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Victoria Beckham bags win against counterfeit websites copying her brand, writes RICHARD EDEN

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Victoria was assailed by the appearance of no fewer than 46 websites, all of them calling themselves 'victoriabeckhambeauty', carrying the protected images of her company.

I can reveal that the famously disciplined fashion designer, who confesses to initiating her day by drinking three tablespoons of cider vinegar, is currently savouring the sweetest of victories – over a group of six associates who’ve been attempting to cash in on the Beckham brand by selling counterfeit goods. The WIPO witheringly concludes that their activities ‘constitute a pattern of abusive conduct of bad faith’ by making a deliberate and calculated attempt to attract custom ‘for commercial gain’, via a ‘likelihood of confusion’. The Oxford graduate, 45, who once remarked, ‘actresses generally aren’t allowed to have haircuts, because short hair isn’t considered as versatile’, wore her locks in a looped plait, complete with a butterfly clip.

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