Rosenbaum Famularo, P.C., the law firm behind AmazonSellersLawyer.com, is no shrinking violet. Thus, it was no surprise that on Christmas Eve, no less, sued the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) and the Dallas Cowboys Merchandising, claiming they asserted false counterfeit complaints against its client, Jersey World, a small business that sells sports products on Amazon.com.
The firm, which solely focuses on helping people and companies that sell products on Amazon, filed the lawsuit “after months of failed negotiations” in federal court in the Southern District of New York.
The lawsuit claims that the NFLPA and Dallas Cowboys Merchandising abused Amazon’s complaint system as well as that the NFL Players Association and Dallas Cowboys Merchandising “knew that the jerseys being sold on Amazon by Jersey World were genuine because they were originally bought from Dallas Cowboys Merchandising and their official distributor, Outerstuff.
“US Law protects the buying and re-selling of genuine products with or without the NFL’s or the Dallas Cowboys’ permission. The ‘First Sale Doctrine’ protects small businesses and also allows consumers to get better prices than brands might want,” says CJ Rosenbaum, a partner of the firm that started the lawsuit.
The lawsuit states that the NFL / Dallas Cowboys were “made aware that the products were genuine before and after they asserted the false complaints. Yet, the NFL / Cowboys made and maintained their complaints and have not resolved the damages suffered.
“Jersey World has been buying and reselling genuine sports memorabilia for decades from its Michigan storefront and more recently online.”
The complaint can be viewed here: https://www.amazonsellerslawyer.com/blog/amz-news-12-24-19/jerseyworld-summon-and-complaint-19-cv-11734_page_01/
