King County resident Gina Kim posted for sale on Ebay a handbag she had purchased at a Coach store. She then received a cease and desist letter from Gibney Anthony, Coach’s legal representatives. The letter directed her to sign a statement indicating she took wrongful action in seeking to sell a counterfeit product, threatened up to $2 million in penalties, and demanded she pay $300 immediately. Now Ms. Kim, a 31-year-old Seattle Central Community College student, is filing suit.
She hired a Seattle law firm to represent her, and has now filed a complaint in federal court.… Read the rest