VF Outdoor, Inc., the US licensee of The North Face Apparel Corp. and manufacturer of The North Face outerwear and equipment, has announced that the company has been awarded a million-dollar judgment by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against Nabil Saleh, Ibrahim Saleh and Toufic Saleh, who - through a variety of corporate aliases - formed and operated a counterfeiting enterprise that sold counterfeit jackets bearing The North Face trademarks throughout New York City and the rest of the United States.

The North Face learned of the counterfeiting operations late in 2003 while investigating the source of counterfeit jackets bearing its trademarks and having obtained preliminary injunctions against the Salehs it then moved for summary judgment on its claims for trademark counterfeiting and infringement. After months of briefing, Judge Barbara S. Jones of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted The North Face's motion for summary judgment, awarding The North Face a $1 million judgment, plus reasonable attorneys' fees, against the Salehs.