ART ASK AGENCY S.L. v PERSON(S) UNKNOWN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATION OF E-COMMERCE STORE AT URL “HTTPS://WLDAFENGUAN.ALIEXPRESS.COM/STORE/3254015” WITH SELLER ALIAS “LXS-WL STORE” & 243 Ors
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| Court | High Court Registrar |
|---|---|
| Decided | |
| Judge | Gan Kam Yuin |
| Charges / claim | Civil Procedure |
| Counsel | Drew & Napier LLC, JWS Asia Law Corporation, Darren Low Jun Jie, Lim Gerui, Melinna Teo Jue Luo, Mohammed Reza, Nigel Pereira |
Source: [2023] SGHCR 14, High Court Registrar, decided — eLitigation. Updated .
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Art Ask Agency SL v Person(s) Unknown (“LXS-WL STORE”) and others [2023] SGHCR 14 is a grounds of decision of AR Gan Kam Yuin in the General Division of the High Court, delivered on 28 August 2023 in Originating Claim No 331 of 2022 (Summons 1409 of 2023). The claimant, a Spanish company that develops and distributes products for brand owners, had obtained default judgment against the defendants in the US courts on 20 July 2020, under which each of the more than 200 defendants, unknown operators of AliExpress e-commerce stores, was to pay statutory damages of US$50,000 for counterfeit trademark use. The application arose out of an enforcement order under Order 22 of the Rules of Court 2021 to attach debts from a non-party, with disputes over the non-party's entitlement to withhold parts of the attached debts and to costs, and the enforcement order's duration.
[2023] SGHCR 14 explained
ART ASK AGENCY S.L. v PERSON(S) UNKNOWN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATION OF E-COMMERCE STORE AT URL “HTTPS://WLDAFENGUAN.ALIEXPRESS.COM/STORE/3254015” WITH SELLER ALIAS “LXS-WL STORE” & 243 Ors ([2023] SGHCR 14) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court Registrar on 28 August 2023. It is categorised under Civil Procedure. Within this corpus it has since been cited by 1 other reported Singapore judgment, a measure of how often later decisions have referred to it. This page summarises what the reported decision covers and links the primary sources — the full judgment, the statutes it cites, and the other cases it engages with — so the decision can be read in context. It is reference information, not legal advice, and it does not state the outcome or any holding beyond what the official judgment records.
What is [2023] SGHCR 14 about?
ART ASK AGENCY S.L. v PERSON(S) UNKNOWN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATION OF E-COMMERCE STORE AT URL “HTTPS://WLDAFENGUAN.ALIEXPRESS.COM/STORE/3254015” WITH SELLER ALIAS “LXS-WL STORE” & 243 Ors ([2023] SGHCR 14) is a High Court Registrar decision from 2023. Its published catchwords are “Civil Procedure — Judgments and Orders — Enforcement”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.
Which legislation does [2023] SGHCR 14 consider?
The judgment refers to Evidence Act (Cap 97). The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.
How influential is [2023] SGHCR 14?
Within this corpus, [2023] SGHCR 14 has been cited by 1 later reported Singapore judgment. That count reflects references from other decisions held in this corpus only and is a conservative lower bound on how often the case has actually been cited.
Summary
Art Ask Agency SL, a Spanish company, enforced US and Singapore default judgments against over 200 unknown operators of AliExpress stores that sold counterfeit-trademark goods, each ordered to pay US$50,000. In an enforcement application under Order 22 of the Rules of Court 2021 to attach debts held by non-party Alipay Merchant Services, the Assistant Registrar held that only debts "due" when the notice was served were caught, and ordered the non-party to pay costs of $12,000.
What was Art Ask Agency SL v Person(s) Unknown [2023] SGHCR 14 about?
It was an enforcement matter before AR Gan Kam Yuin arising from an order under Order 22 of the Rules of Court 2021 to attach debts from a non-party in relation to more than 200 unknown AliExpress store operators, decided on 28 August 2023.
What was the underlying judgment in [2023] SGHCR 14?
Art Ask Agency SL, a Spanish company, had obtained default judgment in the US courts on 20 July 2020, under which each defendant was to pay statutory damages of US$50,000 for wilful use of counterfeit trademarks on the AliExpress platform.
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