Stories about: LVMH

If a French court ruling against eBay for allowing the sale of counterfeit goods on its Web site is upheld, it could have far-reaching effects for the way the online auction company does business.

A French court has fined eBay US$61 million for allowing the sale of Louis Vuitton Malletier and Christian Dior Couture counterfeit goods on its Web site, the luxury goods company LVMH said Monday.

With a stable of high-profile luxury brands to its name, and disparate IT systems to match, Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH) implemented a data integration system to help streamline its business processes.

Google's French subsidiary has lost its appeal in a trademark case brought by LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, which complained that advertisers were using its name unfairly to sell goods online.

Google's French subsidiary has lost its appeal against an October 2003 court judgment ordering it not to display advertisements alongside searches related to a French travel agent's trademarks.

Pseudo Programs Inc., one of New York's first generation of Internet companies, shuts its doors Monday, a victim of heavy debts and a lack of investor confidence. The closing brings an unceremonious end to the content programming studio that launched in 1994 and was one of the first to fire a salvo at the mainstream media industry.

Pan-European Internet service provider Libertysurf Group SA is pulling out of Denmark and the Netherlands to focus on the larger European countries.

Boo who? After just six months in operation, Boo.com's board of directors closed up shop last week, placing the online fashion retailer into receivership. Having burned through an estimated $120 million, the company fell into the hands of liquidators and U.K. courts. The rapid demise of the high-profile retailer sent shock waves through the e-commerce world, as Boo's fall was seen as a potential harbinger of a broader shakeout in Europe. Indeed, Boo isn't the only scary sign out there.

Following rumors that the company was on the block, Boo.com cofounder and CEO Ernst Malmsten said Friday that the Web retailer has closed a new round of funding, led by majority backers LVMH.

How does one begin to crack the code behind convergence, the holy grail whereby the Internet and television blur indistinguishably into one?