法國開雲集團起訴阿里巴巴

Alibaba is being sued by the company behind luxury brands including Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent, which alleges the Chinese ecommerce group ­encourages and profits from the sale of counterfeit goods on its platform.
旗下擁有古馳(Gucci)、伊夫聖羅蘭(Yves Saint Laurent)等奢侈品牌的法國開雲集團(Kering)近日起訴了阿里巴巴(Alibaba)，指控這家中國電商集團對其平臺上銷售假貨行爲起到鼓勵作用並從中獲利。

Kering claimed Alibaba is complicit in the sale of fake handbags, watches and other items on its marketplace sites in a manner that constitutes “racketeering”, according to a lawsuit filed in New York on Friday.
根據上週五在紐約提起的訴訟，開雲集團宣稱，阿里巴巴共謀參與其平臺上以“詐騙”的方式銷售假冒手袋、手錶和其他商品的行爲。

The Paris-based group is suing on behalf of Balenciaga, the French luxury brand, and Italian fashion house Bottega Veneta, both of which it owns, and alleges in the complaint that the services Alibaba provides to its marketplace customers actively encourage buyers to look for fraudulent goods. Search suggestions such as “replica” and “cucci” and “guchi” lead potential customers to fake products, the complaint alleges.
總部位於巴黎的開雲集團是代表旗下的法國奢侈品牌巴黎世家(Balenciaga)和意大利時尚企業葆蝶家(Bottega Veneta）提起訴訟的，它指控稱，阿里巴巴向其市場上的顧客提供的服務積極鼓勵買家尋找假貨。起訴中稱，“同款”、“cucci”、“guchi”等搜索建議會將潛在顧客引導至假貨賣家那裏。

“The Alibaba defendants facilitate and encourage the sale of an enormous number of counterfeit products through their self-described ‘ecosystem,’ which provides manufacturers, sellers, and buyers of counterfeit goods with a marketplace for such goods, and provides online marketing, credit card processing, financing, and shipping services that effectuate the sale of the counterfeit products,” lawyers on behalf of the company wrote in the complaint.
該公司的代理律師在起訴書中寫道：“被告阿里巴巴方便和鼓勵了大量假貨通過阿里巴巴自己所說的‘生態系統’銷售，這一生態系統爲假貨的生產商、賣家和買家提供了買賣此類商品的市場，並提供在線營銷、信用卡支持、融資和發貨服務，使假貨的銷售得以實現。”

Alibaba has rejected the claim, saying: “We continue to work in partnership with numerous brands to help them protect their intellectual property, and we have a strong track record of doing so.
阿里巴巴否認了上述指控，稱：“阿里巴巴集團一直與諸多品牌方攜手致力於知識產權的保護，並且取得了良好的效果。”

“Unfortunately, Kering Group has chosen the path of wasteful litigation instead of the path of constructive co-operation. We believe this complaint has no basis and we will fight it vigorously.”
“遺憾的是，此次開雲集團採取無用的訴訟手段，而沒有選擇與阿里巴巴開展建設性合作以推進解決此事。我們認爲上述指責並無任何依據，將積極應戰。”