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MANILA, Philippines — The exclusive distributor of Etude House products in the Philippines has filed criminal charges against online shopping marketplace Lazada, saying it has not allowed the e-commerce firm to sell any of its products.
Korean cosmetics brand Etude House posted an official statement on its Facebook page, informing the public that according to its local distributor, Rosa Fiore House Corporation, Lazada corporate officers violated the country’s Intellectual Property Code because of selling or transacting the sale of fake, counterfeit Etude products.
“We have not consented to any sale of such products by Lazada.com.ph and is not in any way connected with the website and therefore cannot guarantee the authenticity and/or genuineness of the product sold by the said website,” Etude House Philippines said in a notice.
The criminal charges were filed by Rosa Fiore before the Office of the City Prosecutor of Makati which had been docketed as NPS Docket No. XV-05-INV-15G2846.
As of Tuesday, October 27, there are no Etude House products being sold on Lazada.com.ph.
“In the event of exceptional cases of suspicious products being sold on our platform, we take decisive action, including investigating the merchants and removing the products from our site,” Lazada said in a statement. – Rappler.com
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