| Louis Vuitton Malletier, Inc. ( "Louis Vuitton") is LVMH, the world's leading luxury goods Group, part
of the announced that it has won a lawsuit charged in 2007 in California organized Akanoc Internet
solutions, corporate governance Solutions, commercial, corporate and Stephen Chen (hereinafter
referred to as "Akanoc defendant") in the United States District Court, Northern California (San Jose) http://www.bigbigbags.com
area. August 28, the jury ruled that style trademark and copyright infringement liability Akanoc the
defendant, and awarded a total of 32,400,000.00 statutory damages. The Court is expected soon to issue
a permanent injunction against the defendant access to the site to sell counterfeit Louis Vuitton www.bigbigbags.com
Akanoc infringing goods.
Berteaux, Director of Intellectual Property Louis Vuitton, said: "We are very pleased that the jury
recognized Akanoc the defendant shared responsibility. This decision is another way for the reduction http://www.bigbigbags.com
of manufacturing and selling counterfeit commodities, and the implementation of the rule of law on the
Internet site of the illegal activities of an important step. the defendant's Akanoc 'ability to
provide managed servers, web hosting provider does not exempt a specific business model to take active http://www.bigbigbags.com
measures to effectively prevent the violation notice, from the Intellectual Property Rights the
activities of the owner of them. This case is a particularly important, since it involves the theory http://www.bigbigbags.com
of responsibility to pay the successful application of the Internet, those who knew or should have
known of the business, for which they provide a venue for illegal activities, has the responsibility http://www.bigbigbags.com
to ensure that the business is legitimate.
He said: "The size of this award should be made clear to all Internet service providers (ISP), they
can not take action or no action with impunity, if the trademark owner found that the site provided by
the ISP hosting the sale of counterfeit goods. We are believe that the scale of compensation should be
considered as other Internet service providers who may be considered neglect on their site hosts
counterfeit deterrence. LVMH will continue around the world, concrete and virtual struggle to protect
their brands against fake customers. "
Louis Vuitton's lawyer, said: "This decision clearly defined on the trademark infringement complaints
against Internet-based standards. It represents a positive contribution to the existing case law, it
marked the first statutory damages compensation for those who have been found contributorily be
trademark infringement liability. applicable to claims of copyright infringement standards must be
applied to trademark infringement claims. The jury found that, with appropriate use policy is not
enough. Internet service providers are responsible for the effective implementation of this policy. "
A world leader in luxury, Louis Vuitton has been the same fashion in tourism since 1854 art. Since
1987, it has participated in the Louis Vuitton / Louis Vuitton, the world's most prestigious luxury
goods group led by Bernard Arnault. |
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