On August 24, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second
Circuit closed the latest chapter of the long-running DONNAY
litigation, ruling in favor of our clients Donnay Int'l S.A.,
Int'l Brand Mgt. Ltd, and Brands Holdings Ltd in a suit brought
by their 2009 licensee (“Licensee”) of the DONNAY
tennis racket brand.
Licensee disputes our clients’ termination of its license,
and first sued Donnay Int'l S.A. for two billion dollars
($2,000,000,000.00) in the Supreme Court of New York, Nassau
County, in 2014. We removed the case to the U.S. District Court for
the Eastern District of New York, in Central Islip, where it was
designated Donnay USA Ltd v. Donnay Int'l S.A., Case
No. 2:14-cv-06095-SJF-GRB (E.D.N.Y.). We then moved to dismiss it
for failure to state a claim. U.S. District Judge Sandra J.
Feuerstein granted our motion, with prejudice. Licensee appealed to
the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Case No. 15-2385, but its
appeal was dismissed.
