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‘183 designs copied’ says Zamperla
At the beginning of November’s IAAPA Attractions Expo in Orlando, Zamperla SpA and Zamperla Inc (the company’s US operation) announced that they obtained judgments in the Federal Court of Orange County Florida against three Chinese ride manufacturers. In his ruling, Judge Roy B Dalton found the defendants’ actions in copying at least 183 Zamperla products to be “deliberate, willful and intentional”. The court further stated, “The public interest is served in this case because an injunction will ensure imitation amusement rides, which may not meet the safety standards of the Zamperla Plaintiffs' rides, are not passed off as, or confused with the amusement rides manufactured and sold by the Zamperla Plaintiffs”.
The final judgment provided for triple damages worth in excess of $138 million
(€107m). The defendants are Golden Horse Amusement Equipment Co Ltd, which was found to have illegally copied at least 83 rides and judged liable for $91,219,767; Beijing Jiuhua Amusement Rides Manufacturing Co Ltd, liable for $45,237,378 after copying at least 66 rides; and Beijing Tongjunweida Play Equipment Co Ltd, which copied at least 34 rides and is liable for $2,410,650. On the afternoon of November 13 at IAAPA Attractions Expo, US Federal Marshals seized all materials in the booths of Golden Horse and Beijing Jiuhua Amusement Rides and served them with papers requiring them to appear for additional legal proceedings.
Zamperla was represented by amusement industry attorney Tom Sheehan of The Sheehan Firm, working with Orange County Counsel, Ric Keller of Hill, Rugh, Keller & Main.
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