EBay clinches legal victory over L'Oréal
EBay has claimed victory in a Paris court case brought against it by cosmetics giant L’Oréal over counterfeit perfumes on eBay’s website. The court ruled in favour of the internet auction site and said that it was not liable for the fake products and had met its obligations to combat counterfeits.EBay has lost out in French courts previously and was ordered to pay compensation to Hermes International and LVMH’s Moët Hennessy and Louis Vuitton.
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