The Seattle-based ecommerce giant has booted vendors targeted in the suit from its platform, and teamed with Cartier to urge a US federal court to make them pay damages and legal costs for hawking knock-off jewellery there from June 2020 through June 2021. — AFP
SAN FRANCISCO: Amazon and Cartier joined forces on June 15 in US court to accuse a social media influencer of working with Chinese firms to sell knock-offs of the luxury brand’s jewellery on the ecommerce giant’s site.
The online personality used sites like Instagram to pitch Cartier jewellery such as “Love bracelets” to followers and then provided links that led to counterfeit versions on Amazon, one of two lawsuits alleged.
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