Cbb Group, Inc. v. United States

OPINION AND ORDER

STANCEU, Judge:

This action arises from the importation by plaintiff CBB Group, Inc. (“CBB”), an importer of toys and other consumer goods, of “785 cartons of plush toys” that were the subject of Entry No. 735-0096303-5, which plaintiff filed in September 2010 at the port of Newark, New Jersey. Summons; Compl. ¶¶ 2, 13. United States Customs and Border Protection (“Customs” or “CBP”) refused to release 574 of the 785 cartons and appears to have determined that the merchandise it did not release are “piratical” copies that infringe a registered copyright. Plaintiff filed a…