[E-trademarks] Hivemind thoughts on the Luke Combs counterfeiting case?

[Kevin Grierson]

Thanks.  I read about this case.  Hadn’t seen the article, but I had the same thought—it was a bit weird that Combs apparently didn’t know who he was suing.  I also thought it was kind of crazy that he got default judgments for $250K in statutory damages.  I realize that statutory damages aren’t the same as actual damages, but it was my recollection from my litigation days that even if you got a default judgment you still had to put on evidence of what your damages actually were.  Hard to see how a court actually hearing about a counterfeiter with a couple of hundred dollars in sales would have awarded a $250K judgment.

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When the client doesn’t realize that very little people are being sued and isn’t happy about it. (I realize that Above the Law is kind of snarky, but still, the column raises a valid question.)

https://abovethelaw.com/2023/12/counterfeit-litigation-combsover/?utm_campaign=Above%20the%20Law%20Daily&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=287255389&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9T50RzHAThxqU4oWOYk2LPdBT-QGExRqSisc2JJ902r1irlYYoTd5luTcLSw8gtvfFLtHP1s6vw8TXVxikHkLuRzwzqg&utm_content=287255389&utm_source=hs_email


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