Merch Traffic cracks down on online bootleg merchandise sellers

As bootleg artist merchandise sellers run rampant, Live Nation subsidiary Merch Traffic has filed a trademark lawsuit in the US to combat counterfeit merchandise peddlers selling products online for artists like Bruno Mars, Harry Styles, and The Cure.

Prosecutors filed the suit last week (5 August) in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleging that a group of anonymous online sellers “sold products using infringing and counterfeit versions of the federally registered trademarks” belonging to a…

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