Judge John Robert Blakey wasted little time before deciding from the bench to fault a number of online store operators for allegedly selling fake Oakley sunglasses.
“Have you heard from the defendants?” Blakey asked at the hearing on June 28 as he granted a preliminary injunction to stop the sales.
“No, your honor,” responded Thomas Juettner, Oakley Inc.’s lawyer at Greer Burns & Crain Ltd.
For Blakey, the case is part of a growing pattern. Federal judges in Illinois have a full slate of these copyright and trademark infringement lawsuits from punk forefathers The Ramones, shoemakers Converse Inc. ...
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