Royal Philips' DVD+Rewritable Trademark Infringement
Court Ordered the Immediate Incarceration of Defendant Jingyi Luo
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. v. KXD Technology, Inc., et al.
Case No. CV 05-1532 RLH (GWF) (D. Nev. 2007)
In a trademark action filed in the District Court of Nevada against KXD Technology, Inc., Astar Electronics, Inc., Shenzhen KXD Multimedia Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Kaixinda Electronics Co., Ltd., KXD Digital Entertainment, Ltd. and Jingyi “James” Luo (the “KXD Defendants”), the Court continued an already existing asset freeze and ordered the permanent freeze of the KXD Defendants’ U.S. based assets during the litigation. This order immediately succeeded the Court’s order granting Philips’ motion to amend its complaint to add both Fusheng Liu and Astar Electronics USA, Inc. as defendants to the action, thereby including both newly-added defendants’ assets in the permanent asset freeze order. In addition, the Court ordered the immediate incarceration of Defendant James Luo for his non-compliance with the Court’s civil contempt order, including his failure to pay over $3 million in contempt sanctions.
Shortly thereafter, the Magistrate Judge issued a 31-page Report and Recommendation that the KXD Defendants’ answers be stricken and default entered because of the KXD Defendants’ numerous acts in defiance of Court orders and local and federal rules of civil procedure, and their flagrant and willful infringement of Philips’ intellectual property rights in its federally registered DVD+ReWritable trademark.
James Luo Incarceration:
Jingyi Luo Remanded, in CustodyPermanent Asset Freeze:
Bank Accounts FrozenKXD Technology Bankruptcy:
Chapter 11 Converted to Chapter 7
