basenotes - 8:16 am on Jul 12, 2008 (gmt 0)

Yesterday it was ruled that eBay is no longer allowed to permit sales of the following LVMH fragrance and product brands; Dior, Givenchy, Kenzo and Guerlain; on its French site or any international site accessible from France.

Ebay statement (french): [actualites.ebay.fr...]
CNN piece: [legalpad.blogs.fortune.cnn.com...]

What is particularly important is that this forbids even the sale of unwanted gifts. Are LVMH going to be patrolling yard sales now?

As an aside, the Guerlain fragrance house has a history going back over 150 years and have produced hundreds of fragrances, many of which are now no longer commercially available -- the injuction technically stops people from reselling fragrances as collectibles that are no longer in production.