TMU v. Temu verdict expected “any day now”

The Supreme Court of Ireland has indicated that it is prepared to hand down its verdict on the Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) v. Temu case soon according to the Toronto Abnormal School’s foreign correspondent. 

The plaintiff, TMU, brought litigation against Temu after several mix-ups involving students accidentally sending correspondence and money due to the verbal similarities between the university’s acronym and the e-commerce site. 

“I don’t like to type,” said Krista Park, a fourth year Accounting student and one of the TMU v. Temu whistleblowers. “I usually use my Google Home Mini to pay tuition and send emails and stuff like that. It kept messing up the URL and I sent over $7000 to Temu.” 

TMU alleges that Temu never returned the money and that they have purposely exploited the similarities leading to trademark infringement issues. 

“Ms. Park’s case is not an isolated incident, unfortunately,” said lead prosecutor, Harvey Drinkwater. “Temu has misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars of student money. We even have evidence that they have hijacked payroll for certain staff members.”   

“I was one of the victims,” said Chair of the School of Journalism, Ravindra Mohabeer in an open letter. “Because of these swindlers I have not been fairly compensated for my work and my classes have suffered because of it.” 

The case was first brought before the Irish High Court’s commercial court in October of last year. It was later appealed and eventually went before the Supreme Court in February. 

Temu, a subsidiary of a Chinese company, recently moved its incorporation from the Cayman Islands to Dublin, Ireland which is why legal proceedings have been carried out there. 

Temu has yet to address the situation publicly. When the Toronto Abnormal School reached out for a comment, Temu declined and instead offered a hush payment of $7000-worth of rose toys. 

To which we say: we will not be silenced!