Amazon, Cartier Get Default Judgment Against Ring Counterfeiter

Amazon.com Inc. and Cartier International AG’s will be awarded damages and injunctive relief against a third-party seller that failed to respond to their suit over allegedly selling counterfeit products, a federal judge ruled.

The two companies sued Whatsofun Inc. asserting claims of trademark infringement and violations of the Washington Consumer Protection Act—among other related claims—for allegedly selling counterfeit Cartier-branded rings on Amazon’s online store that directly infringed four trademarks owned by Cartier. Amazon said the third-party seller earned at least $602—but probably more—through its scheme of using “‘hidden links’” to sell the counterfeit products, which Cartier determined were fake. The ...