Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan obtains $616k Judgment in Trademark Case

April 17, 2012

On April 13, 2012, Alejandro Valle received a judgment on behalf of COACH, the nation’s preeminent handbag designer, in the amount of $616,505.38 for statutory damages and attorneys’ fees in a federal district court action in Indiana. Upon granting summary judgment on Lanham Act claims of trademark infringement and counterfeiting one month earlier, the court found that a local retail store willfully sold “knock-off” products bearing marks confusingly similar to three of COACH’s federally registered trademarks: “Based on Defendant’s intentional conduct, it is undeniable that a likelihood of confusion exists as a matter of law.” The matter was Coach, Inc. v. Chaos of Muncie et al., Case No. 1:11-cv-0505 (S.D. Ind.).