E-Bay Will Appeal It's Conviction In French Court

E-Bay has been fined almost 63 million dollars in a year and a half long case brought by Louis Vuitton, which accused the online auction business of selling fake handbags and perfume.

The French court decided that E-Bay had allowed the sale of fake Louise Vuitton handbags and issued a "cease and desist" order - if this order is not obeyed, E-Bay could face fines up to around $78,540 per day.

E-Bay says that they will definitely appeal the decision, saying that they did not infringe on any copyright law and that, in reality, Louis Vuitton is just trying to shut out any competition.

Another case was just recently lost by E-Bay, again in French court, when they were convicted of selling fake handbags by Hermes.

The Ugliest Handbag in the World

In my humble opinion, the ugliest handbag ever made was released in 2007 by Louis Vuitton. I know what you are thinking - how can such a savvy and successful handbag company make such a monstrousity? My answer is that maybe it was some sort of PR stunt - that is the only conceivable reason to release such a joke on the fashion conscious public.

The bag that has earned such drastic speech from me, a fanatical handbag lover, is the Louis Vuitton Patchwork Bag. This limited edition horror is made from 15 samples from their Spring/Summer cruise line series and all 24 sold out (at around $45,000 a pop) immediately. The individual bags themselves are really quite nice but mixing them all together? My only remaining comment is "What were they thinking?"