Chanel counterfeiters beware: US federal court orders domains seized and de-indexed

We’re well versed within the art of the gadget KIRF ’round these parts, but counterfeiting’s an issue faced by the fad world, too. Chanel filed suit in federal court to prevent hundreds of web sites from selling KIRFs of its gear, and the judge recently ordered the seizure and transfer of these domains to GoDaddy to hang in trust until the case is resolved. It was also decreed that they be stricken from the indices of se’s and social media — including, but not limited to Bing, Google, Facebook, and Twitter. So it kind of feels the federal courts have obtained the power to reserve that legal remedy (the de-indexing) accept by companies not party to a lawsuit (Google, et al), though we all know of no law granting it such powers. For sure, we won’t know unquestionably until one of the most accused copycat sites decides to lawyer up and fight back. Until then, fashion KIRFs beware: the feds can apparently wipe every trace of you from the net.

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