2012年6月20日星期三

Rejected: Louis Vuitton lawsuit against "The Hangover Part II"


  Luxury fashion giant Hermes and Burberry have recently experienced triumphs in their fight against counterfeit products - last week received the French police bust of a workshop with £ 14.5 million in counterfeit Hermes handbags and Burberry £ 63 million against the counterfeiters Chinese Internet - but Louis Vuitton hasn 't been so lucky.

French luggage maker was denied his lawsuit against Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. over the use of counterfeit luggage in Part II Hangover by a federal judge in New York.

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In the comedy, Dead Alan Zach Galifianakis his eccentric character of Louis Vuitton-monogrammed sports bag-like design with letters instead of LVM LV, and told his co-star: "Attention is a Louis Vuitton" - all evil delivery of the brand.

Vuitton asked Warner Bros. to not bag with counterfeit products by Diophy, a group of American and Chinese companies, which specialize in used copies.

WWD reports that Judge Carter was not convinced that the bags used in the scene caused confusion to the consumer, writes: "Louis Vuitton tried to do this in two ways: by arguing that the bags are so similar as Diophy confusion for consumers create, but at the same time so obviously dissimilar to how someone would look at the film, the slightly different symbols used on the bag Diophy notice. "

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He added that the bag only on screen for several seconds and is not the main goal of the scene. Triple Vuitton, trying profits from the film (which brought in about $ 580 million), damages and destruction of all advertising materials, showing the scene from the airport with a fake bag, were n 'were not given anything.

"We are deeply disappointed by the decision of the court," said the French company. "We remain committed to protecting our brand, and will remain vigilant in our efforts to prevent misleading and inappropriate use of our brand to the benefit of our customers."



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