In a ruling issued today, the Tribunal de Commerce of Paris condemned eBay.

Six companies of the LVMH group were suing the auction web site for alowing trade mark infringement by knowingly letting users sell counterfeit goods.

The court ordered eBay to pay 38,6 millions euros in damages. Ebay was also ordered not to allow further sales of four perfumes trade marks (Kenzo, Christian Dior, Givenchy and Guerlain), since those are sold through selective distribution networks.

Ebay announced it was appealing the decision.