In
SDNY Vermont Potters Complained
of Pirated Coffee 2 Years Later
Skype Trial Looms
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Video
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Aug 26 –
A dispute about coffee mugs
erupted in the U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York on
February 11, 2019 before Judge
Gregory Woods who is also
handling the criminal leaking
of Treasury Department
reports, then as now (along
with attempts to withdraw or
disappear letters).
Vermont potters
Zcups LLC, represented back in
February 2019 in Judge Woods'
courtroom by a young couple
and their two sons, accuse
Home Essentials and Beyond of
selling knock off coffee cups
with teh same slogans on this,
"A Cup of Hope," in violation
of trademark and trade dress.
But Home
Essential's lawyer questioned
why their cups didn't have the
"TM" or "R" symbol on them,
and said that in any event
Home Essential was no longer
selling these mugs. Judge
Woods encouraged settlement,
saying that litigation is
expensive in light of the
total volume of 6000 mugs
mis-sold, allegedly. It was
agreed the parties would
exchange sales information
under a confidentiality order,
and try to dispense with this
cup of bitterness.
Jump cut a
year and a half forward
(longer since the filing of
the complaint) and on August
26, amid COVID, Judge Woods
held a telephone conference
about the upcoming virtual
trial.
Judge
Woods said Zoom does not work
on his computer; one of the
parties said he would look
into Skype for Business and
that was decided on. Judge
Woods patiently gave the
parties practical advice for
the trial, which starts on
September 1.
The case is Zpots
LLC v. Home Essentials &
Beyond, Inc.. 18-cv-9196
(Woods)
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