Sebastian v. Russolillo
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Preliminary injunction decision to allow Sebastian to recover more than 50,000 units of counterfeit hair spray products found in Miami warehouse is recent action taken in counterfeit suit being waged in Los Angeles federal court, firm announces. Judge Carlos Moreno granted preliminary injunction against defendants Five Stars Realty, Five Stars Investment Corp., Five Stars Mortgage, Julio Daniel, Marlen Daniel and their agents on July 30. Group is "enjoined and restrained from distribution advertising and selling any counterfeit or decoded Sebastian products," according to Sebastian. Earlier, same court found in summary judgement that California property protection law prohibiting the removal of product identification marks from merchandise can be applied to hair care products, representing strong win for salon manufacturers (1"The Rose Sheet" July 23, p. 3)