Hermès wins Counterfeit Lawsuit against eBay
[ via Businessweek ]
Hermès may have only won about $30,000 in the recent counterfeit lawsuit against eBay, however the case sets a precedent for current and future cases. LVMH currently has a suit pending against eBay, that could cost eBay $57 million dollars. Google has already lost over $400,000 to LVMH in the past, for allowing counterfeiters to purchase keywords on their Adwords network.
Counterfeiting thrives online and I am glad the courts are finally cracking down on this illegal business. It is so unethical that companies such as eBay and Google just sit back and do nothing to prevent counterfeiters from running their illegal operations online.
How many lawsuits will it take before these companies realize that what they are allowing on their networks is inappropriate?
