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A French court has ordered eBay to pay 40m euros ($63m) in damages to luxury goods group LVMH for allowing online auctions of fake copies of its goods. LVMH had claimed the damages because it said eBay's French site had not done enough to stop the sale of counterfeit bags, perfumes and other items. The decision comes a month after eBay was ordered to pay 20,000 euros to another French goods firm, Hermes. The brands affected include Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior and Givenchy. After the fines were announced, eBay said it would appeal against the decision. 'Illicit' The case against eBay in a commercial court in Paris was brought jointly by six brands belonging to the LVMH group. Louis Vuitton Malletier, the group's handbag and luggage section, and clothing brand Christian Dior Couture accused eBay of "negligence" in allowing illegal copies of their goods to be sold in online auctions. Four perfume brands - Dior, Guerlain, Kenzo and Givenchy - sued for what they...

Quote: French court fines eBay over counterfeit goods3 hours agoREIMS, France (AFP) — Online auction giant eBay was convicted by a French court Wednesday of selling counterfeit goods and ordered to pay 20,000 euros (30,000 dollars) in damages to French luxury group Hermes.The court ruling, which marks a first in France, found eBay directly responsible for the sale on its website of three Hermes bags including two fakes, for a total of 3,000 euros.The US auction site was ordered to pay damages jointly with the woman who put the bags up for sale."By selling Hermes bags and branded accessories on the eBay.fr site, and by failing to act within their powers to prevent reprehensible use of the site," the user and eBay "committed acts of counterfeiting and imitation of French brand names ... to the detriment of Hermes international," said the ruling.The court also ordered eBay to publish the ruling on its French homepage for three months.Contacted by AFP, eBay declined to ...