Louis Vuitton settles case
Louis Vuitton has entered into a settlement agreement with Hertzberg, Ernst & Sons, which trades as Monastery Hill, regarding Monastery Hill’s sales of faux leathergoods that Louis Vuitton alleged copied and used Louis Vuitton’s Epi registered trademarks.
Under the terms of the consent injunction, Louis Vuitton is recognised as the owner of the registered Epi trademarks, and Monastery Hill has agreed, without admitting any wrongdoing, to cease the sale of the products, destroy all remaining product stock, and to avoid any unauthorised, counterfeit or infringing use of the Epi trademarks in the future.
Louis Vuitton first introduced the Epi Leather collection in 1985 as its first permanent leathergoods collection. Epi Leather is used on handbags and other leather accessories and is distinguished by elevated, two-tone wavy lines, with a darker shade displayed on the elevated portions of the wavy lines and a lighter shade serving as the background surface.
