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Nov 12, 2009
Franck Soutoul, Inlex IP Expertise, France
Jean-Philippe Bresson,Inlex IP Expertise, France


LVMH wins in France over eBay


Franck Soutoul, Inlex IP Expertise, France, Jean-Philippe Bresson,Inlex IP Expertise, FranceOn September 18, 2009, the Paris Court of First Instance ruled trademark infringement against eBay Inc. and eBay International AG. They reserved on several search engines (GOOGLE, MSN and AOL SEARCH) key words reproducing and imitating trademarks hold by several companies of the LVMH Group such as “Ange ou demon”, “Hot Couture”, “L’heure bleue”, “(parfum) Habit rouge” or “Kenzo” which drove internet users to eBay.fr and eBay.com websites.  read more