# Yves Saint Laurent S.A.S. v. The Individuals, Business Entities, and Unincorporated Associations identified on Schedule A

> District Court, S.D. Florida · June 14, 2023

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- **Decided:** June 14, 2023
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

Case No. 23-cv-61028-BLOOM

YVES SAINT LAURENT S.A.S.,

Plaintiff,
v.

THE INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESS ENTITIES,
AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS
IDENTIFIED ON SCHEDULE “A,”
Defendants.
/

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION
FOR ENTRY OF PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

THIS CAUSE is before the Court upon Plaintiff’s Motion for Entry of Preliminary
Injunction, ECF No. [10] (“Motion”). The Court has carefully considered the Motion, the record
in this case, and the applicable law, and is otherwise fully advised.
Plaintiff Yves Saint Laurent S.A.S. (“Plaintiff”) moves for entry of a preliminary injunction
against Defendants1 for alleged violations of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1114, 1125(a), and
1125(d). The Court held a hearing by video conference on June 14, 2023, which was attended by
counsel for Plaintiff only. During the hearing, Plaintiff directed the Court to evidence supporting
the Motion. None of the Defendants formally responded to the Motion, nor have they made any
appearance or filing in this case, either individually or through counsel.2 Because Plaintiff has
satisfied the requirements for the issuance of a preliminary injunction, the Court grants the Motion.

1 Defendants are the Individuals, Business Entities, and Unincorporated Associations identified on Schedule
“A.” ECF No. [18].
2 Plaintiff’s counsel was also contacted via email by counsel regarding a possible resolution of the matter
on behalf of Defendant Numbers 13, 46, and 53. ECF No. [23] at n.1. However, neither counsel nor
Defendants have entered any formal appearance or filed any response with the Court as of this date.
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I. BACKGROUND?
Plaintiff is the owner of the following trademarks (the “YSL Marks”), which are valid and
registered on the Principal Register of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO):

Trademark Registration Registration Class(es) / Relevant Goods
Number Date
. November 3,
YVES SAINT LAURENT 0,901,660 1970 IC 018: handbags.
IC 006: keyholders.
IC 009: sunglasses, optical
frames and cases for glasses.
IC 014: jewelry, clocks and
watches.
IC 018: handbags, luggage, tote
bags, briefcases, wallets,
billfolds, change purses, and key
fobs.
IC 025: women's and girls’
1.711.127 September 1, | apparel; namely, dresses, gowns,
a 1992 skirts, slacks, pants, suits,
blouses, shirts, sweaters, jeans,
neckwear, scarves, belts,
sleepwear, underwear, lingerie,
robes, camisoles, slips, brassieres,
robes, swimwear, beach cover-
ups, shoes, slippers, sandals,
boots, gloves, hosiery, tights,
coats, raincoats, jackets, capes,
shawls, fur muffs and headwear;
men's and boys apparel; namely,
outercoats, raincoats, blazers,
sportcoats, vests, suits, pants,
jackets, tuxedos, shirts, jeans,
sweaters, neckwear, pocket
> The factual background is taken from Plaintiff's Amended Complaint, ECF No. [18], Plaintiff's Motion,
ECF No. [10], and supporting evidentiary submissions. Plaintiff filed declarations and exhibits annexed
thereto in support of its Motion. The declarations are available in the docket at the following entries: ECF
Nos. [10-1], [10-2], [10-3]. Plaintiff also filed a Notice of Identification of Additional Financial Accounts
Used by Defendant Number 14. ECF No. [17].

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Number Date
squares, pajamas, night shirts,
robes, bath wraps, shoes, sandals,
slippers, hosiery, socks, gloves,
scarves, hats, swimwear, belts
and suspenders.
IC 006: keyholders.
IC 009: sunglasses, optical
frames and cases for glasses.
IC 014: jewelry, clocks and
watches.
IC 018: handbags, luggage, tote
bags, briefcases, wallets,
billfolds, change purses and key
fobs.
IC 025: women's and girl's
apparel; namely, dresses, gowns,
skirts, slacks, pants, suits,
blouses, shirts, sweaters, jeans,
AIRS IRATE. HUET 1.712.998 September 8, | neckwear, scarves, belts,
a 1992 sleepwear, underwear, lingerie,
robes, camisoles, slips, brassieres,
robes, swimwear, beach cover-
ups, shoes, slippers, sandals,
gloves, hosiery, tights, leotards,
leg warmers, coats, raincoats,
jackets, capes, shawls, fur muffs
and headwear; men's and □□□□□
apparel; namely, outercoats,
raincoats, blazers, sportcoats,
vests, suits, pants, dinner jackets,
jackets, tuxedos, shirts, jeans,
sweaters, neckwear, pocket
squares, pajamas, night shirts,
robes, bath wraps, shoes, boots,
sandals, slippers, hosiery, socks,
gloves, scarves, hats, swimwear,
belts and suspenders.

1992

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umber Date
IC 009: sunglasses, optical
frames and cases for glasses.
IC 014: jewelry, clocks and
watches.
IC 018: handbags, luggage, tote
bags, briefcases, wallets,
billfolds, change purses, and key
fobs.
IC 025: women's and girl's
apparel; namely, dresses, gowns,
skirts, slacks, pants, suits,
blouses, shirts, sweaters, jeans,
neckwear, scarves, belts,
sleepwear, underwear, lingerie,
robes, camisoles, slips, brassieres,
robes, swimwear, beach cover-
ups, shoes, slippers, sandals,
boots, gloves, hosiery, tights,
coats, raincoats, jackets, capes,
shawls, fur muffs and headwear;
men's and boy's apparel; namely,
outercoats, raincoats, blazers,
sportcoats, vests, suits, pants,
jackets, tuxedos, shirts, jeans,
sweaters, neckwear, pocket
squares, pajamas, night shirts,
robes, bath wraps, shoes, sandals,
slippers, hosiery, socks, gloves,
scarves, hats, swimwear, belts
and suspenders.
IC 006: keyholders and metal
pillboxes.
IC 009: sunglasses, optical
frames and cases for glasses.
January 12,
WESSAINTAURENT 1,745,483 1993
IC 014: jewelry, clocks and
watches.
IC 016: stationery; namely, pens,
pencils and playing cards.

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Number Date
IC 018: handbags, luggage, tote
bags, briefcases, wallets,
billfolds, change purses.
IC 025: women's and girl's
apparel; namely, dresses, gowns,
skirts, slacks, pants, suits,
blouses, shirts, sweaters, jeans,
neckwear, scarves, belts,
sleepwear, underwear, lingerie,
robes, camisoles, slips, brassieres,
robes, swimwear, beach cover-
ups, shoes, slippers, sandals,
gloves, hosiery, tights, leotards,
coats, raincoats, jackets, capes,
shawls, fur muffs and headwear;
men's and boys apparel; namely,
outercoats, raincoats, blazers,
sportcoats, vests, suits, pants,
dinner jackets, jackets, tuxedos,
shirts, jeans, sweaters, neckwear,
pocket squares, pajamas, night
shirts, robes, bath wraps, shoes,
boots, sandals, slippers, hosiery,
socks, gloves, scarves, hats,
swimwear, belts and suspenders.
IC 009: sunglasses; accessories
for telephones, mobile
telephones, smartphones, video
phones, tablet computers, PDAs
(personal digital assistants) and
MP3 players, namely, covers,
cases, cases and covers for
SAINT LAURENT 5,195,857 May 2, 2017 portable computers, covers; USB
PARIS flash drives.
IC 014: precious metals and their
alloys; jewellery of alloys and
plated, namely, rings, earrings,
cuff links, bracelets, brooches,
pendants, charms, chains and
watch chains, necklaces, medals,

Registration Registration
Trademark Class(es) / Relevant Goods
Number Date
medallions; semi-precious stones:
jewellery cases.

IC 018: leather and imitations of
leather, animal skins and
imitation animal skins; leather
goods and imitation of leather
goods, namely, handbags,
shoulder bags, messenger bags,
tote bags, luggage, wallets,
purses, notecard cases, briefcases,
attaché cases, school bags, school
satchels, beach bags, bags for
sports, belt bags, sling bags for
travel, suitcases, trunks, travelling
bags, rucksacks, shopping bags,
clutch bags, pouches; vanity
cases sold empty, toiletry bags
sold empty, garment bags for
travel, travelling sets, namely,
coordinated luggage sets for
travel, key cases in leather.

IC 025: men’s, women’s and
children's clothing, namely, suits,
coats, jackets, pants, shirts,
raincoats, sweatsuits, underwear,
pullovers, knit shirts, and under
garments; evening wear, namely,
evening dresses, evening gowns,
evening wraps, tuxedos, blazers,
and three-quarter coats; hosiery,
namely, socks and stockings;
knitwear clothing, namely,
sweaters, knitted underwear, and
knit caps; sportswear, namely,
sports shirts, sport jerseys, sport
pants; clothing accessories,
namely, suspenders, ties, bow
ties, and scarves; belts for
clothing; gloves; footwear and
headwear.
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umber Date
IC 009: sunglasses; accessories
for telephones, mobile
telephones, smartphones, video
phones, tablet computers, PDAs
(personal digital assistants) and
MP3 players, namely, covers,
cases, cases and covers for
portable computers, covers; USB
flash drives.
IC 014: precious metals and their
alloys; jewellery of alloys and
plated, namely, rings, earrings,
cuff links, bracelets, brooches,
pendants, charms, chains and
watch chains, necklaces, medals,
medallions; semi-precious stones:
jewellery cases.
IC 018: leather and imitations of
leather, animal skins and
August 15, | imitation animal skins; leather
SAINT LAURENT 9,266,193 2017 goods and imitation of leather
goods, namely, handbags,
shoulder bags, messenger bags,
tote bags, luggage, wallets,
purses, notecard cases, briefcases,
attaché cases, school bags, school
satchels, beach bags, bags for
sports, belt bags, sling bags for
travel, suitcases, trunks, travelling
bags, rucksacks, shopping bags,
clutch bags, pouches; vanity
cases sold empty, toiletry bags
sold empty, garment bags for
travel, travelling sets, namely,
coordinated luggage sets for
travel, key cases in leather.
IC 025: men’s, women’s and
children's clothing, namely, suits,
coats, jackets, pants, shirts,
raincoats, sweatsuits, underwear,
pullovers, knit shirts, and under

Registration Registration
Trademark Class(es) / Relevant Goods
Number Date
garments; evening wear, namely,
evening dresses, evening gowns,
evening wraps, tuxedos, blazers,
and three-quarter coats; hosiery,
namely, socks and stockings;
knitwear clothing, namely,
sweaters, knitted underwear, and
knit caps; sportswear, namely,
sports shirts, sport jerseys, sport
pants; clothing accessories,
namely, suspenders, ties, bow
ties, and scarves; belts for
clothing; gloves; footwear and
headwear.
See Declaration of Courtney Brown, ECF No. [10-1] ¶ 4; ECF No. [18-1] (containing Certificates
of Registrations for the YSL Marks at issue). The YSL Marks are used in connection with the
manufacture and distribution of high-quality goods in the categories identified above. See
Declaration of Courtney Brown, ECF No. [10-1] ¶¶ 4-5.
Defendants, by operating the Internet based e-commerce stores under the seller names
identified on Schedule “A” (the “E-commerce Store Names”), have advertised, promoted, offered
for sale, or sold goods bearing and/or using what Plaintiff has determined to be counterfeits,
infringements, reproductions, and/or colorable imitations of the YSL Marks. See Declaration of
Courtney Brown, ECF No. [10-1] ¶¶ 9-13; Declaration of T. Raquel Wiborg-Rodriguez, ECF No.
[10-2] ¶ 2; Declaration of Kathleen Burns, ECF No. [10-3] ¶ 4; Declaration of Kathleen Burns in
Support of Plaintiff’s Notice of Identification of Additional Financial Accounts Used by Defendant
Number 14, ECF No. [17-1] ¶ 5.
Although each Defendant may not copy and infringe each YSL Mark for each category of
goods protected, Plaintiff has submitted sufficient evidence showing that each Defendant has
infringed at least one or more of the YSL Marks. See Declaration of Courtney Brown, ECF No.
[10-1] ¶¶ 9-13. Defendants are not now, nor have they ever been, authorized or licensed to use,
reproduce, or make counterfeits, reproductions, or colorable imitations of the YSL Marks. See
Declaration of Courtney Brown, ECF No. [10-1] ¶¶ 9, 12-13.
Plaintiff’s counsel retained Invisible Inc, a licensed private investigative firm, to

investigate the promotion and sale of counterfeit and infringing versions of Plaintiff’s products by
Defendants and to obtain the available payment account data for receipt of funds paid to
Defendants for the sale of counterfeit versions of Plaintiff’s branded products. See Declaration of
Courtney Brown, ECF No. [10-1] ¶ 10; Declaration of T. Raquel Wiborg-Rodriguez, ECF No.
[10-2] ¶ 2; Declaration of Kathleen Burns, ECF No. [10-3] ¶ 3. Invisible Inc accessed the Internet
based e-commerce stores operating under each of Defendants’ E-commerce Store Names and
placed orders from each Defendant for the purchase of various products, all bearing and/or using
counterfeits of, at least, one of Plaintiff’s trademarks at issue in this action, and requested each
product to be shipped to an address in the Southern District of Florida. See Declaration of Kathleen
Burns, ECF No. [10-3] ¶ 4 and Comp. Ex. 1 thereto, ECF Nos. [10-4] – [10-8]. Each order was
processed entirely online4 and following the submission of the orders, Invisible Inc received

information for finalizing payment5 for the various products ordered to their respective payment
account, identified on Schedule “A.”6 See id. At the conclusion of the process, the detailed web
page captures and images of the various products bearing and/or using the YSL Marks ordered via

4 Certain Defendants use their E-commerce Store Names in tandem with image hosting websites and
electronic communication via private messaging applications and/or services to complete their offer and
sale of counterfeit and infringing Saint Laurent-branded products. See Declaration of Kathleen Burns, ECF
No. [10-3] ¶ 4, n.1.
5 Invisible Inc was instructed to not transmit the funds to finalize the sale for some of the orders from
Defendants so as to avoid adding money to Defendants’ coffers. See Declaration of T. Raquel Wiborg-
Rodriguez, ECF No. [10-2] ¶ 2 n.1; Declaration of Kathleen Burns, ECF No. [10-3] ¶ 4 n.2.
6 Certain Defendants also provided contact e-mail addresses in connection with their E-commerce Store
Names, which are included on Schedule “A” hereto. See Declaration of T. Raquel Wiborg-Rodriguez, ECF
No. [10-2] at 3; Declaration of Kathleen Burns, ECF No. [10-3] at 4 n.2.
Defendants’ E-commerce Store Names were sent to Plaintiff’s representative for inspection. See
Declaration of Courtney Brown, ECF No. [10-1] ¶ 11; Declaration of T. Raquel Wiborg-
Rodriguez, ECF No. [10-2] ¶ 2; Declaration of Kathleen Burns, ECF No. [10-3] ¶ 4.
Plaintiff’s representative reviewed and visually inspected the products bearing and/or using

the YSL Marks ordered and purchased by Invisible Inc and determined the products were not
genuine versions of Plaintiff’s goods. See Declaration of Courtney Brown, ECF No. [10-1] ¶¶ 12-
13.
On June 1, 2023, Plaintiff filed its Complaint, ECF No. [1], and thereafter its Amended
Complaint on June 6, 2023, ECF No. [18], against Defendants for trademark counterfeiting and
infringement, false designation of origin, cybersquatting, common law unfair competition, and
common law trademark infringement. On June 2, 2023, Plaintiff filed its Ex Parte Application for
Entry of Temporary Restraining Order, Preliminary Injunction, and Order Restraining Transfer of
Assets, ECF No. [10]. On June 2, 2023, this Court entered a Temporary Restraining Order, and
temporarily restrained Defendants from infringing the YSL Marks at issue. See ECF No. [12]. The

Temporary Restraining Order also directed PayPal, Inc. (“PayPal”), and Stripe, Inc. (“Stripe”) to
identify and restrain funds in payment accounts associated with Defendants and to divert those
funds to a holding account. Pursuant to the Court’s June 2, 2023 Order, Plaintiff served Defendants
with a copy of the Amended Complaint together with copies of the Ex Parte Application for Entry
of Temporary Restraining Order, Preliminary Injunction, and Order Restraining Transfer of
Assets, and the Court’s June 2, 2023 Temporary Restraining Order, thereby providing notice and
copies of the June 2, 2023 Temporary Restraining Order and Plaintiff’s Ex Parte Application for
Entry of Temporary Restraining Order, Preliminary Injunction, and Order Restraining Transfer of
Assets via email to each Defendant’s corresponding email/online contact form, and by posting
copies of the Temporary Restraining Order and all other pleadings and documents on file in this
action on the website located at https://servingnotice.com/YSmQMe2/index.html. Thereafter,
Certificates of Service were filed confirming service on each Defendant, ECF Nos. [20]-[21].
II. LEGAL STANDARD

To obtain a preliminary injunction, a party must demonstrate “(1) a substantial likelihood
of success on the merits; (2) that irreparable injury will be suffered if the relief is not granted; (3)
that the threatened injury outweighs the harm the relief would inflict on the non-movant; and (4)
that the entry of the relief would serve the public interest.” Schiavo ex. rel Schindler v. Schiavo,
403 F.3d 1223, 1225-26 (11th Cir. 2005); see also Levi Strauss & Co. v. Sunrise Int’l. Trading
Inc., 51 F. 3d 982, 985 (11th Cir. 1995).
III. DISCUSSION
The declarations Plaintiff submitted in support of its Motion support the following
conclusions of law:
A. Plaintiff has a strong probability of proving at trial that consumers are likely to be

confused by Defendants’ advertisement, promotion, sales, offer for sale, and/or distribution of
goods bearing and/or using counterfeits, reproductions, or colorable imitations of the YSL Marks,
and that the products Defendants are selling and promoting for sale are copies of Plaintiff’s
products that bear and/or use copies of the YSL Marks;
B. Because of the infringement of the YSL Marks, Plaintiff is likely to suffer
immediate and irreparable injury if a preliminary injunction is not granted. It appears from the
following specific facts, as set forth in Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint, Motion, and accompanying
declarations on file, that immediate and irreparable loss, damage, and injury will result to Plaintiff
and to consumers because it is more likely true than not that:
1. Defendants own or control Internet based e-commerce stores operating
under their E-commerce Store Names which advertise, promote, offer for sale, and sell products
bearing and/or using counterfeit and infringing trademarks in violation of Plaintiff’s rights; and
2. There is good cause to believe that more counterfeit and infringing products

bearing Plaintiff’s trademarks will appear in the marketplace; that consumers are likely to be
misled, confused, and disappointed by the quality of these products; and that Plaintiff may suffer
loss of sales for its genuine products.
C. The balance of potential harm to Defendants in restraining their trade in counterfeit
and infringing branded goods if a preliminary injunction is issued is far outweighed by the
potential harm to Plaintiff, its reputation and goodwill as a manufacturer and distributor of quality
products, if such relief is not issued.
D. The public interest favors issuance of the preliminary injunction to protect
Plaintiff’s trademark interests and protect the public from being defrauded by the palming off of
counterfeit goods as Plaintiff’s genuine goods.

E. Under 15 U.S.C. § 1117(a), Plaintiff may be entitled to recover, as an equitable
remedy, the illegal profits gained through Defendants’ distribution and sales of goods bearing
and/or using counterfeits and infringements of the YSL Marks. See Reebok Int’l, Ltd. v. Marnatech
Enters., Inc., 970 F.2d 552, 559 (9th Cir. 1992) (quoting Fuller Brush Products Co. v. Fuller Brush
Co., 299 F.2d 772, 777 (7th Cir. 1962) (“An accounting of profits under § 1117(a) is not
synonymous with an award of monetary damages: ‘[a]n accounting for profits . . . is an equitable
remedy subject to the principles of equity.’”)).
F. Requesting equitable relief “invokes the district court’s inherent equitable powers
to order preliminary relief, including an asset freeze, in order to assure the availability of
permanent relief.” Levi Strauss & Co., 51 F.3d at 987 (citing Federal Trade Comm’n v. United
States Oil & Gas Corp., 748 F.2d 1431, 1433-34 (11th Cir. 1984)).
G. Considering the inherently deceptive nature of the counterfeiting business, and the
likelihood that Defendants have violated federal trademark laws, Plaintiff has good reason to

believe Defendants will hide or transfer their ill-gotten assets beyond the jurisdiction of this Court
unless those assets are restrained.
IV. CONCLUSION
Accordingly, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that, pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1116,
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65, 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a), and the Court’s inherent authority,
Plaintiff’s Motion, ECF No. [10], is GRANTED as follows:
1. Each Defendant, its officers, directors, employees, agents, subsidiaries,
distributors, and all persons in active concert or participation with any Defendant having notice of
this Order are enjoined and restrained until further Order of this Court:
a. From manufacturing, importing, advertising, promoting, offering to sell,

selling, distributing, or transferring any products bearing the YSL Marks,
or any confusingly similar trademarks, other than those actually
manufactured or distributed by Plaintiff; and
b. From secreting, concealing, destroying, selling off, transferring, or
otherwise disposing of: (i) any products, not manufactured or distributed by
Plaintiff, bearing the YSL Marks, or any confusingly similar trademarks;
(ii) any evidence relating to the manufacture, importation, sale, offer for
sale, distribution, or transfer of any products bearing and/or using the YSL
Marks, or any confusingly similar trademarks; or (iii) any assets or other
financial accounts subject to this Order, including inventory assets, in the
actual or constructive possession of, or owned, controlled, or held by, or
subject to access by, any Defendant, including, but not limited to, any assets
held by or on behalf of any Defendant.

2. Each Defendant, its officers, directors, employees, agents, subsidiaries,
distributors, and all persons in active concert or participation with any Defendant having notice of
this Order shall immediately discontinue, until further Order of this Court, the use of the YSL
Marks or any confusingly similar trademarks, on or in connection with all e-commerce stores
owned and operated, or controlled by them, including the Internet based e-commerce stores

operating under the E-commerce Store Names;
3. Each Defendant, its officers, directors, employees, agents, subsidiaries,
distributors, and all persons in active concert or participation with any Defendant having notice of
this Order shall immediately discontinue, until further Order of this Court, the use of the YSL
Marks, or any confusingly similar trademarks within domain name extensions, metatags or other
markers within website source code, from use on any webpage (including as the title of any web
page), from any advertising links to other websites, from search engines’ databases or cache
memory, and any other form of use of such terms that are visible to a computer user or serves to
direct computer searches to e-commerce stores registered, owned, or operated by any Defendant,
including the e-commerce stores operating under the E-commerce Store Names;

4. Each Defendant shall continue to preserve copies of all computer files relating to
the use of any of the E-commerce Store Names and shall take all steps necessary to retrieve
computer files relating to the use of the E-commerce Store Names that may have been deleted
before the entry of this Order;
5. Upon Plaintiff’s request, the privacy protection service for any of the E-commerce
Store Names for which the registrant uses such privacy protection service to conceal the
registrant’s identity and contact information is ordered to disclose to Plaintiff the true identities
and contact information for those registrants;

6. Upon receipt of notice of this Order, Defendants and all financial institutions,
payment processors, banks, escrow services, money transmitters, or marketplace platforms,
including but not limited to, PayPal, Inc. (“PayPal”), and Stripe, Inc. (“Stripe”) and their related
companies and affiliates shall immediately, to the extent not already done, (i) identify all financial
accounts and/or sub-accounts, associated with the Internet e-commerce stores operating under the
E-commerce Store Names, payees, merchant identification numbers, and/or the e-mail addresses
identified on Schedule “A” hereto, as well as any other related accounts of the same customer(s);
(ii) identify all other accounts which transfer funds into the same financial institution account(s)
or any of the other financial accounts subject to this Order; (iii) restrain the transfer of all funds,
as opposed to ongoing account activity, held or received for their benefit or to be transferred into

their respective financial accounts, and any other financial accounts tied thereto; and (iv) divert
those restrained funds to a holding account for the trust of the Court;
7. Upon receipt of notice of this Order, Defendants and all financial institutions,
payment processors, banks, escrow services, money transmitters, or marketplace platforms,
including but not limited to, PayPal, Stripe, and their related companies and affiliates, shall further,
to the extent not already done, provide Plaintiff’s counsel with all data that details (i) an accounting
of the total funds restrained and identify the financial account(s) and sub-account(s) which the
restrained funds are related to, and (ii) the account transactions related to all funds transmitted into
the financial account(s) and sub-account(s) which have been restrained. No funds restrained by
this Order shall be transferred or surrendered by any financial institution, payment processor, bank,
escrow service, money transmitter, or marketplace website, including but not limited to, PayPal
and Stripe, and their related companies and affiliates for any purpose (other than pursuant to a
purchase refund chargeback made by a consumer) without the express authorization of this Court;

8. This Order shall apply to the E-commerce Store Names, associated e-commerce
stores, and any other seller identification names, e-commerce stores, or financial accounts which
are being used by Defendants for the purpose of counterfeiting the YSL Marks and/or unfairly
competing with the Plaintiff;
9. Any Defendant or financial institution account holder subject to this Order may
petition the Court to modify the asset restraint set out in this Order;
10. As a matter of law, this Order shall no longer apply to any Defendant or associated
e-commerce store dismissed from this action, or as to which Plaintiff has withdrawn its request for
a preliminary injunction;
11. Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1116(d)(5)(D) and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(c),

Plaintiff shall maintain its previously posted bond in the amount of Ten Thousand Dollars and
Zero Cents ($10,000.00), as payment of damages to which Defendants may be entitled for a
wrongful injunction or restraint, during the pendency of this action, or until further Order of the
Court. In the Court’s discretion, the bond may be subject to increase should an application be made
in the interest of justice;
12. Additionally, for the purpose of providing additional notice of this proceeding and
all other pleadings, orders, and documents filed herein, the owners, operators and/or administrators
of the e-commerce stores, and/or financial institutions, payment processors, banks, escrow
services, and money transmitters, and marketplace platforms, including but not limited to PayPal,
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Stripe, and their related companies and affiliates, shall, to the extent not already done, at Plaintiff's
request, provide Plaintiff's counsel with any e-mail address known to be associated with
Defendants’ respective E-commerce Store Names; and
13. This Order shall remain in effect during the pendency of this action, or until further
Order of this Court.
DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Miami, Of / June 14, 2023.

BETH BLOOM
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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