Amazon, Defendants Move to Dismiss Claims in Prime Scam Case; Injunction Holds

Amazon moved with defendants Digital Home Solutions and Joti Applee Dhillon to dismiss the remaining claims in a case involving alleged “impersonation” scams that dupe consumers into buying fake Amazon support services for activating Prime Video on their devices, said their joint motion to dismiss Friday (docket 1:23-cv-05175) in U.S. District Court for Eastern North Carolina in New Bern. The lawsuit was one of three that Amazon filed on the same day in November alleging that the defendants and the call centers they work with are part of the “scam ecosystem” that enables the impersonation schemes (see 2311120001). The court previously entered a permanent injunction enjoining the defendants from engaging in conduct that infringed on Amazon trademarks, said the motion. The action and all claims are dismissed with prejudice without fees or costs to either side, it said. The court will retain jurisdiction over the matter to enforce the terms of the parties’ settlement agreement and permanent injunction, it said.