eBay has been convicted by a French court of selling counterfeit goods and ordered to pay 20,000 euros in damages to French luxury group Hermes.

This is the first time in France, where eBay have been held jointly responsible for items sold on the site. The court has ordered them to publish the ruling on the eBay.fr home page for the next three months.

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.

ebay was ordered to pay damages jointly with the woman who put the bags up for sale.

Posted: 06|5|08 at 7:11 am. Filed under: Auction News.