August 20, 2013

OtterBox awarded $2 million in counterfeiting case

FORT COLLINS – A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction against S & P Trading Inc. and ordered the New York counterfeiter to pay OtterBox $2 million, Fort Collins’ OtterBox said Tuesday.

U.S. District Judge Raymond J. Dearie issued the order against College Point, N.Y.,-based S & P on April 29, according to an order made in the Eastern District of New York.

S & P infringed on OtterBox’ trademarks when it sold more than 146,000 counterfeit OtterBox cases, raking in nearly $2.9 million, according to a court filing signed by S & P’s president, Pearl Chen. The injunction…

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