Sesame Workshop Files Lawsuit to Keep Amazon, Walmart, eBay From Selling Allegedly Counterfeit Toys
Sesame Workshop filed a lawsuit on Friday against sellers on e-commerce sites like eBay, Walmart and Amazon in an effort to stop the sale of allegedly counterfeit merchandise — or else pay $150,000 per infringed work.
The parent company of “Sesame Street” also named AliExpress, eCRATER, MadeInChina and Temu as examples of how these so-called alias store operators are able to function in their copyright lawsuit filed in the northern district of Illinois’ eastern division and obtained by TheWrap.
“Plaintiff filed this case to prevent e-commerce store operators who trade upon
Plaintiff’s reputation and goodwill from further selling and/or offering for sale Unauthorized Products,” they wrote. “Defendants create e-commerce stores under one or more Seller Aliases and then advertise, offer for sale and/or sell Unauthorized Products to unknowing consumers. E-commerce stores operating under the Seller Aliases share identifiers, such as design elements and similarities of the Unauthorized Products offered for sale,...
The parent company of “Sesame Street” also named AliExpress, eCRATER, MadeInChina and Temu as examples of how these so-called alias store operators are able to function in their copyright lawsuit filed in the northern district of Illinois’ eastern division and obtained by TheWrap.
“Plaintiff filed this case to prevent e-commerce store operators who trade upon
Plaintiff’s reputation and goodwill from further selling and/or offering for sale Unauthorized Products,” they wrote. “Defendants create e-commerce stores under one or more Seller Aliases and then advertise, offer for sale and/or sell Unauthorized Products to unknowing consumers. E-commerce stores operating under the Seller Aliases share identifiers, such as design elements and similarities of the Unauthorized Products offered for sale,...
- 3/3/2025
- by JD Knapp
- The Wrap
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