Stop Overseas Infringement. Collect Money Damages.
Anti-Counterfeiting Litigation
We hit counterfeiters where it matters: their digital wallets.
Rights holders are well aware of the “whack-a-mole” being played to stop infringement. Take While this will not completely stop infringers, they are less likely to continue repeat infringement against a certain brand when they know that brand will not only take down their infringing storefronts, but also collect on judgments through acquiring funds in frozen online accounts.
What is Schedule A Litigation?
A specialized form of trademark, copyright, and patent litigation exclusively aimed at overseas counterfeiters, typically operating on third-party platforms such as AliExpress, Amazon, Ebay, and Wish.com
What is Specialized About this Litigation?
It turns legal action into profit. There are many anti-counterfeiting tools available to combat the “whack a mole” problem of infringing products. But most are cost centers. This form of litigation stops infringers through restraining the defendants’ US-based payment accounts, such as Stripe or PayPal, and collecting on the ultimate judgment through those restrained funds.
What type of Plaintiff is Best Suited for this Litigation?
A Plaintiff that possesses a registered trademark, copyright, or design patent that is experiencing heavy infringement of its intellectual property rights from overseas infringers.
What does it cost?
Revision Legal offers cost-effective plans, including contingency fee litigation, to prosecute Schedule A litigation matters.
Our Results Speak for Themselves
Anti-Counterfeiting
Obtained Judgments of $100,000,000+
in Anti-Counterfeiting Litigation.
Revision Legal has represented several rights holders that fought against overseas infringers. Through this specialized litigation, known as “Schedule A litigation,” Revision Legal has obtained nine figures worth of judgments against the defendants and has collected over $1,000,000,000 for its clients.
How Does this Process Work?
Weeks 1-2
Our attorneys, with support from our law clerks typically sourced from Michigan State University’s Center for Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection program (A-CAPP) search third-party platforms for infringing content, screenshot and organize the evidence, and perform test buys.
Week 3
We work with the client to verify the infringement and execute declarations to be used in support of our impending Motion for Temporary Restraining Order.
Weeks 4-6
We draft and file the Complaint, Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, Electronic Service, and Expedited Discovery.
Week 6-10
We serve the TRO and subpoenas on the third-party platforms and other service providers, including PayPal, Stripe, Payoneer, and Ant Financial to restrain any financial accounts connected to the infringers.
Weeks 10-13
We complete electronic service, file a Motion for Preliminary Injunction, and eventually, a Motion for Default and Default Judgment on the vast majority of infringers that do not appear and defend. We also work to settle settlements with those relatively few infringers that retain US counsel.
Week 14-16
We work with third-parties to have the frozen funds released to our client in partial satisfaction of the judgments.
Revision Legal has helped brand owners develop strategies to combat counterfeiting. Whether you are an artist or a product manufacturer, we can help you fight against the importation of counterfeit goods
- Seized millions of dollars from payment accounts of foreign infringers
- Tracked and stopped the importation of counterfeit goods bearing our client’s copyrighted works
- Removed counterfeit listings from a variety of online platforms, such as Amazon.com, Etsy, eBay, Alibaba, and Wish.com
- Developed processes and procedures for continuously combating counterfeiting on behalf of clients
- Developed proprietary anti-counterfeiting techniques to help consumers identify our client’s products in the marketplace and avoid purchasing counterfeit goods.
Force Negotiation
Negotiate a Resolution
A consumer products manufacturer approached Revision Legal for help in stopping an overseas competitor from importing patent-infringing products and selling them on the Amazon.com marketplace.
Revision Legal sought an ex parte temporary restraining order, freezing the US-based payment accounts of the overseas infringer, forcing the infringer to negotiate a resolution and to cease infringing upon our client’s patent rights.
Take Action
Contact Revision Legal today for a free assessment of whether your business is suited to protect its rights through Schedule A litigation.
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