Ideavillage Products Corp. v. OhmyGod 1 et al.

Filing 85

FINAL DEFAULT JUDGMENT AND PERMANENT INJUNCTION ORDER: The Court, having considered the Memorandum of Law and Affidavit of Brieanne Scully in support of Plaintiff's Motion for Default Judgment and a Permanent Injunction Against Defaulti ng Defendant, the Certificates of Service of the Summons and Complaint, the Certificate of the Clerk of the Court stating that no answer has been filed in the instant action, and upon all other pleadings and papers on file in this action, it is h ereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED as follows: 1) Judgment is granted in favor of Plaintiff on all claims properly plead against DefaultingDefendants in the Complaint; IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that because it would serve bot h the compensatory and punitive purposes of the Lanham Act's prohibitions on willful infringement, and because Plaintiff has sufficiently set forth the basis for the statutory damages award requested in its Motion for Default Judgment, the Cour t finds such an award to be reasonable and Plaintiff is awarded statutory damages against each of the Defaulting Defendants pursuant to Section 15 U.S.C. § 1117(c) of the Lanham Act as follows ("Defaulting Defendants' Individual Damages Award"), plus post-judgment interest calculated pursuant to the statutory rate, in the amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) against each of the sixty-seven (67) Defaulting Defendants pursuant to Section 15 U.S.C. &# 167; 1117(c) of the Lanham Act for a total of $3,350,000.00 (Three Million Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars). 2) IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED, that Defaulting Defendant, its respective officers, agents, servants, emplo yees, successors and assigns and all persons acting in concert with or under the direction of Defaulting Defendants (regardless of whether located in the United States or abroad), who receive actual notice of this Order are permanently enjoined and restrained from: (As further set forth.) The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to close this case. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Ronnie Abrams on 2/16/2021) (va)

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Case 1:18-cv-09999-RA Document 85 Filed 02/16/21 Page 1 of 16 Jason M. Drangel (JD 7204) jdrangel@ipcounselors.com Ashly E. Sands (AS 7715) asands@ipcounselors.com Brieanne Scully (BS 3711) bscully@ipcounselors.com EPSTEIN DRANGEL LLP 60 East 42nd Street, Suite 2520 New York, NY 10165 Telephone: (212) 292-5390 Facsimile: (212) 292-5391 Attorneys for Plaintiff Ideavillage Products Corp. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK IDEAVILLAGE PRODUCTS CORP., Plaintiff 18-cv-9999 (RA) v. OHMYGOD 1, ONOUROWN, OTP, OUT, OUTDOOR LEISURE SPORTS SHOP, OWER CO. LTD., PANYANLING, PASTTAN, PCOCO, PER, PINLILILI, PRIVATESHELF, PROGADGETS, QINGQINGYUNYI, QINGSHA'S STORE, QIUQIUDEXIAOWU, QUALITY GOODS, RED DRAGONFLY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, REDROSEFLOWER, RONGRONGSTORE, ROSEPRINCESS2007, RTUHGDAYT, RUANMEDEXIAODIAN, RUITONG MARKET, SANMING XUEYUAN 002, SANYANGKAITAI2626, SEEINGHERE, SENKEYI, SF TIMES, SHAMROCK, SHENZHEN ONESHOW TECHNOLOHY LTD.COM, SHENZHENMOMODA, SHENZHENSHISHIZHONGSHENMAOYIYOUXIA NGONGSI, SHENZHENSHIYUWENCHUANGXINKEJIYOUXI ANGONGSI, SHENZHENSHIZHUORIHANGKEJIYOUXIANGO NGSI, SHHBHBLC, SHOPLNG, SHUYISHOP, SINCETHEN, SIYUEJIE, SKAD, SLDE, SNOWBIRD, SOFLQLQ, SONGFENGXIAODIAN, FINAL DEFAULT JUDGMENT AND PERMANENT INJUNCTION ORDER Case 1:18-cv-09999-RA Document 85 Filed 02/16/21 Page 2 of 16 SOULMALL, SPO, SPORTS STATION, STARMERXSHOP, STARRY_NIGHT, SUNFLOWERMIA, SUPER BIG MARKET, SUPER CAT, SUPER DEAL TRADE, SUPERBOXI, SYSO, SZ-HAOMEN, TAISONG, TANGTANGNIU, TEENAGE DREAM, TERRY IS WORLD, TETSU, THE LIFE STORE, TIFFYLOVE, TINGTINGSHISHANG, TONGTONGTOP, TOOLOU, TRAVEL_EXPLORE_3C STORE, TSMART, VILTECK, WAN LI SHENG, WANGJINHUA200810, WANGSHIWENWEN, WANGWANGHONGLING, WANGZHIHUI001, WANYUANYUAN, WAS, WEIJINYI, WEISHUAIWOSHIXUE, WEIZHONGZHAN, WELFARENOW, WEN BIN SHOP, WENDY001, WENZHANGBUZHIN, WHUYANQI, WISLNR, WLO, WOCLINTON, WOODEN LIN, SENMAI STORE ROOM, WSY270799166@163.COM, WUHUANHUAN588, XIAOANHONG, XIAODILUCK, XIAOFUDIANPU, XIAOKUYOX, XIAOXIAOCHONGWUSTORE, XIAOXIAOZOU, XIAOYINGAIQIU, XIE KAIKUI SHOP, XIEJJY, XIN LIN TECHNOLOGY, XING_MAI, XIUFEIDEXINDIANBU, XUEWEI, YANYANSIXOASEN, YLANYA, YOUMENGGO, YOUTH TEAM, YUE MENG STORE, YUHUI STORE, YUNCHAN00, YY123456, ZHANGFENGSTORE, ZHAOBINGBING, ZHENGFACAI, ZHENGZECHENG, ZHOUCHENG157, ZHOUXIAORAN, ZP123456, ZT ZWYOUTH33 and TRADE, ZWS-SHOP, ZWYOUTH44, Defendants Case 1:18-cv-09999-RA Document 85 Filed 02/16/21 Page 3 of 16 GLOSSARY Term Definition Plaintiff or Ideavillage Ideavillage Products Corp. Defendants OhmyGod 1, Onourown, otp, OUT, Outdoor Leisure Sports Shop, ower co. ltd., panyanling, pasttan, PCOCO, per, pinlilili, privateshelf, Progadgets, qingqingyunyi, Qingsha's Store, qiuqiudexiaowu, Quality Goods, Red Dragonfly Science And Technology, Redroseflower, rongrongstore, roseprincess2007, rtuhgdayt, ruanmedexiaodian, RuiTong Market, SanMing XueYuan 002, sanyangkaitai2626, seeinghere, senkeyi, SF TIMES, SHAMROCK, shenzhen oneshow technolohy Ltd.com, Shenzhenmomoda, shenzhenshishizhongshenmaoyiyouxiangongsi, shenzhenshiyuwenchuangxinkejiyouxiangongsi, shenzhenshizhuorihangkejiyouxiangongsi, SHHBHBLC, shoplng, shuyishop, SinceThen, siyuejie, skad, slde, Snowbird, SOFLQLQ, songfengxiaodian, SoulMall, spo, sports station, StarmerxShop, Starry_night, sunflowermia, super big market, SUPER CAT, Super Deal Trade, superboxi, syso, sz-haomen, taisong, Tangtangniu, Teenage Dream, Terry is World, Tetsu, The life store, tiffylove, tingtingshishang, TONGTONGTOP, toolou, Travel_Explore_3C Store, tSmart, VILTECK, Wan Li Sheng, wangjinhua200810, wangshiwenwen, wangwanghongling, wangzhihui001, wanyuanyuan, was, Weijinyi, weishuaiwoshixue, weizhongzhan, welfarenow, Wen bin shop, Wendy001, wenzhangbuzhin, Whuyanqi, wislnr, wlo, woclinton, Wooden Lin, Senmai store room, wsy270799166@163.com, wuhuanhuan588, xiaoanhong, XiaoDiLuck, xiaofudianpu, xiaokuyox, xiaoxiaochongwustore, xiaoxiaozou, xiaoyingaiqiu, Xie Kaikui shop, Xiejjy, Xin Lin Technology, xing_mai, xiufeidexindianbu, xuewei, yanyansixoasen, ylanya, YouMengGo, Youth team, Yue Meng Store, Yuhui store, Yunchan00, yy123456, zhangfengstore, zhaobingbing, zhengfacai, zhengzecheng, zhoucheng157, zhouxiaoran, zp123456, ZT Trade, ZWS-shop, zwyouth33 and zwyouth44 Defaulting Defendants slde, superboxi, Terry is World, and YouMengGo. i Docket Entry Number N/A N/A N/A Case 1:18-cv-09999-RA Document 85 Filed 02/16/21 Page 4 of 16 Wish Sealing Order Wish.com, a San Francisco, California-based, online marketplace and e-commerce platform owned by ContextLogic, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ContextLogic”), that allows manufacturers and other third-party merchants, like Defendants, to advertise, distribute, offer for sale, sell and ship their retail products, which, upon information and belief, primarily originate from China, directly to consumers worldwide and specifically to consumers residing in the U.S., including New York Order to Seal File entered on October 30, 2018 N/A Dkt. 1 Complaint Application Plaintiff’s Complaint filed on October 30, 2018 Plaintiff’s ex parte application for: 1) a temporary restraining order; 2) order restraining assets and Merchant Storefronts (as defined infra); 3) order to show cause why a preliminary injunction should not issue; 4) an order authorizing bifurcated and alternative service; and 5) an order authorizing expedited discovery filed on October 30, 2018 Dkt. 8 Dkts. 14-18 Lombardo Dec. Declaration of LoriAnn Lombardo in Support of Plaintiff’s Application Declaration of Jessica Arnaiz in Support of Plaintiff’s Application Declaration of Spencer Wolgang in Support of Plaintiff’s Application 1) Temporary Restraining Order; 2) Order Restraining Assets and Merchant Storefronts; 3) Order to Show Cause Why a Preliminary Injunction Should Not Issue; 4) Order Authorizing Bifurcated and Alternative Service; and 5) Order Authorizing Expedited Discovery entered on October 31, 2018 November 20, 2018 hearing to show cause why a preliminary injunction should not issue November 20, 2018 Preliminary Injunction Order Dkt. 16 Arnaiz Dec. Wolgang Dec. TRO PI Show Cause Hearing PI Order ii Dkt. 17 Dkt. 15 Dkt. 22 N/A Dkt. 24 Case 1:18-cv-09999-RA Document 85 Filed 02/16/21 Page 5 of 16 Touch Marks Touch Works U.S. Trademark Registration No. 4,422,095 for the wordmark “FINISHING TOUCH” for goods in Class 8, U.S. Trademark Reg. No. 4,693,272 for the wordmark “YES! BY FINISHING TOUCH” for goods in Class 8, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 5,318,698 for the wordmark “FLAWLESS” for goods in Class 8, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 5,391,994 for the wordmark “FLAWLESS” for goods in Class 8, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 5,325,690 for the wordmark “FINISHING TOUCH FLAWLESS” for goods in Class 8, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 5,537,019 for the wordmark “FLAWLESS LEGS” for goods in Class 8, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 5,576,996 for the wordmark “FLAWLESS LEGS” for goods in Class 8, U.S. Trademark Registration No. for goods in Class 8, U.S. Trademark 5,407,466 for Registration No. 2,884,308 for the wordmark “MICROTOUCH” for goods in Class 8, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 4,183,150 for the wordmark “MICROTOUCH MAX” for goods in Class 8, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 4,937,115 for the wordmark “MICROTOUCH ONE” for goods in Class 8, U.S. Trademark Registration No. 4,582,646 for the wordmark “MICROTOUCH SWITCHBLADE” for goods in Class 8 and U.S. Trademark Registration No. 4,749,480 for the wordmark “TOUGHBLADE” for goods in Class 8 U.S. Copyright Reg. VA 2-112-403, covering the Finishing Touch Flawless Packaging Artwork, U.S. Copyright Reg. VA 2-102-735, covering the Finishing Touch Flawless Packaging Artwork and Instructions, U.S. Copyright Reg. PA 2-055-361, covering the Finishing Touch Flawless Commercial, U.S. Copyright Reg. VA 2-082-167, covering the Finishing Touch Flawless Website, U.S. Copyright Reg. VA 2-114-639, covering the Finishing Touch Flawless Brand Website, U.S. Copyright Reg. PA 2-113-678, covering the Flawless Legs Commercial, U.S. Copyright Reg. VA 2-115-168, covering the Flawless Legs Website, U.S. Copyright Reg. VA 2-114549, covering the Flawless Legs Packaging Artwork and Instructions, U.S. Copyright Reg. VA 1-898-348, covering the Yes! by Finishing Touch Website, U.S. Copyright Reg. VA 1892-726, covering the Microtouch One Packaging and Instructions, U.S. Copyright Reg. VA 2-000-168, covering the MicroTouch One Website, U.S. Copyright Reg. VA 2-000181, covering the MicroTouch One Packaging Artwork, U.S. Copyright VAu 1-142-294, Microtouch Switchblade Packaging and Instructions and U.S. Copyright Reg. VA 1945-485, covering the MicroTouch Tough Blade Packaging iii N/A N/A Case 1:18-cv-09999-RA Document 85 Filed 02/16/21 Page 6 of 16 Touch Products Counterfeit Products Infringing Listings User Accounts Merchant Storefronts Defendants’ Assets Defendants’ Financial Accounts Financial Institutions Third Party Service Providers A line of personal hair removal tools, marketed and sold under Ideavillage’s distinct Touch brand, namely, FINISHING TOUCH, MICROTOUCH, FINISHING TOUCH FLAWLESS, YES! BY FINISHING TOUCH and MICROTOUCH TOUGH BLADE, among others Products bearing or used in connection with the Touch Marks and/or Touch Works, and/or products in packaging and/or containing labels and/or hang tags bearing the Touch Marks and/or Touch Works, and/or bearing or used in connection with marks and/or artwork that are confusingly or substantially similar to the Touch Marks and/or Touch Works and/or products that are identical or confusingly or substantially similar to the Touch Products N/A Defendants’ listings for Counterfeit Products N/A Any and all websites and any and all accounts with online marketplace platforms such as Wish, as well as any and all as yet undiscovered accounts with additional online marketplace platforms held by or associated with Defendants, their respective officers, employees, agents, servants and all persons in active concert or participation with any of them Any and all User Accounts through which Defendants, their respective officers, employees, agents, servants and all persons in active concert or participation with any of them operate storefronts to manufacture, import, export, advertise, market, promote, distribute, display, offer for sale, sell and/or otherwise deal in Counterfeit Products, which are held by or associated with Defendants, their respective officers, employees, agents, servants and all persons in active concert or participation with any of them Any and all money, securities or other property or assets of Defendants (whether said assets are located in the U.S. or abroad) Any and all financial accounts associated with or utilized by any Defendants or any Defendants’ User Accounts or Merchant Storefront(s) (whether said account is located in the U.S. or abroad) Any banks, financial institutions, credit card companies and payment processing agencies, such as ContextLogic, PayPal Inc. (“PayPal”), Payoneer Inc. (“Payoneer”), PingPong Global Solutions, Inc. (“PingPong”), and other companies or agencies that engage in the processing or transfer of money and/or real or personal property of Defendants Online marketplace platforms, including, without limitation, those owned and operated, directly or indirectly, by ContextLogic, such as Wish, as well as any and all as yet N/A iv N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Case 1:18-cv-09999-RA Document 85 Filed 02/16/21 Page 7 of 16 Defendants’ Frozen Assets Plaintiff’s Motion for Default Judgment Scully Aff. Wish Discovery undiscovered online marketplace platforms and/or entities through which Defendants, their respective officers, employees, agents, servants and all persons in active concert or participation with any of them manufacture, import, export, advertise, market, promote, distribute, offer for sale, sell and/or otherwise deal in Counterfeit Products which are hereinafter identified as a result of any order entered in this action, or otherwise Defendants’ Assets from Defendants’ Financial Accounts that were and/or are attached and frozen or restrained pursuant to the TRO and/or PI Order, or which are attached and frozen or restrained pursuant to any future order entered by the Court in this Action Plaintiff’s Application for Default Judgment and a Permanent Injunction should not be entered Against Defaulting Defendants filed on May 7, 2020 Affidavit by Brieanne Scully in Support of Plaintiff’s Motion for Default Judgment The supplemental report identifying Defendants’ Infringing Product ID, Merchant ID, Product Lifetime Units Sold and Product Lifetime GMV, among other things, provided by counsel for ContextLogic to Plaintiff’s counsel pursuant to the expedited discovery ordered in both the TRO and PI Order v N/A N/A Case 1:18-cv-09999-RA Document 85 Filed 02/16/21 Page 8 of 16 This matter comes before the Court by motion filed by Plaintiff for the entry of final judgment and permanent injunction by default against Defaulting Defendants for Defaulting Defendants’ trademark infringement, trademark counterfeiting, false designation of origin, passing off and unfair competition, copyright infringement and related state and common law claims arising out of Defaulting Defendants’ unauthorized use of Plaintiff’s Touch Marks and Touch Works, without limitation, in their manufacturing, importing, exporting, advertising, marketing, promoting, distributing, displaying or offering for sale and/or selling and/or sale of Counterfeit Products.1 The Court, having considered the Memorandum of Law and Affidavit of Brieanne Scully in support of Plaintiff’s Motion for Default Judgment and a Permanent Injunction Against Defaulting Defendant, the Certificates of Service of the Summons and Complaint, the Certificate of the Clerk of the Court stating that no answer has been filed in the instant action, and upon all other pleadings and papers on file in this action, it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED as follows: I. Defaulting Defendants’ Liability 1) Judgment is granted in favor of Plaintiff on all claims properly plead against Defaulting Defendants in the Complaint; II. Damages Awards 1) IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that because it would serve both the compensatory and punitive purposes of the Lanham Act’s prohibitions on willful infringement, and because Plaintiff has sufficiently set forth the basis for the statutory damages award requested in its Motion for Default Judgment, the Court finds such an award to be 1 Where a defined term is referenced herein and not defined herein, the defined term should be understood as it is defined in the Glossary. 1 Case 1:18-cv-09999-RA Document 85 Filed 02/16/21 Page 9 of 16 reasonable and Plaintiff is awarded statutory damages against each of the Defaulting Defendants pursuant to Section 15 U.S.C. § 1117(c) of the Lanham Act as follows (“Defaulting Defendants’ Individual Damages Award”), plus post-judgment interest calculated pursuant to the statutory rate, in the amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) against each of the ( Defaulting Defendants pursuant to Section 15 U.S.C. § 1117(c) of the Lanham Act for a total of $3, 50,000.00 (Three Million Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars). III. Permanent Injunction 2) IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED, that Defaulting Defendant, its respective officers, agents, servants, employees, successors and assigns and all persons acting in concert with or under the direction of Defaulting Defendants (regardless of whether located in the United States or abroad), who receive actual notice of this Order are permanently enjoined and restrained from: A. manufacturing, importing, exporting, advertising, marketing, promoting, distributing, displaying, offering for sale, selling and/or otherwise dealing in Counterfeit Products or any other products bearing the Touch Marks and/or marks that are confusingly similar to, identical to and constitute a counterfeiting and/or infringement of the Touch Marks and/or incorporating the Touch Works and/or artwork that is substantially similar to, identical to and constitute infringement of the Touch Works; B. directly or indirectly infringing in any manner any of Plaintiff’s Touch Marks and Touch Works; C. using any reproduction, counterfeit, copy or colorable imitation of Plaintiff’s Touch Marks and Touch Works to identify any goods or services not authorized by Plaintiff; 2 Case 1:18-cv-09999-RA Document 85 Filed 02/16/21 Page 10 of 16 D. using any of Plaintiff’s Touch Marks and Touch Works, or any other marks or artwork that are confusingly or substantially similar to the Touch Marks and Touch Works on or in connection with the manufacturing, importing, exporting, advertising, marketing, promoting, distributing, displaying, offering for sale, selling and/or otherwise dealing in the Counterfeit Products; E. using any false designation of origin or false description, or engaging in any action which is likely to cause confusion, cause mistake and/or to deceive members of the trade and/or the public as to the affiliation, connection or association of any product manufactured, imported, exported, advertised, marketed, promoted, distributed, displayed, offered for sale or sold by Defaulting Defendants with Plaintiff, and/or as to the origin, sponsorship or approval of any product manufactured, imported, exported, advertised, marketed, promoted, distributed, displayed, offered for sale or sold by Defaulting Defendants and Defaulting Defendants’ commercial activities by Plaintiff; F. secreting, concealing, destroying, altering, selling off, transferring or otherwise disposing of and/or dealing with: (i) Counterfeit Products; (ii) any computer files, data, business records, documents or any other records or evidence relating to: i. Defaulting Defendants’ User Accounts and/or Merchant Storefronts; ii. Defaulting Defendants’ Assets; and iii. the manufacture, importation, exportation, advertising, marketing, promotion, distribution, display, offering for sale and/or sale of Counterfeit Products by Defaulting Defendants and by their respective officers, employees, agents, servants and all persons in active concert or participation with any of them; and 3 Case 1:18-cv-09999-RA Document 85 Filed 02/16/21 Page 11 of 16 G. effecting assignments or transfers, forming new entities or associations, or creating and/or utilizing any other platform, User Accounts, Merchant Storefronts or any other means of importation, exportation, advertising, marketing, promotion, distribution, display, offering for sale and/or sale of Counterfeit Products for the purposes of circumventing or otherwise avoiding the prohibitions set forth in this Order. 2) IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that Defaulting Defendants must deliver up for destruction to Plaintiff any and all Counterfeit Products and any and all packaging, labels, tags, advertising and promotional materials and any other materials in the possession, custody or control of Defaulting Defendants that infringe any of Plaintiff’s trademarks, copyrights or other rights including, without limitation, the Touch Marks and Touch Works, or bear any marks or artwork that are confusingly or substantially similar to the Touch Marks and Touch Works pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1118; 3) IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the Third Party Service Providers and Financial Institutions are permanently enjoined and restrained from: A. secreting, concealing, transferring, disposing of, withdrawing, encumbering or paying any of the Defaulting Defendants’ Frozen Assets from or to Defaulting Defendants’ Financial Accounts until further ordered by this Court; B. secreting, concealing, destroying, altering, selling off, transferring or otherwise disposing of and/or dealing with any computer files, data, business records, documents or any other records or evidence relating to Defaulting Defendants’ Frozen Assets and Defaulting Defendants’ Financial Accounts; 4 Case 1:18-cv-09999-RA Document 85 Filed 02/16/21 Page 12 of 16 C. knowingly instructing, aiding or abetting any other person or business entity in engaging in any of the activities referred to in subparagraphs III(1)(A) through III(2) and III(3)(A) through III(3)(B) above through III(4)(A) below. 4) IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the Third Party Service Providers are permanently enjoined and restrained from: A. providing services to Defaulting Defendants and Defaulting Defendants’ User Accounts and Merchant Storefronts, including, without limitation, continued operation of Defaulting Defendants’ User Accounts and Merchant Storefronts; and B. knowingly instructing, aiding or abetting any other person or business entity in engaging in any of the activities referred to in subparagraphs III(1)(A) through III(2) and III(3)(A) through III(3)(B) above through III(4)(A) above. IV. Order Authorizing Continued Alternative Service by Electronic Means 1) IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, as sufficient cause has been shown, that such alternative service by electronic means that was ordered in the TRO and PI Order, shall be deemed effective as to Defendants, Financial Institutions and Third Party Service Providers through the pendency of this action. V. Temporary Continuance of Asset Restraint 1) IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, as sufficient cause has been shown, that the Defendants are forbidden to make or suffer any sale, assignment, transfer or interference with any property in which they have an interest, except as set forth in subdivisions (h) and (i) of Section 5222 of the CPLR, for a thirty (30) day period after the entry of this Order. 5 Case 1:18-cv-09999-RA Document 85 Filed 02/16/21 Page 13 of 16 VI. Post-Judgment Asset Restraint and Transfer Order Pursuant to Rules 64, Rule 65, 15 U.S.C. § 1116(a) and this Court’s Inherent Equitable Powers 1) IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that in accordance with Rule 64 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 15 U.S.C. § 1116(a) and this Court’s inherent equitable powers to issue remedies ancillary to its authority to provide final relief, and given the difficulties Plaintiff would have enforcing this Order, Defaulting Defendants’ Frozen Assets from Defaulting Defendants’ Frozen Accounts, are, to the extent that a given Defaulting Defendants’ Frozen Assets equal Defaulting Defendants’ Individual Damages Award, hereby released and transferred to Plaintiff as full satisfaction of Defaulting Defendants’ Individual Damages Awards for that Defaulting Defendant, and those Defaulting Defendants’ Frozen Assets shall be transferred by the Financial Institutions to Plaintiff through Plaintiff’s counsel within twenty (20) business days following the service of this Order, and upon receipt by Plaintiff’s counsel of such Defaulting Defendants’ Frozen Assets in full satisfaction of Defaulting Defendants’ Individual Damages Awards, the Financial Institution(s) holding that Defaulting Defendants’ Frozen Assets and Defaulting Defendants’ Frozen Accounts may unfreeze that Defaulting Defendants’ Frozen Assets and Defaulting Defendants’ Frozen Accounts. To the extent that Defaulting Defendants’ Frozen Assets are less than Defaulting Defendants’ Individual Damages Awards, that Defaulting Defendants’ Frozen Assets are hereby released and transferred to Plaintiff as partial satisfaction of Defaulting Defendants’ Individual Damages Awards for that Defaulting Defendant and those Defaulting Defendants’ Frozen Assets shall be transferred by the Financial Institutions to Plaintiff through Plaintiff’s counsel within twenty (20) business days following the service of this Order, and 2) IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that in accordance with Rule 64, Rule 65, 15 U.S.C. § 1116(a) and this Court’s inherent equitable powers to issue remedies 6 Case 1:18-cv-09999-RA Document 85 Filed 02/16/21 Page 14 of 16 ancillary to its authority to provide final relief, and given the difficulties Plaintiff would have enforcing this Order, the Court also hereby grants Plaintiff’s request for a post-judgment restraining order continuing the attachment of each Defaulting Defendants’ Frozen Assets until Plaintiff has recovered the full payment of Defaulting Defendants’ Individual Damages Awards owed to it by that Defaulting Defendants under this Order, or until further order of this Court; and 3) IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that in accordance with Rule 64, Rule 65, 15 U.S.C. § 1116(a) and this Court’s inherent equitable powers to issue remedies ancillary to its authority to provide final relief, and given the difficulties Plaintiff would have enforcing this Order, until Plaintiff has recovered the full payment of Defaulting Defendants’ Individual Damages Awards owed to them by any Defaulting Defendant under this Order, in the event that Plaintiff discovers new and/or additional Defaulting Defendants’ Assets (whether said assets are located in the U.S. or abroad) and/or Defaulting Defendants’ Financial Accounts (whether said account is located in the U.S. or abroad) (“Defaulting Defendants’ Additional Assets” and “Defaulting Defendants’ Additional Financial Accounts,” respectively), Plaintiff shall have the ongoing authority to serve this Order on any Financial Institutions controlling or otherwise holding such Defaulting Defendants’ Additional Assets and/or Defaulting Defendants’ Additional Financial Accounts (“Financial Institutions Holding Defaulting Defendants’ Additional Assets and/or Financial Accounts”); A. Upon notice of this Order, Financial Institutions Holding Defaulting Defendants’ Additional Assets and/or Financial Accounts shall immediately locate Defaulting Defendants’ Additional Financial Accounts, attach and restrain such Defaulting 7 Case 1:18-cv-09999-RA Document 85 Filed 02/16/21 Page 15 of 16 Defendants’ Additional Assets in Defaulting Defendants’ Additional Financial Accounts from being secreted, concealed, transferred or disposed of or withdrawn; and B. After twenty (20) business days following the service of this Order on Financial Institutions Holding Defaulting Defendants’ Additional Assets and/or Financial Accounts, Financial Institutions Holding Defaulting Defendants’ Additional Assets and/or Financial Accounts shall transfer all of Defaulting Defendants’ Additional Assets to Plaintiff as partial or full satisfaction of Defaulting Defendants’ Individual Damage Awards, unless Defaulting Defendants have filed with this Court and served upon Plaintiff’s counsel a request that such Defaulting Defendants’ Additional Assets be exempted from this Order. VII. Miscellaneous Relief 4) Defaulting Defendants may, upon proper showing and two (2) business days written notice to the Court and Plaintiff’s counsel, appear and move for dissolution or modification of the provisions of this Order concerning the restriction or restraint of Defaulting Defendants’ Frozen Assets, Defaulting Defendants’ Additional Assets and/or Defaulting Defendants’ Additional Financial Accounts; 5) Any failure by Defaulting Defendants to comply with the terms of this Order shall be deemed contempt of Court, subjecting Defaulting Defendants to contempt remedies to be determined by the Court, including fines and seizure of property; 6) The Court releases the Five Thousand U.S. Dollar ($5,000.00) security bond that Plaintiff submitted in connection with this action to counsel for Plaintiff, Epstein Drangel, LLP, 60 East 42nd Street, Suite 2520, New York, NY 10165; and 8 Case 1:18-cv-09999-RA Document 85 Filed 02/16/21 Page 16 of 16 7) This Court shall retain jurisdiction over this matter and the parties in order to construe and enforce this Order. The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to close this case. SO ORDERED. February 16, 1. _________________________________ HON. RONNIE ABRAMS UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 9

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