"Estée Lauder has accused Walmart of selling counterfeit beauty goods on its website in a lawsuit filed in California federal court earlier this week that namechecks celebrities including Taylor Swift and Beyoncé. The New York-based beauty giant is taking the big-box retailer to court on grounds of trademark infringement after purchasing, inspecting, and testing products and determining they weren't actually made by its eponymous brand, along with others that it owns: Le Labo, La Mer, Clinique, Aveda, and Tom Ford."
""The conduct herein complained of was extreme, outrageous, fraudulent, and was inflicted on plaintiffs in reckless disregard of plaintiffs' rights," the lawsuit reads, in part. "Said conduct was despicable and harmful to plaintiffs and as such supports an award of exemplary and punitive damages in an amount sufficient to punish and make an example of defendants and to deter them from similar such conduct in the future.""
Estée Lauder filed a federal lawsuit in California accusing Walmart of selling counterfeit beauty products on Walmart.com and namechecking celebrities including Taylor Swift and Beyoncé. The company purchased, inspected, and tested items and determined they were not made by Estée Lauder or its brands Le Labo, La Mer, Clinique, Aveda, and Tom Ford. The complaint characterizes Walmart's conduct as extreme, outrageous, and fraudulent and seeks exemplary and punitive damages. The filing lists specific alleged counterfeit items and notes that searches still return confusingly similar products on Walmart.com, including a La Mer jar priced below the brand's retail.
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