{"id":164136,"date":"2021-02-12T10:37:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T10:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/amazon-and-salvatore-ferragamo-file-lawsuits-against-counterfeiters\/"},"modified":"2021-08-06T12:10:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T12:10:16","slug":"amazon-and-salvatore-ferragamo-file-lawsuits-against-counterfeiters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/amazon-and-salvatore-ferragamo-file-lawsuits-against-counterfeiters\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon and Salvatore Ferragamo file lawsuits against counterfeiters"},"content":{"rendered":"
Online giant Amazon and Italian luxury goods brand Salvatore Ferragamo have today jointly filed two lawsuits against four individuals and three entities - for counterfeiting Ferragamo\u2019s products and attempting to sell them on Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The defendants attempting to offer the infringing products were violating Amazon\u2019s policies, Ferragamo\u2019s intellectual property rights and the law.<\/p>\n The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington<\/strong> and alleges the defendants conspired to use Ferragamo\u2019s registered trademarks, without authorisation, to deceive customers about the authenticity and origin of the products and the affiliation with Ferragamo.<\/p>\n Amazon strictly prohibits counterfeit products,<\/strong> and in 2019 alone invested more than $500m to protect customers and brands from fraud and abuse, including counterfeit.<\/p>\n Amazon\u2019s proactive investments in preventing counterfeit include robust seller vetting, advanced machine-learning based technologies,<\/strong> and industry-leading brand protection tools like Project Zero, Brand Registry, and Transparency.<\/p>\n Amazon also launched a Counterfeit Crimes Unit in June 2020, and has filed a series of lawsuits against counterfeiters, including a suit against individuals using social media to promote and facilitate the sale of counterfeits, as well as joint lawsuits with Italian luxury brand Valentino, cosmetics brand KF Beauty, family travel accessory brand JL Childress, and YETI.<\/strong><\/p>\n Dharmesh Mehta, Vice President, Customer Trust and Partner Support at Amazon, said: \u201cWe do not allow counterfeit products in our store, and we have made it crystal clear that we take aggressive action to hold accountable bad actors<\/strong> who attempt to evade our proactive protections.<\/p>\n \u201cThrough our Counterfeit Crimes Unit, we are working closely with luxury and cosmetics brands, small businesses, and brands with global name recognition. We will continue to fight to protect intellectual property from small family-owned businesses through to Fortune 500 companies.\"<\/strong><\/p>\n