Schedule "A" Case INTERNATIONAL WATCHMAN, INC. No.: 1:24-cv-22046 copyright infringement

I'm in the UK. Got notified about this by Florida case by Sriplaw Attorney Joel B. Rothman last week. I'm a private seller, had a single nato strap listing removed by ebay under VeRO rules two weeks ago. Sounds like they are accusing me of counterfeiting, copyright theft etc. Am reading up on these SAD cases now. Posting to try and connect with others perhaps in the same or similar situation.

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Hi,

Many thanks for your reply, I've been a little worried about this. I've tried to attach the screenshot here, hopefully it's worked OK.

 

I look forward to hearing from you.

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That's excellent, but is the "attached complaint" (to which you are expected to reply) also available?

 

And did they - as they often do - furnish you with a Screensave of what is supposed to have offended them?

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Hi,

Thanks for your reply. There are several pdf attachments, some several pages long, I wouldn't know which one to post here.

 

Should I be concerned at all? Thanjs again.

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Re: Schedule "A" Case INTERNATIONAL WATCHMAN, INC. No.: 1:24-cv-22046 copyright infringeme

Hi All
I received this e mail today from international Watchman lawyers


Hello wristworx

International Watchman filed a lawsuit in the United States claiming that your account was used to sell inauthentic International Watchman products.  The court has ruled that you have forfeited your legal defense, and you are ordered to no longer list NATO items. Please be sure to review your listings and remove any listings that infringe on the plaintiff’s intellectual property. Do not attempt to relist these products or use NATO in any other listing titles or descriptions.  Doing so may result in your account being permanently disabled. International Watchman can be contacted through their attorneys at the following email address: 

Basically a cease and desist
I assume that Omega have received the same email as they still sell NATO straps on their website
Obviously they are not going to prosecute as the cost is prohibiting for them
Hopefully this reassures everyone that they are not taking things further
I’m going to change my straps to James Bond style straps instead of NATO
Maybe Amazon own that word now !!!!
Michael
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Hi,

Thanks for the above. Did you receive the email which I did beforehand? Mamy thanks in advance.

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Have they produced any evidence of what you were selling? If so, first respond by asking them for proof of the listing, without which they will be unable to meet the evidential bar. They are seeking to extort $ from yours a  a license fee for using (or for having used) what are actually historic, generic watch industry terms. Are you able to drop your email here, for private contact?

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Yes have had several e mails

i replied to a few but now i ignore them

They sent me court documents listing my eBay site basically a screen shot

 I somehow doubt they will engage a firm of UK lawyers as they won’t spend the money

 

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my e mail ****

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Thank you Mike, can  mdow4909 also send an email, and I'll send recommended response.

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You really shouldn't post your email on here.

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Thanks for your reply. I'm reluctant to even acknowledge their email, as I previously mentioned, it could easily have gone to my spam and I'd never have seen it.

I'm hoping that they'll just go away, it sounds like scare tactics to try to extract money from ordinary people to me.

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Re: Schedule "A" Case INTERNATIONAL WATCHMAN, INC. No.: 1:24-cv-22046 copyright infringeme

Yes fine
Michael Webber
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Re: Schedule "A" Case INTERNATIONAL WATCHMAN, INC. No.: 1:24-cv-22046 copyright infringeme

It’s just for this
Michael Webber
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Yes that’s  fine 

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It’s just an e mail for here

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Hi, Thanks for your reply.

I'm not really comfortable putting my email up here - all this business we're talking about here has made me worry about anything online! Can you not post your advice on here? Thanks

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Re: Schedule "A" Case INTERNATIONAL WATCHMAN, INC. No.: 1:24-cv-22046 copyright infringeme

Thanks Mike. So, would you say I can just ignore the threatening lawsuit email, and hope they go away? Thanks in advance. 

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