TracFone Wireless, Inc. v. CellnTell Distribution Inc. et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:19-cv-24325

Court:

Florida Southern

Nature of Suit:

Trademark

Judge:

Darrin P. Gayles

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  1. January 07, 2021

    TracFone Nets $2.5M More In Phone-Flipping Fight

    TracFone has won an additional $2.5 million in its crusade to be compensated for the damage it says was done to its brand as a result of a prevalent scheme in which cellphone distributors buy its devices in bulk to turn a profit overseas.

  2. August 17, 2020

    TracFone Gets $8M Deal To End Phone-Flipping Suit Approved

    TracFone won a Florida federal judge's final approval on Monday for an $8 million deal to end a suit against two cellphone distributors that allegedly bought its devices in bulk and sold them overseas to the detriment of the company's brand.

  3. July 10, 2020

    TracFone Inks $8M Deal With Cos. That Flipped Its Phones

    TracFone Wireless will be walking away from a fight with a pair of international cellphone distributors with $8 million and an injunction blocking them from continuing to buy and sell its phones overseas, if a Florida federal court chooses to bless the deal.

  4. January 02, 2020

    Phone Distributors Blast 'Shotgun' TracFone IP Suit

    Several international cellphone distributors are seeking to kill a suit brought by TracFone Wireless Inc. accusing them of trampling the discount telecom's intellectual property through overseas sales, telling a Florida federal judge the suit represents a "prototypical shotgun or kitchen sink pleading."

  5. October 21, 2019

    TracFone Accuses Phone Distributors Of 'Nefarious' Scheme

    TracFone Wireless Inc. accused several international cellphone distributors in Florida federal court Monday of fraudulently buying up its discount phones and selling them overseas where TracFone wireless plans aren't used, undercutting its business model of adding new U.S. subscribers by selling inexpensive phones.