Barclays Gets Fake Lehman Brothers Site Axed in Trademark Suit

Barclays PLC scored a permanent injunction shutting down a fake Lehman Brothers website and blocking a group from claiming an affiliation with the companies or using their trademarks, fonts, and names in communications with consumers, according to a consent judgment entered in the Southern District of New York.

The order, docketed Monday in the courtroom of Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, resolves accusations of cybersquatting, trademark dilution, and deceptive trade practices against Vladimir Sklarov and a handful of associated entities and people.

Barclays claims the defendants fraudulently offer securities-backed loans through the website shearsonlehmanbrothers.com using language that would normally be used ...