Wynn Macau issues trademark warning against fraud websites

Wynn Macau Limited, the Macau arm of the global leader in gambling, has issued a warning about an increase in “fraudulent online gambling and investment websites” using the ‘Wynn’ name. The company also warned that these fraudsters are using the names of other legitimate businesses and even governmental authorities.

The company said such fraudulent websites often prominently display logos and trademarks of known entities. “We do not offer online gambling or investment accounts. Websites offering these or similar activities and opportunities that use our names, such as ‘Wynn Resorts (Macau) S.A.’, ‘Wynn’-related trademarks, including our marks for ‘Wynn Macau’ and ‘Wynn Palace’, or similar names or images in likeness to ours, are doing so without our authorization and possibly unlawfully and with criminal intent,” it said.

In the company’s view, its intellectual property assets, “especially the logo version of ‘WYNN,’ are among our most valuable assets.” It is actively reporting such websites and pursuing legal remedies, but also said litigation for this “may be costly and may not be successful in protecting and preserving the status and value of our intellectual property assets.” Wynn Macau operates both the Wynn Macau and Wynn Palace hotel-casinos.

Just last month, in China’s Jiangsu province, police reportedly arrested 56 suspects connected to a ‘transnational’ internet gambling ring whose business amounted to about $1.1 billion. In a separate bust in the same province, police arrested 63 people suspected of involvement in the operation of five gambling sites that were using trademarks of SJM Holdings’ New Lisboa Casino and Sands China’s Venetian.

Source: calvinayre.com