LOUIS VUITTON ORDERED TO PAY NEARLY 1 MILLION DOLLARS IN COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT SUIT.

After the determination of a seven-year copyright infringement suit, Lous Vuitton has been ordered to pay nearly $1 million (One Million) US dollars as settlement for the suit.

Vogue Business, an online fashion industry which explores global trends and patterns, reported that the lawsuit is as regards a lock feature which was designed by Jocelyn Imbert in 1988 for the Louis Vuitton House. The lock, which was named ‘LV Tournant’, was designed for Louis Vuitton Malletier. 

In 1992, Imbert and Louis Vuitton Malletier signed a specific contract that if any new line, or chains of bags were to use the lock, Imbert would receive a payment of 76,000 EUROS (approximately $83,230 USD). In 2014, Imbert noticed that the locks which she designed were used in the Twist line products and some other subsequent products, which she did not receive the agreed payment for.

Although the case was initially thrown out in 2020, but now, the courts have held that Louis Vuitton Malletier will pay Imbert 900,000 EUROS ($992,709 approximately) in an appeal.