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Amazon can recoup refunds issued for smoke detectors bearing fake 'UL' trademarks, US judge says

By Melissa Ritti ( November 11, 2024, 14:28 GMT | Insight) -- UL Solutions, which for over a century has been attaching its safety seal of approval to a variety of consumer products, was awarded $3.8 million on Friday by a US judge in connection with sales on Amazon of smoke detectors bearing fake “UL” certifications. The e-tailer, for its part, was awarded $868,393 in damages, representing the amount it refunded customers who purchased the counterfeits sold by the defendants, each of whom reside in China.Two trademark registrations belonging to the safety testing and certification organization UL Solutions were infringed by a network of Chinese entities with Amazon storefronts, entitling UL to $3.8 million — just under the Lanham Act’s statutory maximum — and Amazon $868,393 in actual damages, a US judge ruled Friday....

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