Friday, February 22, 2008

Louis Vuitton Lawsuit Against Britney Spears

louis vuitton handbags The Luxurious brand of rich and famous Louis Vuitton filed a lawsuit against Britney Spears, the popular trademark print of Louis Vuitton was used to designed a car for Britney's music video “Do Something”. And the french design house took legal action claiming that a counterfeit Louis Vuitton a violation of counterfeiting laws and won it. Sony BMG and MTV each was fined $117,000 and the said video was banned. The court case took place in Paris last week. Even though Britney personally was not found guilty, her record label were ruled to have emphasized the Louis Vuitton brand without authorisation.

The court penalized that the video was an attack on Vuitton's luxury image, and as a result, it has already been removed from several websites and even no longer to be played on European TV stations.