Fake Jeans, Online Counterfeiters Beware! Fake Jeans, NO!
Monday, May 8th, 2006
Seven For All Mankind and Rock & Republic have been awarded damages in a counterfeit claim. The New York-based Rational Fashion was given two separate injunctions for selling counterfeit versions of both Seven For All Mankind and Rock & Republic jeans online.
Seven For All Mankind was awarded $450,000 (£259,140) for the Rational’s wilful copyright infringement and attorney costs. Rock & Republic was awarded $1 million in damages.
“We are sending a strong message to online counterfeiters,” said Michael Heimbold, a partner Alshuler Grossman Stein & Kahan, who represented both jeans brands.
“We are aggressively targeting counterfeiters throughout the US and the world who are harming the good name and reputation of our clients. The court’s judgements in these cases demonstrate that sellers of counterfeit branded products via the internet face damages into millions of dollars, even if their purported profits are only a fraction of this amount.”
Dsquared2 is widely considered to be one of the sexists and most sensual designer brands around. Dsquared2 is undeniably a designer brand with an edge but whether it’s able to live up to the accolade of being the sexiest designer brand is open to considerable debate. No doubt much of Dsquared2’s sensual credentials come from their unrivalled advertising campaigns which promote the brand perfectly. Dsquared2 is deserving of much respect both on the catwalk and on the billboard!
As mad as a Russian Monk with a proclivity for vodka, world renowned fashion designer Bernhard Willhelm reputedly prefers to design with a “hard-on”. The rush of blood from his brain to his totem apparently inspires him to new heights of twisted innovation. Very few fashionistas would disagree that the results speak for themselves even if the method is a little disconcerting. Bernhard Willhelm has gained an enviable reputation for overstepping the bounds yet managing to remain relevant; Alexander McQueen is perhaps the only other contemporary designer to achieve this highly desirable feat.
