TAG ARCHIVES: COUNTERFEIT
French Court Overturns Ruling in the LVMH v eBay Lawsuit
368 days ago - The Fashion LawyerIn 2008, a French court ordered eBay to pay LVMH 38.5 million euros. A subsequent appeals court reduced this sum to 5.7 million euros but affirmed that eBay was in the wrong. Earlier this month, France’s highest appeals court (Cour de Cassation) overturned the ruling against eBay. The court found that the lower courts did not … Read More
Rolex Wins Against Counterfeit Websites
376 days ago - The Fashion LawyerIn January, Rolex filed a lawsuit against Gabriel Alvarez, operator of sites deviousdesires.net and deviousdesires.com, where it found counterfeit Rolex watches being sold for roughly $100 a piece. According to Rolex, which purchased a few of the watches before filing the suit, Alvarez had advertised the Web sites via his Facebook and Twitter pages. … Read More
Uggs Wins $686 Million Judgment Against 3,000 China-based Websites
381 days ago - The Fashion LawyerYesterday I did a post about Hermes and Louis Vuitton winning against counterfeiters. It was later reported on Fashionista that: Deckers Outdoor Corp., Uggs‘ parent company, was recently awarded a whopping $686 million in two lawsuits against, wait for it,over 3,000 China-based websites selling counterfeit Uggs, according to WWD. At least part of the funds were seized from … Read More
Roberto Cavalli thinks American Fashion Stinks Thanks to Anna Wintour
394 days ago - Vanity CoutureThe New York fashion industry is fuming because of comments made by Roberto Cavalli in an interview with Italy’s La Repubblica. The Italian designer stated that: Just look at American fashion, which is almost fashion. It’s terrible and you almost can’t look at it, but it has been driven by a great journalist-Anna Wintour who … Read More