Shocked! In the future, AliExpress’s absence case may also be deducted: GBC represented NIKE brand in Singapore court and asked AliExpress to execute the trial in absentia and got support!

Shocking event! In the future, AliExpress’s absence case may also be deducted: GBC represented NIKE brand in Singapore court and asked AliExpress to execute the trial in absentia and got support! Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, USA, NIKE is a world-famous sports brand. So far, NIKE has been involved in numerous infringement cases, but this case should not be underestimated!

The main reason is that almost no funds were directly deducted from the absence cases of AliExpress, but this case is serious! Acting as an agent for GBC, a big coffee maker in the cross-border e-commerce field, asked the court to execute the default judgment in Singapore and got the support of the court.

The case was prosecuted on December 3, 2020, and GBC sued in the Singapore court and demanded the execution of the default judgment. Until May 2022, the US court ruled that the default judgment was officially recognized and executed in Singapore, with a total of 128 defendant accounts, of which 119 defendant accounts were AliExpress.

Basic information of the case

Case number: 20-cv-7138

Time of filing the case: December 3, 2020

Brand: NIKE, INC

Plaintiff brand: Nike Nike

Plaintiff’s law firm: NIKE, INC

brand introduction

NIKE is headquartered in Portland, Oregon, USA. The company produces all kinds of sporting goods, such as clothing, shoes, sports equipment and so on. NIKE is a world-famous sports brand, which originally refers to the Greek goddess of victory in English and is translated into Nike in Chinese.

Nike logo is a small hook. Nike has always regarded it as a glorious task to inspire every athlete in the world and offer them the best products. The air cushion technology pioneered by Nike has brought a revolution to the sports world. The sports shoes made by this technology can protect the athletes’ knees well and reduce the impact on their knees when they land in strenuous exercise.

Case related information

1. Nearly two years have passed since the plaintiff filed a lawsuit and the seller’s account was frozen?

Nike’s agent law firm is known as GBC, and the prosecution time was December 3, 2020. It initiated a lawsuit in the Singapore court and demanded the execution of the default judgment. Until May 26, 2022, the sellers of AliExpress received the email notice from Alipay one after another, and the US court ruled in May that the default judgment was officially recognized and executed in Singapore, with a total of 128 defendant accounts, of which 119 were AliExpress.

2. The seller must be careful after receiving the notification email, and don’t ignore it! Otherwise, the loss will be even greater!

In this case, once the GBC Law Firm’s application for default judgment is successfully approved by the court, the absent defendant seller will have to pay the plaintiff brand Nike 500,000 US dollars in compensation. If the local annual interest rate is 5.33%, the interest that the defendant seller needs to pay should start from May 4, 2022 to the date of compensation payment.

If the defendant seller fails to pay the judgment or compensation in time, the court will freeze the defendant’s account or forcibly transfer the funds in its international account in accordance with local legal procedures in Singapore! Therefore, Mai Jia supports reminding sellers that if you receive the notification email, you must be careful and do not ignore it! Otherwise, the loss will be even greater! We must take measures as soon as possible to nip in the bud.

Litigation documents and defendant list

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