Sunglasses maker Maui Jim Inc. has filed a lawsuit against online retailer SmartBuyGlasses.com, claiming the company is selling counterfeit products and violating trademark, copyright and unfair-competition laws.
The lawsuit, filed late last year in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago, names Smartbuy Guru Enterprises (Cayman Islands), Motion Global Ltd. (Hong Kong), Smartbuyglasses Societa a Responsabilita Limitata (Italy) and Smartbuyglasses Optical Ltd. (Hong Kong).
The complaint says Maui Jim is unable to control the quality of sunglasses sold under its brand by the online retailer, and is seeking financial relief. It also wants the court to stop SmartBuyGlasses.com from selling sunglasses under the Maui Jim name and from using its copyrighted photography.
L&L sets its sights on the Sunshine State
L&L Hawaiian Barbecue plans to open in April in North Florida.
The Honolulu-based eatery is expanding its mainland presence to the Argyle Village Shopping Center, according to a report in the Financial News & Daily Record, based in Jacksonville, Fla.
There are nearly 200 L&L Hawaiian Barbecue franchise restaurants in Hawaii, California, Washington, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, Utah, Texas, New York and Tennessee, as well as on Guam and in Japan.
Dialysis clinic to be open 3 days a week
U.S. Renal Care Inc. is opening a dialysis clinic in Kapolei today in the former Simply Organized space at Laulani Village Shopping Center.
The 15,400-square-foot facility at 889 Kamokila Blvd. will treat chronic and acute renal disease with 24 patient treatment stations including one private station. The space also has four training rooms for teaching at-home hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis.
The facility, which is able to treat 72 patients a day in three shifts, is open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
U.S. Renal Care, which has 16 clinics on Oahu, merged with DSI Renal in January 2016, becoming the nation’s third-largest dialysis provider with about 23,000 patients in 33 states and on Guam.
ON THE MOVE
Hawaiian Airlines has appointed John Jacobi as vice president of information technology. He will oversee the airline’s IT operations, including “customer-facing” applications and technology solutions. Jacobi has more than 30 years of IT management and leadership experience, including as an officer at CWB Consulting. He also been a vice president at Electronic Data Systems, Delta Air Lines and Manheim-Cox Corporate.
The Honolulu Community Action Program has promoted Denise “Kehau” Miya to program manager for Ha Initiative: Creative STEM After-School Program. She will be responsible for the overall promotion, development and implementation of the program. Miya previously served as the Ha Initiative program specialist as well as a teacher for the Windward STEM Exploration Center at Waiahole Elementary School.
