eBay fined $63m for selling fake Louis Vuitton

A Paris court on Monday ordered Internet auctioneer eBay(网上拍卖公司易贝) to pay $63 million(6300万美金) in damages to Louis Vuitton for selling fake (假的)luxury goods (奢侈品) online, according to reports.

 

Louis Vuitton took eBay to court for selling a range of fake luxury goods online.

因为在网上销售假的路易威登品牌奢侈品，易贝被告到法庭。

The court also barred (禁止) eBay from selling four perfume brands (香水品牌)-- Christian Dior, Kenzo, Givenchy and Guerlain, AFP reported.

eBay, the world's largest online auctioneer(拍卖), said it would lodge an appeal and said the decision was not a victory for copyright law.

"This decision is not based on combating counterfeit material. It is based on LVMH's desire to protect its commercial practices and exclude competition," a spokeswoman for eBay in Paris told AFP.

"This is being done at the expense of the consumers and sellers to whom eBay is always offering opportunities," she added.

eBay was ordered to pay $30.40 million to LVMH and $25.7 to its sister company Christian Dior Couture for damage to their brand images and causing moral harm.

LVMH told AFP the decision was a major coup against illegal Internet sales.

"It is a major first, because of the principles that it recognizes and the amount sought," said Pierre Gode, an aide to LVMH president Bernard Arnault.

The court barred eBay from running ads for the perfume(香水) and cosmetic (化妆品) brands or it would face a fine of $79,000 per day.