CreeLED, Inc. v. The Individuals, Partnerships, and Unincorporated Associations identified on Schedule A

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

CASE NO. 24-cv-60062-DAMIAN

CREELED, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

THE INDIVIDUALS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS IDENTIFIED ON SCHEDULE A,

Defendants. /

ORDER ON MOTION FOR ENTRY OF FINAL DEFAULT JUDGMENT THIS CAUSE is before the Court upon Plaintiff, CreeLED, Inc.’s, Motion for Entry of Final Default Judgment [ECF No. 78] (“Motion”), filed June 4, 2024. Defendants1 have failed to appear, answer, or otherwise plead to the Complaint [ECF No. 1], despite having been served on February 20, 2024. See Proof of Service [ECF No. 20]. The Court has carefully reviewed the Motion, the record in this case, and the applicable law and is otherwise fully advised. For the following reasons, Plaintiff’s Motion is granted. I. INTRODUCTION

On January 9, 2024, Plaintiff filed a Complaint asserting counts for trademark counterfeiting and infringement pursuant to § 32 of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §1114, false designation of origin pursuant to § 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a), common law unfair competition, and common law trademark infringement. [ECF No. 1]. The

1 Defendants are the Individuals, Partnerships, or Unincorporated Associations identified on Schedule “A” of Plaintiff’s Motion, and Schedule “A” of this Order. Complaint alleges that Defendants are advertising, using, selling, promoting, and distributing, counterfeits and confusingly similar imitations of Plaintiff’s registered trademarks within the Southern District of Florida by operating the Defendants’ Internet based e-commerce stores operating under each of the Seller IDs identified on Schedule “A” attached to Plaintiff’s

Motion for Entry of Final Default Judgment (the “Seller IDs”) [ECF No. 78-2]. See generally Complaint [ECF No. 1]. Plaintiff further asserts that Defendants’ unlawful activities have caused and will continue to cause irreparable injury to Plaintiff because Defendants have 1) deprived Plaintiff of its right to determine the manner in which its trademarks are presented to consumers; (2) deceived the public as to Plaintiff’s sponsorship of and/or association with Defendants’ counterfeit products and the websites on online storefronts through which such products are sold, offered for sale, marketed, advertised, and distributed; (3) wrongfully traded and capitalized on Plaintiff’s reputation and goodwill and the commercial value of the Plaintiff’s trademarks; and (4) wrongfully damaged Plaintiff’s ability to market its branded products and

educate consumers about its brand via the Internet in a free and fair marketplace. Id. ¶¶ 37– 43. In its Motion, Plaintiff seeks the entry of default final judgment against Defendants for false designation of origin, common law unfair competition, and common law trademark infringement. See generally Motion [ECF No. 78]. Plaintiff further requests that the Court (1) enjoin Defendants’ unlawful use of Plaintiff’s trademarks; (2) award Plaintiff damages; and (3) instruct any third party financial institutions in possession of any funds restrained or held on behalf of Defendants to transfer these funds to the Plaintiff in partial satisfaction of the award of damages. II. LEGAL STANDARD Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 55(b)(2) authorizes a court to enter default judgment against a defendant who fails to plead or otherwise defend. Fed. R. Civ. P. 55(b)(2). “[B]efore entering a default judgment for damages, the district court must ensure that the well-pleaded

allegations in the complaint, which are taken as true due to the default, actually state a substantive cause of action and that there is a substantive, sufficient basis in the pleadings for the particular relief sought.” Tyco Fire & Sec., LLC v. Alcocer, 218 F. App’x 860, 863 (11th Cir. 2007) (emphasis in original). “[A] default judgment cannot stand on a complaint that fails to state a claim.” Chudasama v. Mazda Motor Corp., 123 F.3d 1353, 1370 n.41 (11th Cir. 1997) (citations omitted). If the complaint states a claim, the Court must then determine the amount of damages and, if necessary, “may conduct hearings . . . [to] determine the amount of damages.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 55(b)(2)(B). However, where all the essential evidence to determine damages is on

the paper record, an evidentiary hearing on damages is not required. See SEC v. Smyth, 420 F.3d 1225, 1232 n.13 (11th Cir. 2005) (“Rule 55(b)(2) speaks of evidentiary hearings in a permissive tone . . . no such hearing is required where all essential evidence is already of record.”) (citations omitted); see also Evans v. Com. Recovery Sys., Inc., No. 13-61031-CIV, 2013 WL 12138555, at *1 (S.D. Fla. Aug. 26, 2013) (following the entry of a default judgment, damages may be awarded ‘without a hearing [if the] amount claimed is a liquidated sum or one capable of mathematical calculation,’ so long as all essential evidence is a matter of record.” (citation omitted)). III. FACTUAL BACKGROUND 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 (collectively, the “CreeLED Marks”):

Classes Trademark Registration No. 1 09 Int. CREE 2,440,530 2 42 Int. CREE 4,597,310

3 35 Int. CREE 4,896,239

4 39 Int. CREE 4,787,288

5 09 Int. CREE 3,935,628

6 11 Int. CREE 3,935,629

7 40 Int. CREE 3,938,970

8 42 Int. CREE 4,026,756

9 09 Int. CREE 4,641,937 10 37 Int. CREE 4,842,084

11 09 Int., 41 Int. CREE 4,767,107

12 09 Int., 11 Int., 35 CREE & Design 6,091,202 Int., 36 Int., 37 Int., (2D Trisected 39 Int., 40 Int., 41 Diamond) Int., 42 Int. 13 09 Int., 11 Int., 37 CREE & Design 5566249 Int., 39 Int. (2D Trisected Diamond) 14 09 Int. CREE & Design 4,234,124 (solid) 15 11 Int. CREE & Design 4,233,855 (solid) 16 37 Int. CREE & Design 4933004 (solid) 17 09 Int., 41 Int. CREE & Design 4771402 (solid) 18 42 Int. CREE & Design 4,597,311 (solid) 19 09 Int. CREE & Design 2,452,761 (striped) 20 09 Int. CREE & Design 3,935,630 (striped) 21 42 Int. CREE & Design 2,922,689 (striped) 22 09 Int. CREE Design - 2,504,194 Diamond Design (Solid) 23 11 Int., 35 Int., 40 CREE Design 6,315,812 Int. (2D Trisected Diamond) 24 09 Int., 11 Int., 37 CREE Design 5,571,046 Int., 39 Int., 41 Int., (2D Trisected 42 Int. Diamond) 25 09 Int. CREE Design 3,998,141 (striped) 26 11 Int. CREE EDGE 5,745,621 27 09 Int. CREE LED 3,327,299 LIGHT & Design 28 09 Int., 11 Int. CREE LED 3,891,765 LIGHTING 29 09 Int., 11 Int. CREE LED 3,891,756 LIGHTING & Design 30 09 Int., 11 Int. CREE LEDS & 5,846,029 Design (2D) 31 09 Int. CREE LEDS & 3,360,315 Design (solid) 32 11 Int. CREE LEDS & 4,558,924 Design (solid) 33 11 Int. CREE 6,125,508 LIGHTING

34 37 Int., 39 Int., 41 CREE 6,251,971 Int., 42 Int. LIGHTING 35 11 Int. CREE 6,228,836 LIGHTING & Design (horizontal) 36 37 Int., 39 Int., 41 CREE 6,234,496 Int., 42 Int. LIGHTING & Design (horizontal) 37 11 Int. CREE 6,234,497 LIGHTING & Design (vertical) 38 09 Int. CREE 4,029,469 TRUEWHITE 39 11 Int. CREE 4,091,530 TRUEWHITE 40 09 Int. CREE 5,022,755 TRUEWHITE TECHNOLOGY & Design (solid) 41 11 Int. CREE 4,099,381 TRUEWHITE TECHNOLOGY & Design (solid) 42 11 Int. CREE 4,286,398 TRUEWHITE TECHNOLOGY & Design (striped) 43 09 Int. CREE 5,852,185 VENTURE LED COMPANY & Design (horizontal) 44 09 Int. CREE 5,852,184 VENTURE LED COMPANY & Design (vertical) 45 09 Int. EASYWHITE 3,935,393 46 11 Int. EASYWHITE 4,060,563 47 42 Int. EASYWHITE 4,384,225 48 09 Int. EZBRIGHT 3,357,336 49 09 Int. GSIC 2,012,686

50 09 Int. J SERIES 5,852,400

51 09 Int. MEGABRIGHT 2,650,523

52 09 Int. RAZERTHIN 2,861,793 53 09 Int. SC3 4,502,559 TECHNOLOGY (stylized) 54 09 Int. SC5 5,256,643 TECHNOLOGY 55 9 Int. SCREEN 5,067,029 MASTER 56 09 Int., 11 Int. TRUEWHITE 3,812,287

57 09 Int. TRUEWHITE 3,888,281 TECHNOLOGY & Design 58 11 Int. TRUEWHITE 3,888,282 TECHNOLOGY & Design 59 09 Int. ULTRATHIN 4,110,443 60 09 Int. XBRIGHT 2,644,422

61 09 Int. XLAMP 3,014,910

62 09 Int. XM-L 5,294,417

63 09 Int. XTHIN 2,861,792 See Complaint [ECF No. 1] at ¶ 23. The CreeLED Marks are used in connection with the design, marketing, and distribution of high-quality goods in at least the categories identified above. Id. ¶¶ 23–24; see also Declaration of David Marcellino (“Marcellino Decl.”) [ECF No. 8-1] at ¶ 4.

Although each Defendant may not copy and infringe each of Plaintiff’s trademarks for each category of goods protected, Plaintiff has submitted sufficient evidence showing each Defendant has infringed the CreeLED Marks for at least one category of goods. See Marcellino Decl. ¶¶ 11–14; [ECF Nos. 8-5 through 8-24] (Schedule “C”). Defendants are not now, nor have they ever been, authorized or licensed to use, reproduce, or make counterfeits, reproductions, or colorable imitations of the of the CreeLED Marks. See Complaint [ECF No. 1] ¶¶ 32, 36; see also Marcellino Decl. ¶¶ 11–14. As part of its ongoing investigation regarding the sale of counterfeit and infringing products, Plaintiff hired a third party investigator to access Defendants’ Internet based e-

commerce stores operating under each of the Seller IDs. See Marcellino Decl. ¶ 12. The third party investigator initiated orders from each Seller ID for the purchase of various products, all bearing, or suspected of bearing, counterfeits of the CreeLED Marks, and requested each product to be shipped to an address in the Southern District of Florida. Id. ¶ 13. Accordingly, Defendants’ Goods are being promoted, advertised, offered for sale, and sold by Defaulting Defendants within this District and throughout the United States. See Declaration of A. Robert Weaver (“Weaver Decl.”) [ECF No. 8-2] ¶ 5; see also Schedule “C” [ECF Nos. 8-5 through 8-24]. A representative for Plaintiff personally analyzed the CreeLED branded items wherein orders were initiated via each of the Seller IDs by reviewing the e-commerce stores

operating under each of the Seller IDs, or the detailed web page captures and images of the items bearing the CreeLED Marks, and concluded the products were non-genuine, unauthorized CreeLED products. See Marcellino Decl. at ¶ 14. IV. DISCUSSION A. Claims

1. Trademark Counterfeiting and Infringement Pursuant to § 32 of the Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. § 1114) (Count I).

Section 32 of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1114, provides liability for trademark infringement if, without the consent of the registrant, a defendant uses “in commerce any reproduction, counterfeit, copy, or colorable imitation of a registered mark” which is “likely to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive.” 15 U.S.C. § 1114. In order to prevail on its trademark infringement claim under Section 32 of the Lanham Act, Plaintiff must demonstrate that (1) it had prior rights to the mark at issue; and (2) Defendants adopted a mark or name that was the same, or confusingly similar to Plaintiff’s trademark, such that consumers were likely to confuse the two. Planetary Motion, Inc. v. Techsplosion, Inc., 261 F.3d 1188, 1193 (11th Cir. 2001) (citing Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon, Inc. v. Longhorn Steaks, Inc., 106 F.3d 355, 360 (11th Cir. 1997)). 2. False Designation of Origin Pursuant to § 43(A) of the Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. § 1125(a)) (Count II).

To prevail on a claim for false designation of origin under Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a), Plaintiff must prove that Defendants used in commerce, in connection with any goods or services, any word, term, name, symbol or device, or any combination thereof, or any false designation of origin that is likely to deceive as to the affiliation, connection, or association of Defendants with Plaintiff, or as to the origin, sponsorship, or approval, of Defendants’ services by Plaintiff. See 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a)(1). The test for liability for false designation of origin under 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a) is the same as for a trademark counterfeiting and infringement claim – i.e., whether the public is likely to be deceived or confused by the similarity of the marks at issue. See Two Pesos, Inc. v. Taco Cabana, Inc., 505 U.S. 763, 780 (1992).

3. Common Law Unfair Competition and Trademark Infringement (Counts III and IV).

Whether a Defendant’s use of a Plaintiff’s trademarks created a likelihood of confusion between the Plaintiff’s and the Defendant’s services or goods is also the determining factor in the analysis of unfair competition under Florida common law. Rolex Watch U.S.A., Inc. v. Forrester, 1986 WL 15668, at *3 (S.D. Fla. Dec. 9, 1987) (“The appropriate test for determining whether there is a likelihood of confusion, and thus trademark infringement, false designation of origin, and unfair competition under the common law of Florida, is set forth in John H. Harland, Inc. v. Clarke Checks, Inc., 711 F.2d 966, 972 (11th Cir. 1983).”); see also Boston Prof’l Hockey Ass’n, Inc. v. Dallas Cap & Emblem Mfg., Inc., 510 F.2d 1004, 1010 (5th Cir. 1975) (“As a general rule . . . the same facts which would support an action for trademark infringement would also support an action for unfair competition.”). The analysis of liability for Florida common law trademark infringement is the same as the analysis of liability for trademark infringement under § 32(a) of the Lanham Act. See PetMed Express, Inc. v. MedPets.com, Inc., 336 F. Supp. 2d 1213, 1217-18 (S.D. Fla. 2004). B. Liability The well-pled factual allegations of Plaintiff’s Complaint properly allege the elements for each of the claims described above. See ECF No. 1. Moreover, the factual allegations in Plaintiff’s Complaint have been substantiated by sworn declarations and other evidence and establish Defendants’ liability under each of the claims asserted in the Complaint. Accordingly, default judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 55 is appropriate. C. Injunctive Relief Pursuant to the Lanham Act, a district court is authorized to issue an injunction

“according to the principles of equity and upon such terms as the court may deem reasonable,” to prevent violations of trademark law. See 15 U.S.C. § 1116(a). Indeed, “[i]njunctive relief is the remedy of choice for trademark and unfair competition cases, since there is no adequate remedy at law for the injury caused by a defendant’s continuing infringement.” Burger King Corp. v. Agad, 911 F. Supp. 1499, 1509-10 (S.D. Fla. 1995) (citing Century 21 Real Estate Corp. v. Sandlin, 846 F.2d 1175, 1180 (9th Cir. 1988)). Moreover, even in a default judgment setting, injunctive relief is available. See e.g., PetMed Express, Inc., 336 F. Supp. 2d at 1222–23. Defendants’ failure to respond or otherwise appear in this action makes it difficult for Plaintiff to prevent further infringement absent an injunction. See Jackson v.

Sturkie, 255 F. Supp. 2d 1096, 1103 (N.D. Cal. 2003) (“[D]efendant’s lack of participation in this litigation has given the court no assurance that defendant’s infringing activity will cease. Therefore, plaintiff is entitled to permanent injunctive relief.”) Permanent injunctive relief is appropriate where a plaintiff demonstrates that (1) it has suffered irreparable injury; (2) there is no adequate remedy at law; (3) the balance of hardship favors an equitable remedy; and (4) an issuance of an injunction is in the public’s interest. eBay, Inc. v. MercExchange, LLC, 547 U.S. 388, 392-93 (2006). Plaintiffs have carried their burden on each of the four factors. Accordingly, permanent injunctive relief is appropriate. Specifically, in trademark cases, “a sufficiently strong showing of likelihood of

confusion . . . may by itself constitute a showing of a substantial threat of irreparable harm.” McDonald’s Corp. v. Robertson, 147 F.3d 1301, 1306 (11th Cir. 1998); see also Levi Strauss & Co. v. Sunrise Int’l Trading Inc., 51 F.3d 982, 986 (11th Cir. 1995) (“There is no doubt that the continued sale of thousands of pairs of counterfeit jeans would damage LS & Co.’s business reputation and might decrease its legitimate sales.”). Plaintiff’s Complaint alleges that

Defendants’ unlawful actions have caused Plaintiff irreparable injury and will continue to do so if Defendants are not permanently enjoined. See Compl. ¶¶ 50, 58. Further, as alleged in the Complaint, the unauthorized CreeLED products sold, offered for sale, marketed, advertised, and distributed by Defendants are nearly identical to Plaintiff’s genuine CreeLED products and consumers viewing Defendants’ counterfeit products would actually confuse them for Plaintiff’s genuine products. See id. at ¶ 53. “The effect of Defendants’ actions will cause confusion of consumers, at the time of initial interest, sale, and in the post-sale setting, who will believe Defaulting Defendants’ Counterfeit Goods are genuine goods originating from, associated with, or approved by Plaintiff.” See id. at ¶ 31.

Plaintiff has no adequate remedy at law so long as Defendants continue to operate the Seller IDs because Plaintiff cannot control the quality of what appears to be its CreeLED products in the marketplace. An award of monetary damages alone will not cure the injury to Plaintiff’s reputation and goodwill that will result if Defendants’ infringing and counterfeiting and infringing actions are allowed to continue. Moreover, Plaintiff faces hardship from loss of sales and its inability to control its reputation in the marketplace. By contrast, Defendants face no hardship if they are prohibited from the infringement of Plaintiff’s trademarks, which are illegal acts. Finally, the public interest supports the issuance of a permanent injunction against Defendants to prevent consumers from being misled by Defendants’ counterfeit products. See Nike, Inc. v. Leslie, 1985 WL 5251, at *1 (M.D. Fla. June 24, 1985) (“[A]n injunction to enjoin infringing behavior serves the public interest in protecting consumers from such behavior.”). The Court’s broad equity powers allow it to fashion injunctive relief necessary to stop Defendants’ infringing activities. See, e.g., Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Bd. of Educ., 402 U.S.

1, 15 (1971) (“Once a right and a violation have been shown, the scope of a district court’s equitable powers to remedy past wrongs is broad, for . . . [t]he essence of equity jurisdiction has been the power of the Chancellor to do equity and to mould each decree to the necessities of the particular case.” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)); United States v. Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., 321 U.S. 707, 724 (1944) (“Equity has power to eradicate the evils of a condemned scheme by prohibition of the use of admittedly valid parts of an invalid whole.”). Defendants have created an Internet-based infringement scheme in which they are profiting from their deliberate misappropriation of Plaintiff’s rights. Accordingly, the Court may fashion injunctive relief to eliminate the means by which Defendants are conducting

their unlawful activities. D. Damages for the Use of Infringing Marks. The damages available under Section 35 of the Lanham Act are set forth in the Section of that Act entitled “Recovery for violation of rights,” which provides: (a) Profits; damages and costs; attorney fees

When a violation of any right of the registrant of a mark registered in the Patent and Trademark Office, a violation under section 1125(a) or (d) of this title, or a willful violation under section 1125(c) of this title, shall have been established in any civil action arising under this chapter, the plaintiff shall be entitled, subject to the provisions of sections 1111 and 1114 of this title, and subject to the principles of equity, to recover (1) defendant’s profits, (2) any damages sustained by the plaintiff, and (3) the costs of the action. The court shall assess such profits and damages or cause the same to be assessed under its direction. In assessing profits the plaintiff shall be required to prove defendant’s sales only; defendant must prove all elements of cost or deduction claimed. In assessing damages the court may enter judgment, according to the circumstances of the case, for any sum above the amount found as actual damages, not exceeding three times such amount. If the court shall find that the amount of the recovery based on profits is either inadequate or excessive the court may in its discretion enter judgment for such sum as the court shall find to be just, according to the circumstances of the case. Such sum in either of the above circumstances shall constitute compensation and not a penalty. The court in exceptional cases may award reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party.

15 U.S.C. § 1117(a). Thus, the Lanham Act provides that a plaintiff who prevails in a trademark infringement action “shall be entitled, subject to the provisions of sections 1111 and 1114 of this title, and subject to the principles of equity, to recover (1) defendant’s profits, (2) any damages sustained by the plaintiff, and (3) the costs of the action.” 15 U.S.C. § 1117(a). “The Eleventh Circuit has made clear that in assessing damages under the Act the court may enter judgment, according to the circumstances of the case, for any sum above the amount found as actual damages, not exceeding three times such amount.” Hard Candy, LLC v. Anastasia Beverly Hills, Inc., No. 16-cv-21203, 2018 WL 10322164, *3 (S.D. Fla. Jan. 13, 2018). “Further, if the court finds that the amount of the recovery based on profits is either inadequate or excessive the court may in its discretion enter judgment for the sum the court finds to be just, according to the circumstances of the case.” Id. (citing Slep-Tone Entertainment Corp., v. Johnson, 518 F. App’x 815, 819 (11th Cir. 2013); 15 U.S.C. 1117(a)). “Thus, a district court has considerable discretion to award damages that are appropriate to the unique facts of the case and when the court concludes that an award of profits is ‘excessive,’ the Act expressly provides that it may award an amount of damages as it shall find to be just.” Id. “Finally, in Burger King v. Mason, 855 F. 2d 779 (11th Cir. 1988), the Eleventh Circuit stated, ‘. . . all monetary awards under Section 1117 are ‘subject to the principles of equity,’ [and] . . . no hard and fast rules dictate the form or quantum of relief.’” Id. (citation omitted). Further, “the Eleventh Circuit has defined an exceptional case as a case that can be characterized as malicious, fraudulent, deliberate and willful . . . or a case where there is

‘evidence of fraud or bad faith.’” Rain Bird Corp. v. Taylor, 665 F. Supp. 2d 1258, 1271 (N.D. Fla. 2009) (citing Dieter v. B & H Indus. of S.W. Fla., Inc., 880 F.2d 322, 329 (11th Cir. 1989); Safeway Stores, Inc. v. Safeway Discount Drugs, Inc., 675 F.2d 1160, 1169 (11th Cir. 1982); Tire Kingdom, Inc. v. Morgan Tire & Auto, Inc., 253 F.3d 1332 (11th Cir. 2001)). Here, the allegations in the Complaint, which are taken as true, clearly establish Defendants intentionally copied the CreeLED Marks for the purpose of deriving the benefit of Plaintiff’s reputation. The evidence in this case demonstrates that each Defendant sold, promoted, distributed, advertised, and/or offered for sale products bearing marks which were in fact

confusingly similar to at least one of the CreeLED Marks. See Compl. ¶¶ 30–43. Based on the above considerations, Plaintiff suggests the Court award treble profit damages against Defendants selling more than $10,000 in infringing products (as shown in the table below), and award statutory damages of $30,000 against each other Defendant. Infringing Damages Def. No. Seller Name Sales Sought 24 COOGEO TECH $18,317.48 $54,952.44 29 DR.BIGG $43,003.35 $129,010.05 76 MoveFlash $372,478.24 $1,117,434.72 79 N-C Brand Direct $43,014.96 $129,044.88 83 Peiye Tactical Wear $85,046.05 $255,138.15 91 shenshi $12,738.57 $38,215.71 105 US Flashlight Brand Direct $69,927.96 $209,783.88 131 YXO YUXINOU $26,235.16 $78,705.48 413 trevord2 $46,512.12 $139,536.36 450 Aimee Stage light $11,655.72 $34,967.16 467 CZC Ltd. $21,208.57 $63,625.71 476 Fancoy $29,812.73 $89,438.19 503 KENE $29,472.00 $88,416.00 536 shenzhenshixinshengshijishangmaoyouxiangongsi $36,279.42 $108,838.26

See Weaver Decl. [ECF No. 78-1] ¶ 8 (representing that the respective online platforms of the above-listed Defendants reported the correspondingly listed infringing sales amounts). The award should be sufficient to deter the Defendants and others from continuing to counterfeit or otherwise infringe Plaintiff’s trademarks, compensate Plaintiff, and punish Defendants, all stated goals of 15 U.S.C. § 1117(a). See CreeLED, Inc. v. Individuals, Partnerships, and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule “A”, No. 23-cv-60780, 2023 WL 8543707, at *6–7 (S.D. Fla. Dec. 11, 2023) (Bloom, J.) (awarding treble profit damages against defendants who sold more than $10,000 in infringing products). The Court finds that this award of damages is within the permissible statutory range under 15 U.S.C. § 1117(a) and is just. E. Damages for Common Law Unfair Competition and Trademark Infringement.

Plaintiff’s Complaint further sets forth a cause of action under Florida’s common law of unfair competition (Count III) and trademark infringement (Count IV). Judgment on Count III and Count IV are also limited to the amount awarded pursuant to Count I and Count II and entry of the requested equitable relief. Vv. CONCLUSION Based on the foregoing, it is hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Plaintiffs Motion for Entry of Final Default Judgment [ECF No. 78] is GRANTED against those Defendants listed in the attached Schedule “A.” Final Default Judgment will be entered by separate order. DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this 21st day of June, 2024.

DAMIAN | UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

CC: Counsel of Record