Litigation & Arbitration
Nov. 20, 2023
Meta, Louboutin join up to sue accused online counterfeiter
After alerting Meta of the defendant’s accounts, Louboutin executives took action themselves — ordering a pair of counterfeit shoes from the defendant to catch him in the act.
Meta Platforms Inc. and Christian Louboutin LLC, one of the world’s premier luxury fashion brands, accused a Facebook and Instagram user of using the social media platform to prop up his business selling counterfeit goods in a new lawsuit filed in federal court in Oakland.
According to the complaint the defendant, a Mexican citizen, has been using his Facebook and Instagram accounts since June 2020 to promote his counterfeiting business an...