 Around the World: France
(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-07-01 07:58 LV wins case against eBay EBay Inc, the world's largest Internet auctioneer, lost a second French court ruling over claims the company does not do enough to stop the sale of counterfeit goods. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, the world's largest luxury-goods maker, claimed that EBay has a heightened responsibility to prevent fraud as a broker of goods. A judge ruled that EBay should pay about $60 million in damages. LVMH said it found in 2006 that 90 percent of the Louis Vuitton and Dior-labeled perfumes, watches and handbags on EBay were fakes. (China Daily 07/01/2008 page12) |
