
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`prevention controls.
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`In 2017, Amazon launched the Amazon Brand Registry, a free service to any
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`rights owner with a government-registered trademark, regardless of the brand’s relationship
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`with Amazon. Brand Registry delivers automated brand protections that use machine learning
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`to predict infringement and proactively protect brands’ IP. Brand Registry also provides a
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`powerful Report a Violation Tool that allows brands to search for and accurately report
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`potentially infringing products using state‐of-the‐art image search technology. More than
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`350,000 brands, including Ferragamo, are enrolled in Brand Registry, and those brands are
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`finding and reporting 99% fewer suspected infringements since joining Brand Registry.
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`In 2018, Amazon launched Transparency, a product serialization service that
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`effectively eliminates counterfeits for enrolled products. Brands enrolled in Transparency can
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`apply a unique 2D code to every unit they manufacture, which allows Amazon, other retailers,
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`law enforcement, and customers to determine the authenticity of any Transparency-enabled
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`product, regardless of where the product was purchased. Since Transparency’s launch in 2018,
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`over 10,000 brands have enrolled, protecting brands and customers from counterfeits being sold
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`in the Amazon store.
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`In 2019, Amazon launched Amazon Project Zero, a program to empower brands
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`to help Amazon drive counterfeits to zero. Amazon Project Zero introduced a novel self-
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`service counterfeit removal tool that enables brands to remove counterfeit listings directly from
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`the Amazon store. This enables brands to take down counterfeit product offerings on their own
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`within minutes. Since the program launched in 2019, over 10,000 brands have enrolled.
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`In addition to these measures, Amazon actively cooperates with rights owners
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`and law enforcement to identify and prosecute bad actors suspected of engaging in illegal
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`activity. Lawsuits, like this one, are integral components of Amazon’s efforts to combat
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`counterfeits.
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`B.
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`Ferragamo and Its Anti-Counterfeiting Efforts
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`Over the years Ferragamo has implemented a series of offline and online anti-
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`counterfeiting measures to protect its customers and the value of its brand. Its online
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`monitoring activities have enabled it to achieve significant results. More than 100,000 listings
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`of counterfeited products are identified, blocked and removed from online stores and
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`marketplaces on an annual basis. Ferragamo also carries out actions offline through court, out-
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`all over the world.
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`30.
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`Ferragamo is currently enrolled in Amazon Brand Registry and Project Zero.
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`Ferragamo began actively using the tools and protections provided by these programs after and
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`in response to the counterfeiting activity described in this Complaint.
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`C.
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`Defendants Created Amazon Selling Accounts and Agreed Not to Sell
`Counterfeit Goods
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`31.
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`Defendants controlled and operated the two Amazon Selling Accounts detailed
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`in section D below through which they sought to advertise, market, sell, and distribute
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`counterfeit Ferragamo products. In connection with these Selling Accounts, Defendants
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`provided names, email addresses, and banking information for each account.
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`32.
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`Between 2019 and 2020, Defendants established two Amazon Selling Accounts
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`through which they sought to advertise, market, sell, and distribute counterfeit Ferragamo
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`products. When Defendants opened these two accounts, they provided names, addresses, and
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`banking information for each Account.
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`33.
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`The Selling Accounts have various common characteristics that make it
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`probable that the accounts are being operated by one or more of the Defendants acting in
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`concert. These common characteristics include 1) the identical tactic of using images of the
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`Ferragamo products without the Ferragamo word mark to evade Amazon’s Automated Brand
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`Protection algorithm; 2) the same Chinese-issued Visa credit card number; 3) selling the same
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`Ferragamo counterfeit belts; 4) using identical packaging for the Ferragamo counterfeit
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`products; and 5) sharing the same removal address in Walnut, California.
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`To become a third-party seller in the Amazon store, sellers are required to agree
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`Amazon’s rules for selling through the website. By entering into the BSA, each seller
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`represents and warrants that it “will comply with all applicable laws in [the] performance of
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`[its] obligations and exercise of [its] rights” under the BSA. A true and correct copy of the
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`applicable version of the BSA, namely, the version when Defendants last used Amazon’s
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`Services, is attached as Exhibit B.
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`35.
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`The BSA incorporates, and sellers therefore agree to be bound by, Amazon’s
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`Anti-Counterfeiting Policy, the applicable version of which is attached as Exhibit C. The
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`Anti-Counterfeiting Policy expressly prohibits the sale of counterfeit goods in the Amazon
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` The sale of counterfeit products is strictly prohibited.
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` You may not sell any products that are not legal for sale, such
`as products that have been illegally replicated, reproduced, or
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` You must provide records about the authenticity of your
`products if Amazon requests that documentation[.]
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`Failure to abide by this policy may result in loss of selling
`privileges, funds being withheld, destruction of inventory in our
`fulfilment centers, and other legal consequences.
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`36.
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`Amazon’s Anti-Counterfeiting Policy further describes Amazon’s commitment
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` Sell Only Authentic and Legal Products. It is your
`responsibility to source, sell, and fulfill only authentic products
`that are legal for sale. Examples of prohibited products include:
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`o Products that have been illegally replicated, reproduced, or
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`rights
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` Maintain and Provide Inventory Records. Amazon may request
`that you provide documentation (such as invoices) showing the
`authenticity of your products or your authorization to list them
`for sale. You may remove pricing information from these
`documents, but providing documents that have been edited in
`any other way or that are misleading is a violation of this
`policy and will lead to enforcement against your account.
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` Consequences of Selling Inauthentic Products. If you sell
`inauthentic products, we may immediately suspend or
`terminate your Amazon selling account (and any related
`accounts), destroy any inauthentic products in our fulfillment
`centers at your expense, and/or withhold payments to you.
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` Amazon Takes Action to Protect Customers and Rights
`Owners. Amazon also works with manufacturers, rights
`holders, content owners, vendors, and sellers to improve the
`ways we detect and prevent inauthentic products from reaching
`our customers. As a result of our detection and enforcement
`activities, Amazon may:
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`o Remove suspect listings.
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`o Take legal action against parties who knowingly violate
`this policy and harm our customers. In addition to criminal
`fines and imprisonment, sellers and suppliers of inauthentic
`products may face civil penalties including the loss of any
`amounts received from the sale of inauthentic products, the
`damage or harm sustained by the rights holders, statutory
`and other damages, and attorney’s fees.
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` Reporting Inauthentic Products. We stand behind the products
`sold on our site with our A-to-z Guarantee, and we encourage
`rights owners who have product authenticity concerns to notify
`us. We will promptly investigate and take all appropriate
`actions to protect customers, sellers, and rights holders. You
`may view counterfeit complaints on the Account Health page
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`their Selling Accounts, Defendants agreed not to advertise, market, offer, sell or distribute
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`counterfeit products.
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`38.
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`Inspection of Inventory from Defendants’ Selling Accounts
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`Defendants advertised, marketed, offered, and sold Ferragamo-branded products
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`in the Amazon store. Amazon and Ferragamo have inspected multiple test products from the
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`Defendants’ Selling Accounts and Ferragamo determined that each product bears its counterfeit
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`registered trademarks.
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`Selling Account #1 – Phil Baldinie
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`At all times described herein, Selling Account Phil Baldinie was controlled and
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`operated by Defendants Li Yong, Yantaitianmingwangluokejiyouxiangongsi and, on
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`The product photo on the offer listing page of Selling Account Phil Baldinie
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`authentic version of the product and packaging follows:
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`Like the Phil Baldinie offer listing page, the Hefei Yanzi Trading Company
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`offer listing page removed the Ferragamo word mark from the image of the product in an
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`Defendants’ Coordinated Sale of Counterfeit Ferragamo Products
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`accounts are being operated by one or more of the Defendants acting in concert. These
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`Amazon and Ferragamo Shut Down Defendants’ Accounts
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`By selling counterfeit Ferragamo products, Defendants falsely represented to
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`Ferragamo. Defendants also knowingly and willfully used Ferragamo’s IP in connection with
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`the advertisement, marketing, distribution, offering for sale, and sale of counterfeit Ferragamo
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`47.
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`At all times, Defendants knew they were prohibited from violating third-party IP
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`rights or any applicable laws while selling products in the Amazon store. Defendants have
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`deceived Amazon’s customers and Amazon, infringed and misused the IP rights of Ferragamo,
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`Ferragamo’s brands.
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`48.
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`Amazon, after receiving notice from Ferragamo, verified Defendants’ unlawful
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`sale of counterfeit Ferragamo products and promptly blocked Defendants’ Selling Accounts. In
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`CLAIMS
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`FIRST CLAIM
`(by Ferragamo against all Defendants)
`Trademark Infringement – 15 U.S.C. § 1114
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`49.
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`Plaintiff Ferragamo incorporates by reference the allegations of the preceding
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`Defendants’ activities constitute infringement of the Ferragamo Trademarks as
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`51.
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`Ferragamo advertises, markets, offers, and sells its products using the
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