Chanel, Inc. v. Iphonecasehub.com, an Individual, Business Entity, or Unincorporated Association

CourtDistrict Court, S.D. Florida
DecidedSeptember 30, 2025
Docket0:25-cv-61241
StatusUnknown

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Chanel, Inc. v. Iphonecasehub.com, an Individual, Business Entity, or Unincorporated Association, (S.D. Fla. 2025).

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 25-61241-CIV-DAMIAN CHANEL, INC.,

Plaintiff, v.

IPHONECASEHUB.COM, AN INDIVIDUAL, BUSINESS ENTITY, OR UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION,

Defendant. ________________________________________/

ORDER GRANTING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR ENTRY OF DEFAULT FINAL JUDGMENT [ECF NO. 12]

THIS CAUSE is before the Court on Plaintiff, Chanel, Inc.’s (“Plaintiff”), Motion for Entry of Default Final Judgment against Defendant, filed August 25, 2025 [ECF No. 12 (the “Motion”)]. On August 20, 2025, a Clerk’s Default [ECF No. 11] was entered against Defendant, Iphonecasehub.com, the Individual, Business Entity, or Unincorporated Association (“Defendant”), as identified on the Motion for Clerk’s Entry of Default [ECF No. 10] after the Defendant failed to appear, answer, or otherwise plead in response to the Complaint despite having been served on July 25, 2025. See Proof of Service [ECF No. 9]. THE COURT has carefully considered the Motion, the record in this case, and the applicable law and is otherwise fully advised. For the reasons set forth below, the Motion is granted in part. In the Motion, Plaintiff seeks entry of default final judgment against Defendant, Iphonecasehub.com, the Individual, Business Entity, or Unincorporated Association identified on Schedule “A” of Plaintiff’s Motion (“Defendant”), whom is alleged to operate the e-commerce store that infringes Plaintiff’s trademarks and promotes and sells counterfeit goods using Plaintiff’s trademarks. See generally Compl. [ECF No. 1]. Plaintiff requests that the Court (1) enjoin Defendant from producing or selling goods that infringe its trademarks; (2) enjoin Defendant and all third parties from participating in Defendant’s sale and distribution of non-genuine goods bearing counterfeits of Plaintiff’s trademarks, including providing financial and technical services or other support; (3) cancel, or at Plaintiff’s election, transfer the e-commerce store at issue to Plaintiff; (4) authorize Plaintiff to request any e-mail service provider permanently suspend the e-mail addresses which are or have been used by Defendant in connection with Defendant’s promotion, offering for sale, and/or sale of goods

bearing counterfeits of Plaintiff’s trademarks; (5) assign all rights, title, and interest to the e- commerce store to Plaintiff; (6) permanently delist or deindex the e-commerce store from all Internet search engines; (7) require Defendant to request in writing permanent termination of any messaging services, e-commerce stores, usernames, and social media accounts it owns, operates, or controls on any messaging service, e-commerce marketplace, and/or social media platform; (8) award statutory damages; and (9) order Defendant and/or its financial institution to identify, restrain, and surrender to Plaintiff all funds, up to and including the total amount of judgment, in all financial accounts and/or sub-accounts used in connection with Defendant’s e-commerce store, in partial satisfaction of any award of damages. See

generally Motion. As of the date of this Order, Defendant has not filed a response to the Motion, and the time for doing so has expired. See generally docket. I. BACKGROUND A. Factual Background. The facts supporting the requested default judgment are set out in the Complaint and the Motion for Default Judgment and the attachments submitted in support of each. Because of Defendant’s default, those allegations are deemed admitted. According to the allegations in the Complaint, Plaintiff is the owner of the following trademarks, which are valid and registered on the Principal Register of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the “Chanel Marks”):

Trademark Registration Registration Date Classes/Goods Number CHANEL 0,626,035 May 1, 1956 IC 018 - Women’s Handbags IC 018 - Leather Goods-Namely, | 1,314,511 January 15, 1985 Handbags CHANEL 1,347,677 July 9, 1985 IC 018 - Leather Goods-Namely, Handbags IC 018 - Leather Goods; namely, Handbags, Wallets, Travel Bags, Luggage, Business and Credit CHANEL 1,733,051 November 17, 1992 | Card Cases, Change Purses, Tote Bags, Cosmetic Bags Sold Empty, and Garment Bags for Travel IC 018 - Leather Goods; namely, Handbags, Wallets, Travel Bags, 1,734,822 November 24, 1992 | Luggage, Business Card Cases, Change Purses, Tote Bags, and Cosmetic Bags Sold Empty See Compl. 4 13; see also Declaration of Elizabeth Han in Support of Plaintiff's Motion [ECF No. 12-1 (“Han Decl.”)] 4. The Chanel Marks are used in connection with the manufacture and distribution of high-quality goods in the categories identified therein. See id. 44] 4-5. Plaintiff has presented declarations demonstrating that the Defendant, through its e- commerce store operating under the seller name, Iphonecasehub.com, identified in Schedule “A” to the Motion [ECF No. 12 at 20] (the “E-commerce Store Name”), has promoted, advertised, distributed, offered for sale, or sold goods bearing and/or using what Plaintiff has determined to be counterfeits, infringements, reproductions, or colorable imitations of the

Chanel Marks. See Han Decl. ¶¶ 9–13; Declaration of Kathleen Burns in Support of Plaintiff’s Motion [ECF No. 12-3 (“Burns Decl.”)] ¶ 4; Declaration of Stephen M. Gaffigan in Support of Plaintiff’s Motion [ECF No. 12-5 (“Gaffigan Decl.”)] ¶ 2. Plaintiff has also shown that the Defendant is not now, nor has it ever been, authorized or licensed to use, reproduce, or make counterfeits, reproductions, or colorable imitations of the Chanel Marks. See Han Decl. ¶¶ 9, 12–13. Plaintiff alleges that its counsel retained Invisible Inc (“Invisible”), a licensed private investigative firm, to investigate and document the promotion and sale of counterfeit versions

of Plaintiff’s branded products by Defendant and to document Defendant’s payment account data for receipt of funds paid in connection with the sale of such counterfeit and infringing branded products through the E-commerce Store Name. See Han Decl. ¶ 10; Gaffigan Decl. ¶ 2; Burns Decl. ¶ 3. Invisible accessed Defendant’s e-commerce store operating under the E- commerce Store Name and placed an order for the purchase of a product bearing and/or using counterfeits of, at least, one of the Chanel Marks at issue, and requested the product to be shipped to the Southern District of Florida. See Burns Decl. ¶ 4. The order was processed entirely online and following the submission of the order, Invisible documented the information for finalizing payment for the product ordered to Defendant’s payment account,

identified on Schedule “A.” See id. ¶ 4, nn. 1–2; Composite Exhibit 1 to the Burns Decl. [ECF No. 12-4]. The detailed web page captures and images of the Chanel branded product ordered via the Defendant’s E-commerce Store Name were sent to Plaintiff for inspection. See Burns Decl. ¶ 4; Han Decl. ¶ 11; Gaffigan Decl. ¶ 2. Plaintiff’s representative reviewed the web page captures and images of the Chanel branded products offered for sale and ordered by Invisible via Defendant’s e-commerce store operating under the E-commerce Store Name, and determined the products were non-genuine, unauthorized versions of Plaintiff’s goods. See Han Decl. ¶¶ 12–13; Exhibit 1 to the Han Decl. [ECF No. 12-2]. B. Procedural Background. On June 23, 2025, Plaintiff filed its Complaint against Defendant [ECF No. 1], asserting counts for federal trademark counterfeiting and infringement (Count I), false designation of origin (Count II), common-law unfair competition (Count III), and common- law trademark infringement (Count IV). See generally Compl. On July 2, 2025, Plaintiff filed

a Motion for Order Authorizing Alternative Service of Process [ECF No. 5], which was served on the Defendant the same day, and subsequently granted by the Court on July 24, 2025 [ECF No. 6].

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