Federal Judge Enters Default Against Seller Of Copied Smoking Products

Mealey's (August 17, 2016, 1:45 PM EDT) -- RIVERSIDE, Calif. — After finding that the relevant factors weighed in favor of granting a smoking product maker's motion for a default judgment on its claims of trademark infringement and violation of California's unfair competition law (UCL), a California federal judge on Aug. 10 granted its motion for default judgment against a store owner (Sream Inc. v. Pankaj R. Lavingia, et al., No. 16-00806, C.D. Calif.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 106540)....