Chanel Sued 30 Amazon Sellers For Selling Fake Goods. This Time, There Were Two Complaints

Chanel brand, adhering to the epoch-making innovative concept and forward-looking creativity of the founder, Ms. Gabriel Chanel, has become the vane of modern female aesthetics. It is a famous brand with a history of 100 years. Its fashion design always keeps elegant, simple and exquisite style.

Recently, French classic luxury brand Chanel We are handling a lawsuit with a total claim of up to 60 million dollars, accusing some Amazon online sellers who have been suspended due to their suspected provision of counterfeit Chanel goods. Two of the defendants actually responded (this is quite rare in such cases):

One in Amazon The seller whose store name is certified as "Angela Pasecha" sent an email to Chanel's legal counsel on Thursday, saying that they sold mobile phone cases with the "Chanel" logo, which was an accident caused by uploading some official product photos of Chanel by mistake.

The seller from outside the United States said: "When I noticed these errors, I immediately removed the goods from the shelves and deleted the relevant links and goods. We had previously completed five transactions and earned $48, but now all the assets of our online store have been frozen." He apologized for this error, And promised not to sell Chanel products through Amazon.

Another Chinese seller named "Juan Liu" in the Amazon certification store sent a concise email to Chanel's legal counsel, denying that he had sold any Chanel's counterfeit products.

Chanel's lawyer declined to comment on the matter.

In similar cases, because the defendant accused of selling counterfeit products did not respond at all, Gucci and Moose Knuckles received a default judgment.

Chanel has been actively protecting its intellectual property for a long time. In the current case, more than 30 online sellers who sold a series of handbags, T-shirts, mobile phone cases and other counterfeit Chanel products through Amazon have been charged.

Lynette Oka, executive director of Chanel in charge of Internet law enforcement, stated in court that in order to sue these sellers, Chanel They also hired two private detectives to monitor their actions in Amazon. The two private detectives bought Chanel from the online store set up by the defendant seller in Amazon One of the seven symbols was identified as fake.

Lynette Oka also said: “Chanel It also opposes the so-called "search engine optimization" behavior carried out by Amazon sellers using their brand names. The defendant is tarnishing the open and free market space. Chanel Have the right to promote products and relevant information under fair conditions. The defendant's illegal behavior will lead to Chanel Encounter unfair competition on the network (including search engine results). "

Chanel has received a temporary restraining order against the defendant, but is still asking the court to permanently close these sellers' Amazon stores and claim 2 million dollars from each fake Amazon merchant.

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