Hermes suing Melbourne boutique EM Style for selling ‘fake’ bracelets
The matter will be heard on March 10 unless resolved earlier by both parties
Hermes said EM Style was asked to stop selling them but they continued to do
It is said they sold them in their Highpoint and Fountain Gate shopping centres
Hermes alleges that EM Style sold replicas of their 'H' clasp bracelet
A small Melbourne boutique store is being sued by a mega fashion house for allegedly selling counterfeit merchandise.
EM Style is alleged to have sold bracelets that feature a clasp that is distinctive to the famous Hermes brand.
Bracelets that feature the 'H' clasp were said to have been sold at the Highpoint and Fountain Gate shopping centres in September and November last year, The Age reported.
A small Melbourne boutique store is being sued by mega fashion house Hermes for allegedly selling counterfeit merchandise (pictured)
The fashion house is said to have contacted the store to ask them to stop selling the bracelets on several occasions but were ignored, and EM Style continued to market the bracelet, according to court documents.
A statement of claim filed in the Federal Court said 'substantially identical with or deceptively similar to one or more of the Hermes trademarks, which goods were not made by or under the licence or authority of Hermes'.
A photograph of the alleged counterfeit bracelet was filed with the documents that showed an orange and black bracelet that look distinctively like Hermes famous 'H' clasp enclosed in glass in EM Style's Fountain Gate store.
On the Hermes website, the bracelets range from $875 to $970 in price.
They come in three different colours - including rose gold, gold and silver.
A lady wearing the famous 'H' clasp bracelet that is alleged to have been sold at EM Style's Highpoint and Fountain Gate shopping centres
Hermes wants the bracelets destroyed and is seeking a court-ordered injunction to stop EM Style from selling them.
EM Style's owner Wendy Lam was contacted a number of times by The Age but she did not respond.
Daily Mail Australia has also contacted Ms Lam for comment on the matter.