The simple mention of the word "Chinatown" brings another word to mind..."fake." But now fakes have been found in another part of New York, the internet. Just recently Coach, Inc. sued a mother-daughter [Linda and Courtney Allen] teamed website that sold fake purses for $44,000,000. This case was particularly interesting because it was federal case since it was based out of NY when it's usually a foreign website that is hard to track down. Coach not only got the money from the lawsuit but shut down their websites, Bellafashions.net and MyClassyFashion.com. This is not the first time either that the woman has been caught selling fakes on the internet, in 2007 she was caught selling on eBay. Coach's comment on winning the case was that "The decision in Coach v. Linda Allen, et al. should serve as a warning to defendants in all pending Coach lawsuits that courts consider counterfeiting a serious issue and are prepared to order defendants to pay large sums of money. This decision should also serve as notice to all who traffic in counterfeit goods that Coach will vigorously pursue you, and will win.”
"Good for them" was the resounding comment on the news in the office since it something very illegal and its stealing of someone else's work. The counterfeit industry is something that not only makes the company itself lose sales but the production of the goods is usually done by children in overseas factories which makes the product cheaper and steals thousands of jobs a year from stealing buisness from the companies. So think next time you buy and don't even think about selling!
Steigrad, Alexandra. Coach Reels in $44 M Judgment Against US-Based Counterfeits. 22 July 2012. Retrieved from http://www.wwd.com/business-news/legal/coach-reels-in-44m-judgment-against-us-based-counterfeiters-6103186?module=hp-topstories
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