Feb 17, 2020 • 1 min read

Beatles company score $77 million win in counterfeit merch case

Apple Corps won a default judgement worth $77 million against 77 online operations selling counterfeit Beatles merchandise, though collecting the damages may prove hard.

Beatles company Apple Corps last week won a $77 million ruling against 77 online operations that sell knock off Beatles merch. So that's fun.

It was a default judgement in Apple's favour because none of the 77 accused companies bothered to respond to the lawsuit. Which is quite common in cases involving the sale of counterfeit goods online. Unfortunately for Apple, what is also common in cases like this is that it's quite hard to find the counterfeiters to collect the damages.

Nevertheless, the Florida judge who ruled on the case said: "The award should be sufficient to deter defendants and others from continuing to counterfeit or otherwise infringe plaintiffs' trademarks, compensate plaintiffs, and punish defendants".

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