France’s luxury goods industry won a new victory in its battle with eBay yesterday when the online auctioneer was fined €1.7 million (£1.55 million) for breaching an injunction banning the sale of perfumes and beauty products made by LVMH.
— Read more at LVMH enjoys sweet smell of victory against eBay at the UK Times Online. The other side, according to eBay…
A French court on Friday ordered online auction site eBay to pay 80,000 euros (118,000 dollars) to Louis Vuitton for selling fake luxury perfumes, LVMH said.
"The court found that in using key words from certain LVMH brands, eBay had commited several acts of counterfeiting," LVMH said in a statement.
— Read more at EBay fined again for selling fake Louis Vuitton goods online at France 24.
A British court ruled Friday that Internet marketplace eBay is not liable for bogus beauty products sold on its Web site, dealing a blow to cosmetics company L'Oreal's legal campaign against the online auction giant.
— Read more at EBay wins court fight against L'Oreal in UK at The Guardian. Ebay won a similar case in France earlier this month.
A French court on Wednesday rejected a claim from the cosmetics company L’Oréal that the online auctioneer eBay was profiting from sales of counterfeit perfumes. The court said that eBay was making a reasonable effort to keep fake goods off its site.
— From French Court Clears eBay in Selling Fake Goods at the New York Times.
The decision reaffirmed eBay's argument that trademark holders such as Tiffany & Co., which sued four years ago, are responsible for policing the online marketplace for fake products, not eBay.
New York District Judge Richard Sullivan said eBay's isn't liable simply because it is generally aware that counterfeit goods are being sold on its Web site.
— From a case that was about jewelry, not perfume, but that is still of interest to anyone who has been watching the LVMH vs. eBay case in France (see part 1, part 2, part 3). Tiffany plans to appeal the US decision; read more at EBay wins counterfeit suit brought by Tiffany at the San Francisco Chronicle.
