MANHATTAN (LN) — U.S. District Judge Dale E. Ho on Monday ordered financial institutions to locate and attach the accounts of Guangzhou Lingye Dianzi Shangwu Youxian Gongsi, known as Sicily, and compel the companies to hand over a year’s worth of transaction records in a patent infringement suit.
The order modifies a preliminary injunction entered in November 2025, which had previously vacated an asset freeze because the court found the plaintiff failed to show the defendant was likely to evade judgment.
Judge Ho found "just cause" to modify the injunction after Sicily’s counsel withdrew and the company’s representative indicated it did not intend to defend the action, yet continued to manufacture, import and sell the accused products.
The court ordered the financial institutions to locate and attach Sicily’s financial accounts within five days of receiving the order, which was filed under seal to prevent the defendant from learning of the freeze were secured.
Sicily and all persons in active concert and participation with Sicily are enjoined from secreting, concealing or transferring assets from those accounts pending the final hearing.
The order also mandates that the financial institutions provide plaintiff’s counsel with all documents relating to Sicily’s accounts, including account numbers, balances, identifying information, account opening documents, and records of all deposits, withdrawals and wire transfers over the previous year.
Service of the order on Sicily is deemed effective upon delivery of a PDF copy and a link to a secure website to its email address identified by Amazon, sowgreen-direct@hotmail.com.
Service on third-party service providers and financial institutions, including Amazon.com, Inc., PayPal Inc., Payoneer Inc. and PingPong Global Solutions Inc., is to be completed via Federal Express or electronic mail to designated legal contacts.
The $15,000 bond posted by plaintiff Telebrands Corp. remains with the court until final disposition.
Sicily may appear and move to dissolve or modify the order on two days’ notice to the plaintiff or on shorter notice as set by the court.