Versace claims victory in fight against counterfeit goods

By

Dominique Muret

Published
May 31, 2013

It has taken four and a half years but the outcome is victorious. The Italian fashion house announced in a press release that it had claimed a court victory in Northern California against Griffith Suisse Luxury Group, who sold counterfeit Versace-branded merchandise on eBay in the Phillipines and Australia.

Griffith Suisse Luxury Group is now prohibited from using Versace’s trademarks and utilising auction website eBay as a selling platform.

“Counterfeit goods not only bring to a dilution of the brand, but are connected to organized crime, child labor and harmful working conditions,” said Versace chief executive officer Gian Giacomo Ferraris. “We are very pleased with the ruling. Versace is a brand that is well known around the world, and the violation of its intellectual property rights is a problem that the company has always been actively fighting. One cannot take pride in being counterfeited.”