Bose Complaint Seeks to Shut Down EBay Seller of Counterfeit Goods

A Chicago entity, Rongstar Digital, sells counterfeit Bose goods to consumers through the DH Electronics online store on the eBay marketplace, alleged a Sept. 30 complaint (docket 2:22-cv-07110) in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. The goods it sells on eBay are neither made by Bose nor by a Bose-authorized manufacturer and use “reproductions, counterfeits, copies and/or colorable imitations,” it said. Customs and Border Protection in December 2021 intercepted and seized 264 units of counterfeit Bose earbuds and earphones imported from Hong Kong to Rongstar at an address in Chicago, it said. Rongstar responded to the seizure by giving CBP a fake manufacturer authorization form. Bose seeks a preliminary injunction to shut down Rongstar’s wrongful practices, plus statutory damages and restitution for lost profits. Rongstar didn’t comment.