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    J344C/SDNY

    REV. 4/2014

    CIVIL

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    PLAINTIFFS

    Gretchen

    Scott LLC d/b/a

    Gretchen Scott Designs

    DEFENDANTS

    Barbara Gerwit, Textile Center, Inc., and KB

    Sales

    Corp.

    ATTORNEYS (FIRM NAME, ADDRESS, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER

    Reed Smith LLP

    599

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    UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT i / i^ u_^ ;

    SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW

    YORK

    GRETCHEN

    SCOTT

    LLC d/b /a

    GRETCHEN

    SCOTT

    DESIGNS,

    Plaintiff,

    BARBARA GERWIT, TEXTILE CENTER,

    INC.,

    KB SALES CORP.,

    Defendants .

    v-f - J

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    COMPLA INT

    Plaintiff Gretchen Scott LLC d/b/a Gretchen Scott Designs ( Gretchen Scott Designs or

    Plaintiff), by and through its attorneys, Reed SmithLLP,as and for its complaint against

    defendants Barbara Gerwit, Textile Center, Inc., and KB Sales Corp. (collectively,

    Defendants ), hereby alleges as follows:

    NATURE OF

    THE

    ACT ION

    1. Plaintiff brings this action for injunctive reliefand damages resulting from

    Defendants' flagrant infringement of Plaintiffs registered copyrights in two distinctive fashion

    designs.

    2. Plaintiff is an internationally recognized fashion designer who is famous for its

    original lines of women's resortwearclothing and accessories. These fashion designs are sold

    throughout the world, both at Plaintiffs own brick-and-mortar and online stores, as well as at

    exclusive boutiques. Plaintiffs ability to exclusively offer these designs to its customers is

    crucial to Plain t i f fs success.

    3. Defendants, in an attempt to illegally profit of f of two of Plaintiffs most

    successful tunic designs, have manufactured fabric and garments bearing an almost exact copy of

    two of

    Plaintiff

    s proprietary designs, and have marketed and sold those products to others in the

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    fashion market and the public.

    4. Defendants' blatant and willful infringement

    of

    Plaintiffs registered copyrights in

    its proprietary fashion designs haveresulted in significant damage to Plaintiff, as alleged herein.

    PART IE S

    5. PlaintiffGretchen Scott LLC d/b/a Gretchen Scott Designs is a limited liability

    corporation dulyorganized andexisting underthe lawsof the StateofNew

    York,

    withoffices

    located at 216 Washington Street, Mt. Vernon,

    New

    York 10553.

    6. Upon informationand belief, defendant Barbara Gerwit ( Ms. Gerwit ) is an

    individual residing at 425 East 10th Court, Hialeah, Florida 33010.

    7. Upon information and belief, defendant Textile Center, Inc. is a corporation

    registered underthe laws of the stateof Florida, and havinga principal placeof business located

    at 6073

    Northwest

    167th Street,

    Suite C-6,

    Miami,

    Florida

    33015.

    8. Upon information and belief, defendant KB Sales Corp. is a corporation

    registeredunder the laws of the state of Florida, and having a principal place ofbusiness located

    at 7000 Island Boulevard, Apartment 903, Aventura, Florida 33160.

    JUR ISD IC TION AND

    VENUE

    9. This Court has subject matter jurisdiction over this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

    1331 and the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. 101, et seq.

    10. Defendants are subject to the personal jurisdiction of this court, and venue is

    proper pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1391(b),because, upon information and belief, Defendants do

    extensive business within this District, including the sale

    of

    the infringing fashion designs.

    F A CTU A L B AC KGROUND

    11. Gretchen Scott Designs is a leading fashion designer and international distributor

    of

    women's clothing and accessories employing unique and proprietary designs. Since its

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    founding in 2001, Gretchen ScottDesigns has expanded to threededicated retail locations in

    Jupiter, Florida, Southampton, New York, andNantucket, Massachusetts, as well as an

    extremely successful onlineretail store. Its designs are also soldat more than 1,000 unaffiliated

    stores throughout the world.

    12. Like Plaintiff, Defendants sell their own line ofwomen s clothing under the trade

    name, Barbara Gerwit, through their online store and in various unaffiliated retail stores

    globally.

    Defendants Willfully and latantly Infringes on Plaintiffs opyright

    13. Two ofPlaintiffs most popular and best-selling designs are its Coral Perfection

    and

    Reef

    Tunics (together, the Gretchen Scott Designs' Tunics ).

    14. The fabric designs and decorations of the Coral Perfection and ReefTunics are

    protected by the Copyright Act, 17U.S.C. 101.

    15. OnAugust 13,2014, Plaintiff obtained a federal copyright registration for the

    Coral Perfection Tunic design. A copy of the Certificate

    of

    Registration, bearing Registration

    Number

    VA

    1-917-704 is

    annexed

    as

    Exhibit

    A.

    16. OnAugust 13, 2014, Plaintiff obtained a federal copyright registration for the

    ReefTunic design. A copy of the Certificate ofRegistration, bearing Registration Number VA

    1-917-731 i s annexed as

    Exhibit

    B.

    17. Upon information and belief, Defendants have been marketing and selling tunics

    containing designs which are substantially similar to Gretchen Scott Designs' Tunics (the

    Infringing Tunics ). Photographs showing the Gretchen Scott Designs' Tunics (left) next to the

    Infringing Tunics (right) are annexed hereto as Exhibit C.

    18. On or around September 25, 2014, Plaintiffsent a letter to defendant Barbara

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    Gerwit demanding that she immediate

    cease

    and desist from any further sales ofthe Infringing

    Tunics and immediately providean accounting of all purchases, inventory and salesof the

    infringing goods. A copy of the letter, dated

    September

    25,

    2014,

    is annexed hereto as Exhibit

    D.

    19. To date, Ms. Gerwit has not responded to Plaintiffs cease and desist letter.

    F IR ST CAU S E OF ACT ION

    (Copyright Infringement

    of

    Gretchen Scott Designs Coral Perfection Tunic)

    20. Plaintiffincorporates by reference all of the foregoing allegations.

    21. The designof Gretchen ScottDesigns' Coral PerfectionTunic is the subjectof a

    validCopyright Registration, obtainedprior to the filingof this Complaint. SeeExhibitA.

    22. Defendants have, with willful disregard

    of

    Plaintiffs rights under the Copyright

    Act, wrongfullyobtained, reproduced, and distributed Plaintiffs copyright-protectedCoral

    Perfection Tunic fashion design.

    23. Upon information and belief,Defendants havemadeand will continueto make

    substantial profits and gains to which they are not entitled in law or equity.

    24. As a result of Defendants' infringement of Plaintiff s exclusive rights under the

    Copyright Act, Plaintiff is entitledto statutory damages pursuantto 17U.S.C. 504;and, as a

    result of the clearly willful and intentional nature of Defendants' infringement, Plaintiff is also

    entitled to the maximum statutory damages, including punitive damages, and recovery of its

    attorneys' fees and costs.

    25. Alternatively, as a result

    of

    Defendants' infringement of Plaintiff s exclusive

    rights under the Copyright Act, Plaintiff is entitled to actual damages according to proof as well

    as an accounting and recovery

    of

    Defendants' revenues and profits obtained by or through such

    infringement.

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    26. As a result of the Defendants' infringementof Plaintiffs exclusive rights under

    theCopyright Act, Plaintiffis also entitled to injunctive reliefprohibiting Defendants

    from

    further

    suchinfringement, andordering Defendants to destroy all reproductions of the infringing

    products made anddistributed in violation of Plaintiffs exclusive rights.

    S ECOND CAUSE OF ACT ION

    (Copyright Infringement of Gretchen Scott Designs ReefTunic)

    27. Plaintiff incorporatesby reference all of the foregoing allegations.

    28. The design of Gretchen ScottDesigns' Reef Tunic is the subject of a valid

    Copyright

    Registration, obtained prior to the

    filing

    of thisComplaint. SeeExhibit B.

    29. Defendants have, with willful disregard ofPlaintiffs rights under the Copyright

    Act,

    wrongfully obtained, reproduced, anddistributed Plaintiffs copyright-protected ReefTunic

    fashion design.

    30. Uponinformation and belief, Defendants havemadeandwill continue tomake

    substantial profits and gains to which they are not entitled in law or equity.

    31. As a result

    of

    Defendants' infringement

    of

    Plaintiffs exclusive rights under the

    Copyright Act,Plaintiffis entitled to statutory damages pursuant to 17U.S.C. 504;and, as a

    result of theclearly willful and intentional nature of Defendants' infringement, Plaintiffis also

    entitled to the maximum statutory damages, including punitive damages, and recoveryof its

    attorneys' fees and costs.

    32. Alternatively, as a result ofDefendants' infringement of Plaintiffs exclusive

    rights under theCopyright Act,Plaintiffis entitled to actual damages according to proofas well

    as an accountingand recoveryof Defendants' revenues and profits obtained by or through such

    infringement.

    33. As a result of the Defendants' infringement of

    Plaintiff

    s exclusive rights under

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    theCopyright Act, Plaintiffis alsoentitled to injunctive reliefprohibiting Defendants from

    further

    such infringement, and

    ordering

    Defendants to destroy all reproductions of the infringing

    products

    made

    anddistributed in violation of Plaintiffs exclusive rights.

    PRA YE R

    FOR

    REL IEF

    WHEREFORE, Plaintiff respectfullyrequests that judgment be entered in its favor and

    against the Defendants as follows:

    1. For an injunction, pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 502 and 503, and 15U.S.C 1116,

    providing:

    A. Defendants, including any and all

    of

    its subsidiaries, affiliates, agents,

    employees, successors-in-interest, or assigns, shallbe and hereby is enjoined

    from infringingPlaintiffs copyrights in the Coral PerfectionTunic and Reef

    Tunic designs, except pursuant to a lawful license or with the express authority of

    Plaintiff.

    B. Defendants shall also, within two weeks

    of

    the entry

    of

    this order, recall

    and have destroyed each and every unit of their Infringing Tunics currently in the

    marketplace.

    2. For statutory damages, pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 504(c), for each instance of

    copyright infringement, taking into account the obvious willfulness of Defendants' infringement;

    or, in the alternative, for actual damages and punitive damages in amounts to be determined at

    trial but totaling not less than $1,000,000;

    3. For Plaintiffs costs and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred in this action; and

    4. For such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper.

    6

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    Dated: New York, New

    York

    December 23 , 2014

    REED SMITH LLP

    >eter D. Raymond

    Pamela L. Schoenberg

    599 Lexington Avenue

    New York, NY 10022

    Telephone: 212.521.5400

    Facsimile: 212.521.5450

    Counsel

    for

    Plaintiff

    Gretchen Scot t LLC d b a Gretchen Scott

    Designs

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    Certificate ofRegistration

    Thu.

    Certificate

    issued under

    the

    .seal of

    the

    Copyright

    Office inaccordance with title 17, United States Code,

    attests that registrationhas beenmade for the work

    identified below.

    The information on this

    certificate

    has

    been

    made a

    part

    ofthe Copyright Office records.

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    Title

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    Title ofWork: Coral Perfection Tunic Fabric Design

    Completion/Publication

    Registration Number

    V A 1 917 704

    Effective date of

    registration:

    August 13,2014

    Year of Completion: 2003

    Date of 1st Publication: February 27, 2004

    Nation of 1st Publication: UnitedStates

    Au t ho r

    B

    Author:

    Gretchen Scott LLC

    Author Created:

    2-D

    artwork

    Work made fo r hire: Yes

    Citizen of: United

    States

    Copyright

    claimant

    Copyright Claimant: Gretchen Scott LLC

    216

    Washington Street,

    Ml. Vernon,

    NY,

    10553, United States

    Rights and

    Permissions

    Organization Name: Reed Smith, LLP

    Name: PeterJ). Raymond

    Email:

    [email protected]

    Address: 599 Le\snp.on Avenue

    New York.

    NTY

    10022 United States

    Telephone:

    212-521

    Certif ication

    Name: Peter D. Raymond

    Date: August 13,2014

    Applicant's Tracking Number: 506721.60001

    Page

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    Certificate

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    G r e tc h en S c ot t Designs Tunics

    The Coral Perfect ion Tunic

    The Ree f Tunic

    The I n fr i n gi n g T u n ic s

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    ReedSmith

    Peter

    D. Raymond

    Direct

    Phone:

    +1

    212

    549

    0364

    Email: [email protected]

    September 25, 2014

    Via Federal

    Express

    and

    Electronic Mail ([email protected])

    Barbara Gerwit

    425 E

    10th Ct

    Hialeah,FL,

    33010-5152

    Dear Ms.

    Gerwit :

    Reed

    Smith

    l ip

    599 Lexington Avenue

    New

    York, NY

    10022-7650

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    5400

    Fax +1

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    reedsmith.com

    We are attorneys for Gretchen Scott, LLC ( Gretchen Scott ) an international designer and distributor of

    women's clothing and accessories employing unique and proprietary designs.

    It has come to our client's attention that you are selling and/or distributing garments which infringe our

    client's federally registered copyrights in its ReefTunic and Coral Perfection designs. Copies

    of

    your

    infringing products and our client's copyrighted designs are set forth below:

    Gretchen

    Scott s

    Reef

    Tunic

    (U.S. Copyright No. VA 1-917-731)

    Your Infringing Product

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    Barbara

    Gerwit

    ReeuSlTlith

    September

    25,2014

    Page 3

    3. The total quantity

    of

    such garments and/or fabric which your company sold at any time

    up to and including the present, and the identity of each and every wholesaler or retail

    store that purchased such garments from you.

    4. The total revenues and gross profits relating to the manufacture and sale

    of

    such garments

    including a breakdown of the cost to manufacturing such garments and the revenues

    generated from the sale.

    We further demand that you immediately contact any and all customers to whom you have sold the

    infringing garments to advise them of this claim and instruct them to remove any and all such garments

    from sale. As stated above, any further sales which occur after your receipt of this notice will be further

    evidence

    of

    intentional infringement subjecting your company to heightened damages under the

    Copyright Act.

    Lastly, we demand that you notify the undersigned within five (5) days of your receipt of this letter

    confirming that you have taken, or are in the process

    of

    taking, all of these actions, including the

    immediate stoppage

    of

    any and all sales

    of

    the infringing garments.

    If

    we do not receive your response

    in the timeframe indicated, our client will take all appropriate action to enforce its rights.

    This letter is written without prejudice to, or waiver of, any and all claims, rights and/or remedies

    of

    Gretchen Scott LLC, in fact or law, all ofwhich are expressly reserved.

    SJncerely,

    Peter D. Raymond

    cc: Gretchen Scott, LLC

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