Harley-Davidson won a lawsuit for more than 19 million dollars. The case concerns the internet platform SunFrog which offers for sell t-shirts based on designs submitted by consumers.
According to the accusation, SunFrog offered more than 100 designs containing Harley-Davidson’s registered trademarks.
Although SunFrog agreed to stop selling such products, the infringement continued. Because of this, the Court issued a judgment in Harley-Davidson’s favor, permanently prohibiting SunFrog from making any Harley-Davidson branded apparel products.
In addition, the Court awarded 19,2 million dollars in statutory damages, which amount of money had been determined on the ground of the fact that SunFrog infringing products attract wide exposure judging on the interest of the Facebook ads regarding them. What’s more, the Court took into account Harley-Davidson’s licensing business which amounted to 400 million dollars for a period of about 10 years.
Source: WIPR.
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