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The Owners Were Indicted Today For Charges Of Copyright Infringement.
Abdul Naser Al-Sweity, 35, of Newport, Ky. and Hicham Tibtani, 35, of Edgewood, Ky. operated the two grocery markets. The Indictment alleges that from December of 2004 until January of this year, Al-Sweity and Tibtani produced and sold counterfeit DVD’s.
It is also alleged that in December of 2007 Al-Sweity purchased a DVD/CD duplicator that was capable of duplicating up to 9 DVD’s at one time and Tibtani purchased a similar duplicator in February of 2005. Also in 2005, Al-Sweity and TIbtani purchased 10,000 blank DVD’s and 8,100 jewel cases to hold the DVD’s. During 2006, it is alleged that the two men purchases 9,550 blank DVD’s and 13,600 jewel cases.
The Indictment also alleges that on various occasions from October 2006 until January 2007, Al-Sweity and Tibtani sold around $900 DVD’s for about $2,400 in Grant, Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties.
If convicted, they face a maximum of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and supervised release for five years.
The investigation preceding the Indictment was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Joint Terrorism Task Force . The Indictment was presented to the grand jury by Assistant United States Attorney Edwin J. Walbourn, III. Read more at louisville.fbi.gov.
Trademarks and similar domain names are considered just addresses.
Because domain names often comprise celebrities' or companies' names, trademarks and the like, few people regard them as merely addresses.
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A service must be a real activity must be performed to the order of, or for the benefit of, someone other than the applicant and must be different from with the sale of the applicant’s goods or the performance of another service.
Trademark
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A trademark includes any word, name, symbol, or device, or any combination, used, or intended to be used, in commerce to identify and distinguish the goods of one manufacturer or seller from goods manufactured or sold by others, and to indicate the source of the goods. In short, a trademark is a brand name.
License
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A permission to use an intellectual property right, under defined conditions as to time, context, market line, or territory.
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