Rollercoaster of damage awards in counterfeiting cases won’t deter infringers

By May Cheng ( August 20, 2024, 10:23 AM EDT) -- It’s a rare and special day when one gets to report on a case in which the author appeared as a witness, but such is this special day. I attended as an Independent Supervising Solicitor in a case involving the execution of an Anton Piller Order for the first time in September 2023, which resulted in the seizure of hundreds upon hundreds of counterfeit Louis Vuitton items and was recently the subject of a Federal Court summary trial in Louis Vuitton Malletier S.A. v. Torf et al., 2024 FC 1152 [LMVH v. Torf]. ...