Here’s one I missed last week. Sandwiched in between eBay’s earnings announcement and the inauguration of the 44th president of the United States, eBay hosted a closed door Summit in New York for some key rights owners, who are some of the most proactive members of eBay’s VeRO program (the program in which eBay partners with rights owners so they can report potentially counterfeit items), and law enforcement.
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Posts Tagged: vero
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FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Thursday, January 29th, 2009
eBay Rights Owner Summit
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FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Monday, August 11th, 2008
Tiffany Appeals Court Decision
Today, Tiffany & Co. announced that it is appealing the July 14, 2008 decision by a U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York that ruled eBay acted reasonably and responsibly to identify and expose the sale of counterfeit goods on the site.Tiffany announced its intention to appeal the court’s ruling despite the court’s findings stating: “The burden of policing the Tiffany mark appropriately rests with Tiffany.”
In response, eBay had the following to say:
“Tiffany’s decision to carry this litigation on after the District Court’s decision doesn’t do anything to combat counterfeiting. The best way to stop counterfeiting is on-going collaboration between companies, government agencies and law enforcement.” -
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Monday, July 14th, 2008
UPDATED: eBay Wins Tiffany Court Case
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 …)
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FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Monday, June 30th, 2008
eBay Vows to Fight Following Overreach by LVMH
Earlier today, the Tribunal de Commerce in Paris, France ordered eBay to pay 38.6 million euros ($61 million) in damages to the French luxury goods company Louis Vuitton (LVMH), regarding the sale of counterfeits online.
The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed by LVMH back in the Fall of 2006. Since that time eBay has invested tens of millions of euros in stopping counterfeit goods appearing on the site. In 2007 eBay suspended approximately 50,000 sellers. eBay also blocked 40,000 previously suspended sellers from coming back.
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