In what appears to be a landmark case against the world’s online auction giant, a French court convicted eBay for selling counterfeit goods and ordered to pay €20,000 ($30,000) in damages to French luxury group Hermes. In the court decision, the court held eBay directly responsible for the sale on its website of three Hermes bags including two fakes, for a total of €3,000.

The auction site was held jointly liable with the woman who sold the counterfeit items, the decision reads: Read the rest of this entry »