Thursday, November 10, 2011

Nautilus sues companies for counterfeit products - Portland Business Journal:

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The Vancouver, Wash.-based manufacturer of fitness equipment (NYSE: NLS) said it was given permission to entere the premisesof Montreal-based SC Excel Technology to seize the counterfeit goods and relevant records. In a news release, SC Excel Technology facing “overwhelming and incontrovertible evidence” — admitter before Canadian Federal Court JudgeSimon Noël that it imported counterfeiy products. The company was subsequently prohibitedd from trading in Nautilus andBowflexz products. Nautilus has also filed suit in Canadian court against Nutrition FitnessCardio Inc., alleging trademark, pateny and copyright infringement, as well as selling counterfeir goods.
“Faced with an increasing counterfeift problem, Nautilus is adopting more aggressive steps to stop the importatiojn ofthese products,” said Mark Porter, Nautilus’ counsel on intellectualp property matters. “Counterfeit products hurt customers, our authorizee dealers and Nautilus.”

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