Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton wins landmark case in Canada - Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Louis Vuitton has won the largest ever judgment in a trademark counterfeiting and copyright case in Canada, as a court punished firms importing designer fakes from China, the luxury bag maker said Wednesday.

Massive counterfeit luxury goods case could lead to huge fines - Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Lawyers for Louis Vuitton Canada Inc. and Burberry Canada Inc. are seeking damages against three Canadian companies for selling designer knockoffs.

Fake Louis Vuitton goods destroyed in the Philippines - Thursday, February 03, 2011

MANILA, Philippines—Louis Vuitton of France, the famed maker of luxurious fashion items, has scored a series of legal victories in its campaign to stop the distribution and sale of counterfeit Louis Vuitton products in the Philippines.

Counterfeit Vuitton bags - distorted status symbol - Tuesday, December 21, 2010

The streets of Seoul are filled with women of all ages carrying easily recognizable Louis Vuitton canvas handbags on their arms. One may initially assume these handbags are all real, but this is Korea, where the highest quality counterfeit luxury goods are easily available to buy in the streets or on websites.

LVMH’s Louis Vuitton challenges copycat bag imports - Monday, December 06, 2010

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, the world’s largest luxury-goods maker, filed a U.S. trade complaint seeking to block U.S. imports from China of handbags, luggage and other accessories that copy the Louis Vuitton look.

Is luxury counterfeiting affecting Louis Vuitton? - Monday, November 01, 2010

According to the luxury goods retailer, Louis Vuitton, the fight against luxury counterfeiting still continues. Louis Vuitton's Asia Pacific president Jean-Baptiste Debains was in the country to reveal a new range of high-end leather luggages, bags and shoes along with the swanky Crown Casino store.

French court endorses eBay-Louis Vuitton ruling - Monday, September 06, 2010

The Paris Court of Appeal confirmed that eBay was liable for a counterfeiting conviction for selling on its website imitation Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessey (LVMH) products between 2001 and 2006.

Don't buy counterfeits - Sunday, June 27, 2010

A rather unfortunate tourist in Italy has been on the receiving end of a E1000 fine after purchasing a counterfeit Louis Vuitton handbag.

Fake designer goods become more of a trap than tourists had bargained for - Tuesday, June 08, 2010

It must have seemed a bargain: a Louis Vuitton bag for €7 (£5.80). It was being sold on an Italian beach by a hawker with a charming smile as its only guarantee of authenticity, but Ursula Corel still managed to beat him down from €50.

Google wins trademark case despite LVMH fears over counterfeit goods - Wednesday, March 24, 2010

ONLINE search giant Google has won a key case brought by luxury goods brand Louis Vuitton about its right to sell brand names as advertising links.

Google likely to win battle over counterfeit goods ad - Monday, March 22, 2010

Google looks likely to win a European high court battle over how it uses keywords in advertising - but legal experts say the issue is likely to keep rattling the search giant.

Millions of Louis Vuitton fakes seized in the Philippines - Wednesday, March 03, 2010

PHILIPPINE law-enforcers seized over 28,000 pieces of counterfeit Louis Vuitton goods worth over $US4 million ($A4.43 million) in a crackdown in Manila.

Update: LVMH prevails in Paris counterfeit case against EBay - Thursday, October 08, 2009

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA (LVMUY) said Friday a French tribunal found eBay Inc. (EBAY) responsible for counterfeiting on its Web site, the latest fight over when sites are responsible for counterfeit items being sold on their domains.

Louis Vuitton awarded $32.4 million in damages in counterfeit lawsuit - Monday, August 31, 2009

Louis Vuitton Malletier, S.A. ("Louis Vuitton") part of LVMH, the world`s
leading luxury group, today announced that it has won the lawsuit it filed in
2007 against the California based Internet hosting business of Akanoc Solutions,
Inc., Managed Solutions Group, Inc., and Steven Chen (the "Akanoc Defendants")
in the United States District Court, Northern District of California (San Jose).

Philippines - P2 million in fake Louis Vuitton items seized - Monday, August 03, 2009

Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) seized some P2-million worth of fake Louis Vuitton bags and wallets during raids on several outlets in Mandaluyong City.

Louis Vuitton sues Chinese company for selling counterfeits - Friday, March 06, 2009

A Chinese court Thursday opened the trial of a Shanghai company which French luxury firm Louis Vuitton Malletier (LV) claims had been selling fakes of its products.

What to look out for on a fake Louis Vuitton wallet - Thursday, January 17, 2008

Consumer Reports said counterfeit items at a glance can look authentic, but Pat Slaven, a textile expert, can easily spot the differences between this $400 Louis Vuitton wallet and the $80 fake. "In the fake, the snap isn't centered on the pattern. The real one, the snap's centered. One of the other major differences between the two wallets, the fake doesn't have a color-matched zipper and the lining is a very different quality in the fake," said Slaven.

Man selling fake Louis Vuitton arrested - Tuesday, November 20, 2007

A 28-year-old Japanese national who was selling fake Louis Vuitton products was arrested and charged with trafficking of counterfeit goods, a second-degree felony.