Five companies sue China's Silk Alley over alleged piracy

Chanel, Prada, Burberry, Louis Vuitton and Gucci have sued Beijing's Silk Alley, visited by masses of tourists every day, for allegedly selling pirated copies of their products, Beijing Times reported.

The five companies are seeking 2.5 mln yuan in a suit filed at Beijing's Number Two Intermediate People's Court against Xiushui Haosen Clothing Market Co, the market's manager.

The lawyers brought several boxes of brand-name bags and purses which they said were pirated copies of the five companies' products and had been purchased at Silk Alley, the paper said.

(Source: Forbes)