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Civil Remedies<br />

at *10-*11, *24-*25 (W.D. Tex. Jan. 6, 2012) (recommending award of statutory damages, costs and attorneys’<br />

fees).<br />

154. See Henry (Litong) Chen, “The Enforcement of Foreign Arbitration Awards in China,” Bloomberg L.<br />

Rep. (2009) (available at http://www.mwe.com/info/pubs/BLR_1109.pdf).<br />

155. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, “More than $896,000 in proceeds seized from the online sale<br />

of counterfeit sports apparel manufactured in China,” Press Release (Apr. 10, 2012) (available at http://<br />

www.ice.gov/news/releases/1204/120410washingtondc.htm) (“Pursuant to warrants issued by a U.S. district<br />

judge, law enforcement officers seized $826,883 in proceeds that had been transferred from PayPal accounts to<br />

various bank accounts in China.”).<br />

156. 17 U.S.C. §504.<br />

157. 15 U.S.C. §1117(c).<br />

158. See, e.g., Lanham Act §34(d)(5)(B), 15 U.S.C. §1116(d)(5)(B); Coach, Inc. v. Brightside Boutique,<br />

Cause No. 1:11-CA-20 LY, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1464 at *10-*11, *24-*25 (W.D. Tex. Jan. 6, 2012)<br />

(recommending award of statutory damages, costs and attorneys’ fees); compare with Reebok v. McLaughlin, 49<br />

F.3d 1387 (9th Cir. 1995) (seizure rejected for foreign-based assets).<br />

159. “[B]ut it can be difficult to litigate against uncooperative foreign entities and/or to enforce a judgment<br />

abroad.” Written Statement of Maria A. Pallante, Acting Register of Copyrights before the Subcommittee on<br />

Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet, House Committee on the Judiciary (Mar. 14, 2011) (available<br />

at http://www.copyright.gov/docs/regstat031411.html).<br />

160. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, “More than $896,000 in proceeds seized from the online sale<br />

of counterfeit sports apparel manufactured in China,” Press Release (Apr. 10, 2012) (available at http://<br />

www.ice.gov/news/releases/1204/120410washingtondc.htm) (“The individuals conducted sales and processed<br />

payments for the counterfeit goods using PayPal accounts and then wired their proceeds to bank accounts held at<br />

Chinese banks. Pursuant to warrants issued by a U.S. district judge, law enforcement officers seized $826,883<br />

in proceeds that had been transferred from PayPal accounts to various bank accounts in China. The funds were<br />

seized from correspondent, or interbank, accounts held by the Chinese banks in the United States. Pursuant to<br />

additional seizure warrants issued by a U.S. magistrate judge, law enforcement officers also seized $69,504 in<br />

funds remaining in three PayPal accounts used by the subjects.”).<br />

161. True Religion v. Xiaokang Lei, No. 11-cv-8242 (HB), at 10 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 18, 2011) (temporary<br />

restraining order).<br />

162. See Hermès Int’l et al. v. John Doe et al., No. 12 Civ. 1623, at 6-7 (S.D.N.Y. April 30, 2012) (default<br />

judgment and permanent injunction).<br />

163. See Hermès Int’l et al. v. John Doe et al., No. 12 Civ. 1623 (S.D.N.Y., April 30, 2012) (default<br />

judgment and permanent injunction) (financial providers, advertisers, search engines, DNS registrars, website<br />

hosts, ISPs, shippers and carriers); Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Jiang, No. 11-cv-24049, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS<br />

142630 (S.D. Fla. Dec. 12, 2011) (preliminary injunction) (financial providers, DNS registrars); True Religion<br />

v. Xiaokang Lei, No. 11-cv-8242 (HB) (S.D.N.Y. Dec 2, 2011) (preliminary injunction) (financial providers,<br />

advertisers, search engines, DNS registrars, ISPs); Chanel, Inc. v. Eukuk.com, et al., No 2:11-CV-01508-KJD-<br />

PAL, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 38481 (D. Nev. March 20, 2012) (sixth temporary restraining order) (DNS<br />

registrars, search engines); Deckers Outdoor Corp v. Doe, No. 11 C 10, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 119448 (N.D.<br />

Ill. Oct 14, 2011) (default judgment) (financial providers, DNS registrars).<br />

164. See Hermès Int’l et al. v. John Doe et al., No. 12 Civ. 1623, at 9 (S.D.N.Y., March 6, 2012) (temporary<br />

restraining order); Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Jiang, No. 11-cv-24049, at 5 (S.D. Fla. Nov. 16, 2011) (temporary<br />

restraining order); True Religion v. Xiaokang Lei, No. 11-cv-8242 (HB), at 15 (S.D.N.Y. Nov 18, 2011)<br />

(temporary restraining order); all of which featured a TRO against trademark counterfeiting websites.<br />

165. Hermès Int’l et al. v. John Doe et al., No. 12 Civ. 1623, at 10 (S.D.N.Y., April 30, 2012) (default<br />

judgment and permanent injunction) (“Further, upon giving actual notice of such an Order to any search engines<br />

… such Internet Search … Websites shall de-index and remove from any search results pages.”); Philip Morris<br />

USA, Inc. v. Jiang, No. 11-cv-24049, at 8 (S.D. Fla. Nov. 16, 2011) (temporary restraining order) (“Upon<br />

receipt of this Order, Western Union … shall divert all money transfers”); True Religion v. Xiaokang Lei, No.<br />

11-cv-8242 (HB), at 14 (S.D.N.Y. Nov 18, 2011) (temporary restraining order) (“VeriSign, Inc., Neustar, Inc.,<br />

and Public Interest Registry … within three days of receipt of this Order, temporarily disable these domain<br />

names”).<br />

166. True Religion v. Xiaokang Lei, No. 11-cv-8242 (HB), at 10 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 18, 2011) (temporary<br />

restraining order).<br />

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