Zoku, LLC (“Zoku”) and/or its licensors take its Intellectual Property seriously and expect others (e.g. vendors, competitors, retailers, and distributors) to do so as well. Zoku and/or its licensors have invested considerable financial resources to invent, design, manufacture, and market Zoku's products in the U.S. and Internationally.
Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights. Zoku and/or its licensors hold a wide variety of intellectual property rights, including U.S. Patent Numbers 8,057,207 B2; 8,430,658 B2, D626,384 S; D626,307 S; D630,407 S; D634,988 S; D637,035 S; D640,120 S; D642,021 S; D642,022 S; D655,147 S; D658,948 S; D689,746 S; D689,747S; D690,169 S; D705,607 S, European Community Design numbers 001776220-0001; 001776220-0002; 001776220-0003; 001776220-0004; 001863945; 002275008-0001; 002275008-0002; 002275008-0003, Canadian Patent Number 2,749,324, Canadian Industrial Design Registration Number 137761, Australian Patent Numbers 2010204996; 333896; 350412, Japanese Registered Design Number 1419335, Chinese Patent Number ZL201080007660.2, U.S. and International Utility Patent Applications and U.S and International Design Patent Applications, U.S. and International Trademarks, Copyrights and Trade Secrets. Therefore, Zoku will aggressively protect its Intellectual Property rights, involving the civil and criminal courts to the fullest extent allowed by law, including seeking injunctions to stop the sale of infringing products, impounding and destroying infringing products, and seeking substantial monetary damages (up to three times damages when available by law), and legal fees and costs. We invest in some of the best intellectual property enforcement available and have a global reach at all levels of various trade channels, including manufacturing, import/export, customs, distribution, and retail. Patent and trademark notices have been applied to all of Zoku’s relevant products and/or packaging to inform the trade that Zoku and its licensors have taken the appropriate steps to protect their Intellectual Property.