In recent days, the changsha intellectual property protection centre has monitored a number of cases of overseas intellectual property disputes involving enterprises of transborder electricity operators in hunan. An immediate response is recommended if the sale of such products on platforms such as the amazon, the ali baba online platform (aribaba international station) and aliexpress. Com (“fast-away sales”) may give rise to legal disputes. The details of the case are as follows:
Case i. Grumpy cat trademark infringement action
Introduction to the basic case
Plaintiff: grumpy cat limited
Agency: whitewood law pllc
Prosecution time: 11 june 2026
Case no. 1: 26-cv-04937
Reason for action: the plaintiff argued that the defendant had violated its trademark rights by selling products on the electrician platform。
Competent court: united states federal district court for the southern district of new york
2. Introduction by the plaintiff
Grumpy cat limited, with authorization from the main violent cat ip brand, r & d sales, holds two united states federally registered trademarks (registration nos. 4,417,549, 4,820,434), covering digital accessories, homes, clothing, books, creations, etc., and the official network is grumpycats. Com. In 2012, after the red cat network, the plaintiff operated the ip commercial development exclusively, investing heavily in the promotion of brand-making goodwill, and the plaintiff and the authorized party alone had the right to produce and sell the original product with the chimpanzee cat trademark。
Presentation by the agency
Whitewood law pllc is located in manhattan, new york, and specializes in trademarks, copyright litigation and false rights defence by cross-border electric operators, mainly in tro temporary injunctions, bulk-line counterfeit litigation, service network red ip, writing brands. The team worked on the united states lanham act and federal intellectual property litigation, and was very good at initiating collective prosecutions against cross-border, anonymous distribution networks, representing well-known ip rights defenders such as hot cats and fire ninjas. Standardized processing platforms for evidence, cross-border vendor liability, account closure, three-fold full recovery process, and the federal court for the southern district of new york has a large volume of fraudulent jurisprudence。
4. Trademarks involved
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(note: photo from material in the case no. 1:26-cv-04937
Introduction to the basic case
Plaintiff: logaro llc
Agency: au llc
Indictment: 29 june 2026
Case no. 1: 26-cv-03620-jpb
Reason for action: the plaintiff argued that the defendant had violated its trademark rights by selling products on the electrician platform。
Jurisdictional court: atlanta division, federal district court, northern district of georgia, united states
2. Introduction by the plaintiff
Logaro llc is a cross-border trading enterprise in the united states with two main categories of creative stationery and jewellery detection equipment. Sales are mainly directed to the north american market. Deep-farming lines on platforms such as the todo amazon and wal-mart have invested heavily in marketing and branding, with united states federal trademarks with registration number 7,461,035。
Presentation by the agency
Au llc was established in 2011 in chicago with its core head, adam e. Urbanczyk, with the qualifications of illinois, michigan and washington, d. C., to practice as a lawyer, and the united states patent and trademark office. It covers trademark registration, patent applications, copyright protection, and tort proceedings before the federal court. Collective prosecutions are conducted against anonymous cross-border sellers such as amazon, wal-mart and temu, standardized for taking evidence, applying for tro to temporarily freeze payment accounts, permanent injunctions, and triple-threshold claims. Many cases of mass falsifying brands such as logaro llc and lcr dice. The team is staffed by chinese law officers, intellectual property disputes with sino-american cross-border electricians, and involves mass litigation for false claims。
4. Trademarks involved
(note: pictures are based on 1:26-cv-03620-jpb file material
Case iii harlemrak trademark tort proceedings
Introduction to the basic case
Plaintiff: hallmark licensing, llc
Agent greer, burns & crain, ltd.
Prosecution time: 6 july 2026
Case no. 1: 26-cv-06351
Reason for action: the plaintiff argued that the defendant had violated its trademark rights by selling products on the electrician platform。
Jurisdictional court: united states federal district court for the northern district of illinois (east division)
2. Introduction by the plaintiff
Hallmark licensing, llc (herman) was created in 1910. The global brand of cards, gifts, video ip, with crown design as its logo. Corporate business covers a wide range of areas such as cards, gift packs, stationery, clothing, toys, bedding, cosmetics, electronic cards, digital entertainment and television channels, with products sold to more than 100 countries and territories worldwide。
In cross-border electrician litigation, hallmark licensing, llc has taken very frequent advocacy actions, mainly involving trademark and copyright infringement, including classic ip “rainbow brite”, “hallmark” writing trademarks, emblematic crown graphic trademarks, etc。
Presentation by the agency
Greer, burns & crain, ltd., a professional intellectual property firm in chicago, has been very active in recent years in the field of united states cross-border electronics, buying evidence, i. E. By looking for suspected tort sellers on major cross-border electronics platforms-- pre-indictment purchases of suspected tort products - purchases are used as evidence of prosecution to achieve the purpose of large-scale litigation in united states local courts (usually in northern illinois). In many united states firms, the gbc represents a large number of intellectual property litigation cases per year, covering games and animation ip (rainbow friends, bluey, etc.), automobiles and machinery brands (general motors, etc.), clothing, footwear and sports brands (nike, etc.), musical instruments, toys and daily consumer goods (dyson, etc.)。
4. Trademarks involved (parts)
(note: pictures are taken from the case file at 1:26-cv-06351. Photos above are provided by correspondents)
Enterprises involved in the above cases can respond as quickly as possible by contacting the changsha intellectual property protection centre. In the case of other businesses that are not involved in legal proceedings but operate similar products, it is recommended to conduct a self-check to avoid legal disputes。
