Doniger / Burroughs Defeats Urban Outfitters’ Motion to Dismiss

March
13 2015

Venice, California – The Court has ruled on a significant motion filed by Defendant Urban Outfitters in a case related to a recent finding by a Federal Court jury that Urban Outfitters had committed willful copyright infringement by knowingly selling garments bearing a knock-off of a Unicolors design. Urban moved the Court to dismiss this related action, and sought over $10,000.00 in sanctions against Doniger / Burroughs. In response, Doniger / Burroughs argued that the motion was devoid of merit and was an attempt to evade liability for an egregious act of copyright infringement. The Court agreed with Doniger / Burroughs, and denied Urban Outfitters’ motion in its entirety. Law360 has additional details here: http://www.law360.com/articles/629300/urban-outfitters-can-t-duck-2nd-ip-suit-over-dress-design

Unicolors, Inc. is represented by Scott A. Burroughs and Trevor W. Barrett.

Urban Outfitters is represented by Tara L. Martin and Miles D. Scully.

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