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

Wed Dec 20 11:07:20 EST 2023

Here's my post on the Roblox decision:
https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2023/12/roblox-sanctioned-for-sad-scheme-abuse-roblox-v-schedule-a-defendants.htm

That decision prompted me to make my signature meme for the SAD Scheme.
Eric.

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On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 7:54 AM Woodrow "Woody" H. Pollack via E-trademarks
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> I believe Eric Goldman has also written about the attached decision, but
> providing it so that more people have access to it to use in aid of
> defending theses cases.    (My client was similarly situated to the Luke
> Combs case -- he had sold an accused $201.50 in sales but plaintiff held
> $25k hostage in a Paypal account.)  Through my fee motion pursuit, I intend
> to try to learn the manner of investigation the plaintiffs engage in
> pre-suit and anticipate briefing that for the Court.
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> *From:* E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> on behalf
> of Jessica R. Friedman via E-trademarks <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 20, 2023 10:38 AM
> *To:* For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek
> legal advice.
> *Cc:* Jessica R. Friedman
> *Subject:* Re: [E-trademarks] Hivemind thoughts on the Luke Combs
> counterfeiting case?
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> Hi Tim, I can’t get to those cases unless I create a Blue Sky account. But
> do attorneys who take these cases know about these problems with their *modus
> operandi* and just not care, a la Richard Liebowitz, the king of the
> copyright trolls? (Liebowitz has actually been prohibited from representing
> copyright plaintiffs in certain jurisdictions, but only because enough
> defendants took the time, trouble and money to hold him to account.) I’m
> betting they don’t follow Eric Goldman.
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> *From: *E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> on behalf
> of Tim Ackermann via E-trademarks <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com>
> *Date: *Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at 10:36 AM
> *To: *For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek
> legal advice. <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com>
> *Cc: *Tim Ackermann <tim at ackermannlaw.com>
> *Subject: *Re: [E-trademarks] Hivemind thoughts on the Luke Combs
> counterfeiting case?
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> Prof. Sarah Burstein's been all over these cases too, e.g.,
> https://bsky.app/profile/design-law.bsky.social/post/3kgyb3a3jzf2d .
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> Tim Ackermann
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> On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 8:53 AM Edward Timberlake via E-trademarks <
> e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:
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> Lots more where that came from (called "Schedule A" cases):
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> https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2023/09/schedule-a-sad-scheme-plaintiff-sanctioned-for-fraud-on-the-court-xped-v-respect-the-look.htm
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> Sincerely,
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> Ed Timberlake
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> On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 9:45 AM Kevin Grierson via E-trademarks <
> e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:
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> 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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> *From:* E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> *On Behalf
> Of *Jessica R. Friedman via E-trademarks
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 20, 2023 8:46 AM
> *To:* For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek
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> *Cc:* Jessica R. Friedman <jrfriedman at litproplaw.com>
> *Subject:* [E-trademarks] Hivemind thoughts on the Luke Combs
> counterfeiting case?
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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.)
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