L’Oreal SA, the world’s largest cosmetics maker, won a ruling from the European Union’s highest court that will allow it to block a group of perfume makers from marketing “smell-alike” versions of its fragrances.
— From L’Oreal May Prevent ‘Smell Alike’ Ads, EU Court Says at Bloomberg.
A British court ruled Friday that Internet marketplace eBay is not liable for bogus beauty products sold on its Web site, dealing a blow to cosmetics company L'Oreal's legal campaign against the online auction giant.
— Read more at EBay wins court fight against L'Oreal in UK at The Guardian. Ebay won a similar case in France earlier this month.
A French court on Wednesday rejected a claim from the cosmetics company L’Oréal that the online auctioneer eBay was profiting from sales of counterfeit perfumes. The court said that eBay was making a reasonable effort to keep fake goods off its site.
— From French Court Clears eBay in Selling Fake Goods at the New York Times.
Givenchy has launched Very Irresistible Givenchy Summer For Women (see bottle at right), a limited edition fragrance featuring centifolia rose, peony rose, fantasia rose, passion rose, emotion rose, verbena leaf and star anise; and Very Irresistible Givenchy Summer For Men, with grapefruit peel, mint leaf, sesame seed, mocha, hazelnut wood and Virginia cedar.
Both fragrances are available now at sephora…
In a case that may have far-reaching implications for the perfume industry, L'Oreal has won a lawsuit against a company that copied the "olfactory architecture" of its fragrances:
A scent is a work of art just like a painting or a symphony, a French court has ruled in a case seen as a major victory in the battle against copycat fragrances.
After decades of failed attempts to copyright a particular perfume, cosmetics giant L'Oreal finally persuaded the court that its perfumes were entitled to the French droits d'auteur (authorial rights) that protect their creators from imitation for 70 years.
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