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  1. May 01, 2020

    COVID-19 IP Catch-Up: Looming Trials, Jeff Dunham's Dummy

    The copyright and patent offices have pushed back certain deadlines as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, while at least one intellectual property bench trial is about to proceed over video. Here, Law360 pulls together all the updates you might have missed, including victories for 3M in its trademark campaign and a new suit by comedian Jeff Dunham seeking to protect his image.

  2. June 20, 2017

    5-Hour Energy Scheme Nets Husband 7 Years, Wife 2 Years

    A California federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a husband to seven years in prison and his wife to two years for their roles in a massive scheme to sell counterfeit 5-Hour Energy drinks, saying during a hearing the crimes were motivated by "pure greed."

  3. June 16, 2017

    Conspirator In Fake 5-Hour Energy Scheme Gets 6 Months

    A conspirator who pled guilty in California federal court to being part of a scheme to peddle fake 5-Hour Energy drinks was sentenced Thursday to six months in prison and ordered to pay $555,801 in restitution to Living Essentials LLC, the drink’s maker.

  4. May 24, 2017

    Phony 5-Hour Energy Bottle Maker Gets Over 2 Years

    A California federal judge sentenced a bottle maker on Wednesday to more than two years in prison for his role in a massive scheme to counterfeit 5-Hour Energy drinks, saying he must serve prison time even if he didn't originally know conspirators had asked him to make packaging for phony products.

  5. May 18, 2017

    Phony 5-Hour Energy Middleman Angles For No Jail

    A Southern California man who admitted to being a go-between in a scheme to counterfeit millions of bottles of 5-Hour Energy urged a federal judge to give him a no-jail sentence Wednesday, saying he was unaware his actions were illegal until midway through.

  6. May 09, 2017

    5-Hour Energy Scheme Duo Fights Feds' $4M Forfeiture Bid

    Federal prosecutors and a couple convicted of selling counterfeit 5-Hour Energy drinks squared off in California federal court Tuesday over whether the duo must forfeit $4 million, with the couple arguing during a sentencing hearing that they already paid the beverage company a $6 million civil settlement.

  7. May 03, 2017

    Feds Want At Least 5 Years For Duo In 5-Hour Energy Scheme

    California federal prosecutors on Tuesday asked for a couple convicted of a scheme to sell counterfeit 5-Hour Energy drinks to serve more than five years in prison each, with the husband in turn asking for three years and his wife for time served.

  8. April 26, 2017

    Counterfeit 5-Hour Energy Ringleader Sentenced To 7 Years

    A wholesale distribution company owner who pled guilty to orchestrating a scheme to sell counterfeit 5-Hour Energy drinks was sentenced on Wednesday to seven years in prison and ordered to pay more than half a million dollars in restitution to the drink's maker, according to the U.S. attorney's office in San Francisco.

  9. April 20, 2017

    Feds Want 9 Years For Head Of Counterfeit 5-Hour Energy Plot

    A wholesale distribution company owner who pled guilty to running a scheme to sell counterfeit 5-Hour Energy drinks should serve nine years in prison and pay more than half a million dollars in restitution to the drink's maker, Innovation Ventures LLC, California federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

  10. November 29, 2016

    Two Convicted In 5-Hour Energy Counterfeit Case

    Two former 5-Hour Energy exporters were convicted in California federal court late Monday of charges linked to counterfeiting the energy drinks.

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