It appears that the court has rejected Tiffany’s lawsuit against eBay. Tiffany had argued in the lawsuit that eBay should be held liable for trademark infringement on the basis that significant volumes of silver jewelry merchandise that Tiffany contends are counterfeit have been made available for sale on eBay’s website. As a matter of law, eBay pointed out in its briefing that its proactive measures more than adequately satisfy its legal obligations under U.S. trademark law.

At 9:15am PT today word came down that eBay had indeed won the case over Tiffany. Details are still coming in but for now, I received the following statement from an eBay spokesperson… (More …)