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Appeals Court Ruling Favors eBay in Tiffany Case

Chad Bray, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 1, 2010 at 1:20 pm PT

A federal appeals court here handed eBay Inc. a victory Thursday, upholding the dismissal of trademark-infringement claims by jeweler Tiffany & Co. over the sale of counterfeit merchandise on the online auctioneer’s Web site. In an opinion Thursday, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s decision that eBay can’t be held libel for trademark infringement for the sale of counterfeit items if it takes steps to remove infringing listings and isn’t willfully blind to such sales.

Scotland Yard Shuts Down Scam Sites

Tim Hanrahan, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 3, 2009 at 4:04 pm PT

The Metropolitan Police said Thursday it shut down more than 1,200 Web sites that purported to sell merchandise such as Tiffany jewelry and Ugg boots but instead shipped counterfeit goods or nothing at all, and put shoppers at risk of identity theft and financial fraud.

Sales of Windows Through China’s, Ahem, “Local Distribution Network” Will, of Course, Continue…

John Paczkowski in News on November 18, 2009 at 5:45 am PT

Well, this is ironic: Microsoft has been found guilty of violating intellectual property rights in a nation where 82 percent of all software is pirated, a nation that is home to a counterfeiting syndicate that in 2007 was busted for manufacturing and distributing more than $2 billion worth of counterfeit Microsoft software.

L’Oréal Unable to Do It eBay

John Paczkowski in News on May 22, 2009 at 9:30 am PT

Cosmetics giant L’Oréal is 0-5 in its legal cases against eBay over the counterfeit perfumes and face creams listed on the auction site. Today the High Court in London ruled that eBay was “not jointly liable” for trademark infringements committed by its users, though it could do more to prevent them.

eBay Shares Hit 7-Year Low; Counterfeiting Woes

Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on February 27, 2009 at 4:46 pm PT

Not a good day for eBay shares, which are down 23 percent for the year to date, and now sit at their lowest level since 2001. Highlighting the problem of counterfeit merchandise sold on the site, Bloomberg reports that the company provided a tip to German police that triggered the seizure of 20 tons of knock-off designer clothing last month. While it is certainly good to see eBay taking an aggressive posture on fake goods, the company clearly has an issue to resolve here.

75 Percent of All Spam Globally? On Our Backbones? Holy Cow!

John Paczkowski in News on November 12, 2008 at 10:29 am PT

According to security experts, Web-hosting outfit McColo is responsible for enabling the broadcast of more than 75 percent of all spam globally. Its client list is a rogues gallery of bad-guy syndicates involved in everything from botnets to counterfeit pharmaceuticals and kiddie porn. So how is it that MoColo’s ISPs, Hurricane Electric and Global Crossing, were unaware of that until notified by a Washington Post reporter?