Korean Supreme court says refashioning luxury bags for personal use is not trademark infringement
Korea’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that refashioning luxury handbags at a customer’s request for personal use does not constitute trademark infringement, overturning lower court rulings in a case brought by Louis Vuitton against a local repair shop.
Korea’s top court ruled for the first time that tailoring services that alter luxury goods at an owner’s request for their personal use do not violate trademark law, but producing and selling those modified goods do.
