L'Oreal continues to legally pin eBay in a bid to stop counterfeit products being sold, or authentic products sold that were sourced from outside of European Union.
eBay continues to maintain that it is just only providing a platform for traders and everyone is free to trade and the regulation of brand name and counterfeit products remains the responsibility of the trademark owners.
I kind of agree with eBay on that point but I also agree with L'Oreal that they have to right to maintain where their products are to be sold, and they don’t want their products to be associated with eBay.
I admit that buying these high end beauty and skincare products are cheaper away from their stores but I also understand the doubt that is cast when the prices are way lower than sold at stores and people start to question if these are authentic or fake.
Having said this, I think it should be all right to sell one or two items lying around the house, which happen to carry such a brand name, but not to the point of doing business with them.
It will be interesting to see who will win in this tussle, though it surely would help all parties if the law has some sort of uniformity to it in the various regions of the world.
eBay continues to maintain that it is just only providing a platform for traders and everyone is free to trade and the regulation of brand name and counterfeit products remains the responsibility of the trademark owners.
I kind of agree with eBay on that point but I also agree with L'Oreal that they have to right to maintain where their products are to be sold, and they don’t want their products to be associated with eBay.
I admit that buying these high end beauty and skincare products are cheaper away from their stores but I also understand the doubt that is cast when the prices are way lower than sold at stores and people start to question if these are authentic or fake.
Having said this, I think it should be all right to sell one or two items lying around the house, which happen to carry such a brand name, but not to the point of doing business with them.
It will be interesting to see who will win in this tussle, though it surely would help all parties if the law has some sort of uniformity to it in the various regions of the world.
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