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EPSTEIN DRANGEL BAZERMAN & JAMES, LLP
Attorneys for Plaintitf
60 East 42" Street, Suite 820
New York, NY 10165
Tel: 212-292-5390 Fax: 212-292-5391
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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Ontel Products Corporation
Plaintiff
v. : Civ Action No
Tele Marketers, Inc, dba Tee Vee Brands
(USA); Greenbrier Intemational, Inc. and
Dollar Tree Stores, Ine.
Defendants
Plaintiff, Ontel Products Corporation, a New Jersey corporation, by and through its
undersigned counsel, alleges as follows:
NATURE OF THE ACTION
1, This action arises under the Copyright Laws of the United States, 17
U.S.C. § 101 et seq.: for false designation of origin and unfair competition in violation of Section
43(a) of the Trademark Act of 1946, as amended (15 U.S.C. §1125(a)); and for related common
law cloims, Plointiff seeks injunctive relief, an accounting, compensatory damages, trebling of
the accounting and/or compensatory damages, punitive damages, attorney’s fees and costs.JURISDICTION AND VENUE
2. Jurisdiction is conferred upon this Court by 28 U.S.C. $1331 and
§1338(a).
3. Upon information and belief, venue is proper in this district pursuant to 28
U.S.C. §$1400(b) and §1391(a) & (c). Upon information and belief, Defendants are undertaking
the above-referenced acts of infringement in the state of New York and, more particularly, in this
judicial district
THE PARTIES
4, Plaintiff Ontel Products Corporation is a New Jersey corporation, having a
principal place of business at 21 Law Drive, Fairfield, NJ 07004 (*Onte!”).
5. Defendant Tele Marketers, Inc., dibya Tee Vee Brands (USA) a
corporation orgenized and existing under the laws of the State of New Jersey. with its principal
place of business at 50 Harrison Street, Suite 118, Hoboken, NJ 07030 (“Tee Vee”).
6. Defendant Greenbrier Intemational. Inc., @ corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Virginia, with its principal place of business at 500 Volvo
Parkway, Chesapeake, VA 23320 (“Greenbrier”).
7. Defendant Dollar Tree Stores, Inc., a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Virginia, with its principal place of business at S00 Volvo
Parkway, Chesapeake, VA 23320 (Dollar Tree”).
FACTUAL AVERMENTS
8. Plaintiff is a leading marketer of quality, innovative consumer products.
Plaintiff promotes and sells its producis through national direct response television commercials
commonly called “As Seen On TV.” Plaintiff also markets its products at the retail level by