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L'Oreal sues eBay over counterfeit goods |
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Written by Felix Da Silva (fdasilva@bitnip.com)
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Tuesday, 18 September 2007 |
 L'Oreal has challenged eBay in five European countries for allegedly
allowing the sale of counterfeit cosmetics and perfumes through its Web site,
the company said Monday.
According to the Associated Press, a L'Oreal spokeswoman said legal proceedings were launched against eBay in
France, Germany, Britain, Belgium and Spain. The cosmetic giant's perfume
business includes fragrances sold under the brands Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren,
Cacharel and Lancome.
L'Oreal said in a statement,
L'Oreal has been facing an increasing volume of illicit trade in fake fragrances
and fake cosmetic products on some online auction sites It goes on to say that the online auction Web sites sell luxury products in "significant quantities by
unauthorized dealers" and has decided to take legal action to defend its
trademarks.
L'Oreal claims that eBay is profiting from the sale of counterfeit
goods and is not doing enough to combat fakes. eBay has argued in the past that
it always acts in such cases when notified of the sale of counterfeits.
According to the French newspaper Liberation, L'Oreal's head of anti-counterfeiting, Xavier Herfroy said,
eBay is not a victim because it gets a cut from each transaction and
advertisement, real or fake.
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