Ebay Fined $61M By French Court For Sales of Fake Goods

[Steve]

A court in France ordered eBay to pay more than 61 mega-dollars to the parent company (LVHM) of Givenchy, Fendi, Marc Jacobs and Louis *******, because a user sold fake goods on the website. eBay has been sued by other 'luxury goods' vendors (such as Tiffany's (US), Rolex (Germany) and L'Oreal (EU)). Problems stem from some companies demanding that their merchandise (even legal merchandise) not be displayed nor sold as it is a violation of their 'property.' Others have complained that eBay is too slow to take down claims. Apparently eBay was hit with two violations: 1) eBay illegally allowed legitimately purchased and owned products made by LVHM to be resold on its website by 3rd parties not under the control of LVHM, and 2) not doing enough to protect LVHM's brands from illegal sales. eBay has said it will appeal. So eBay is to know what products every company allows to be sold before allowing them to on auction? (There's also coverage at Yahoo News.)http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?f...8/07/01/154231
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