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PITBULL PRODUCTIONS AND U.S. MARSHALLS NAIL ANOTHER BOOTLEGGER
By: Keith Witchka, Staff Writer - 03-17-10 4:05 p.m. PDT
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Pitbull Productions announced today that an early morning raid ordered by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and conducted by a team of U.S. Marshals yielded in excess of 10,000 counterfeit DVDs.Pitbull Productions, Inc further announced that they have served a lawsuit against the retailer for engaging in the duplication, importation, distribution, and/or sale of unauthorized merchandise infringing upon copyrighted and trademarked properties.
The Defendant in the lawsuit and raid is the B&B Bookstore located at 116 Christopher Street, New York, NY.
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The complaint was filed in Federal Court for the Southern District of New York as a result of a broadening investigation that eventually uncovered a large-scale counterfeiter, plaintiff’s spokesperson Bruce Fleming announced Monday.“Pitbull worked tirelessly to obtain sufficient evidence for the Federal Court to approve the raid, including long-term undercover operations which yielded information that many of the major adult gay movie studios had DVDs that were being bootlegged.”
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Among claims asserted are those under the Latham act “…for causing confusion, mistake and deception …“and that the defendants had unlawfully used Plaintiff’s “trademarks and copyrights in interstate commerce”.It is the infringement of trademark which constitutes false designation and false advertising.
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In effect, Pitbull Productions, Inc. seeks to determine all parties, persons and entities involved in the counterfeiting, illegal distribution and sale of their DVDs.“These egregious acts of corporate terrorism will not be tolerated and the Plaintiffs have implored every legal means at their disposal to apprehend and prosecute all those involved,” plaintiff’s spokesman added.
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JRL is also investigating other retail store outlets that are rumored to be doing the same crime that B & B Bookstore is alleged to have done.We'll keep you posted on this story as it continues to develop. Stay tuned to the JRL daily for the latest Info and Entertainment on the Gay Adult Film Industry.
