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27 January 2016Copyright

Parody bag maker demands $400k legal fees from ‘trademark bully’ Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton is facing a potential $400,000 legal bill after lawyers representing parody bag company My Other Bag filed a motion at a US court asking it to rule that the case is “exceptional”.

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