A French court on Monday ordered online auctioneer eBay to pay nearly 40 million euros in damages to Louis Vuitton for selling fake luxury goods, in a ruling cheered as a victory for copyright protection.
The Paris commercial court ruled in favour of six LVMH brands and also barred eBay from selling four perfumes — Christian Dior, Kenzo, Givenchy and Guerlain — on its websites.
— From eBay fined for selling fake Louis Vuitton goods online. As most of you know, perfume decants disappeared from eBay a little over a year ago; it will be interesting to see what happens next.
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Wow. Does this mean any fragrances from these houses, in unopened packages, etc.? This is terrible! What about current listings that haven't ended yet?
Mon DIeu!
I assume it means everything — but in France, not in the US — yet.
Thank goodness it's just France for now. I just scored my first really “good” find (Chamade extrait) for cheap and I wasn't looking to stop anytime soon. But you know what will probably happen in the long run….
Congrats on your bottle, that's a great score — cheap or no. Hope we'll get a few more years, but won't be surprised if they're off eBay eventually.
Not totally true, for there are still decants being blatantly sold on Ebay – see for yourself by searching for “Serge Lutens” or “Montale”.
As long as a greedy company is able to make “a buck”, they will.
A sad time indeed!
Some of my best (and most cost efficient) finds have been from eBay!
True enough, just meant that they are “officially” banned.
I miss the decants very much…saved me lots of $$$.
I think I would go into mourning if many brands were barred from eBay here. Luckily, I don't think our courts are nearly as strict as European courts.
Keeping my fingers crossed…
It's the yet part that scares me.
I understand the reason, but I have purchsed so many adored and difficult to find fragrances via. EBay.
I don't know enough to say. Today's article said that “grey market” fragrances are not illegal in the US, only in France. Hopefully that saves us.