Hermes Wins $100 Million Lawsuit Against Counterfeits

Hermes Head Office

A New York has awarded French luxury goods company Hermes International $100 million in damages from retailers of 34 websites who sold counterfeit versions of Hermes handbags and other products, Wednesday.

Interestingly, the websites did not defend themselves, were found to have infringed upon nine trademarks. In addition to selling the much sought after Birkin bags they also sold counterfeit wallets, jewellery, belts and watches. Steps were also taken to ensure these sites were not going to be reopened.

We strongly believe the size of the judgement, is in large, due partly to the defendants' failure to adhere to earlier court orders demanding that they cease, temporarily, selling the goods.

In it's ruling the court ordered the PayPal accounts of the defendants' be liquidated, in order to meet the judgement, as well as further ordering Facebook and Twitter to remove links to the infringing sites.

It will be interesting to see if the search engines and social media sites comply, as the court have no authority of these areas, so how fully the order will be enforced has yet to be seen.

We for one, certainly welcome the action. We have seen the sophistication of these counterfeits improve over the years, as Hermes waiting list increase, so does the quality of the counterfeits and the price fake Birkins cost.

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defendant's PayPal accounts.