They're Knock-Offs The Size Of Texas! Academy Sues Man For Manufacturing, Selling Fake Oscar Statuettes Online
Feb. 7 2014, Published 1:27 p.m. ET
It may be Award season for all of Hollywood, but there is one man in America that won’t be up for an Oscar this year.
Breaking Celebrity News has exclusively learned that the Academy Awards filed a lawsuit on Feb. 6 against Texas man Jaime De La Rosa for manufacturing, importing, and selling fake Oscar statuettes on eBay and Etsy.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences “seeks injunctive relief and damages for copyright infringement, trademark infringement, trademark dilution, and false representation,” court papers obtained by Breaking Celebrity News stated.
“De La Rosa operates (1) a store on the eBay Web site (ww.ebay.com) in the form of an online auction and shopping site under the username ‘jjleo0205 and (2) an online store on the Etsy Web site (www.etsy.com) under store name ‘QuietOnTheSet’ and user name ‘Jaime De La Rosa,’” the suit said.
The academy also sued 10 other individuals, but listed them in the paperwork against De La Rosa as “Does 1 through 10.”