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June 11, 2011 02:20 am GMT
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Clothing Designer Tory Burch Wins $164M In Lawsuit Against Online Counterfeiters
Women's clothing designer Tory Burch has been awarded $164 million in damages from online counterfeiters that have been selling copies of her shoes, bags and clothing on the web. According to Women's Wear Daily, this is the largest amount of money awarded to a fashion designer for damages from online counterfeiters. For background, in 2008, eBay was forced to pay Louis Vuitton $61 million over the sale of counterfeit bags and accessories on the auction marketplace.Tory Burch filed lawsuit in December 2010, alleging trademark counterfeiting and cybersquatting by a group of counterfeiters (believed to be based in China) that had set up hundreds of websites selling fake Tory Burch goods.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/wO8xiCZFwKk/
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