
Poor eBay!
News item: eBay Beats The Street; Revenue Up 16 Percent To $2.5B; Net Income Up 12 Percent eBay just reported first quarter earnings today posting revenue of... Read more
Ron Coleman on the law affecting brands, the Internet & free speech
News item: eBay Beats The Street; Revenue Up 16 Percent To $2.5B; Net Income Up 12 Percent eBay just reported first quarter earnings today posting revenue of... Read more
We don’t mince words at LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® regarding the misuse of copyright and trademark, but we’re having trouble finding anything wrong with this at-first-blush... Read more
Implicating, of course, real money. Hat tip to Stacia Lay. Originally posted 2008-02-05 12:06:39. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more
The Second Circuit, unsurprisingly according to most commentators, has affirmed the decision of the Southern District of New York refusing to find eBay liable for... Read more
Mike Atkins is paying attention to Microsoft’s IP docket, as a Seattle Trademark Lawyer will do. He’s reporting about a default judgment and award the... Read more
From the WSJ Law Blog: A French court today cracked down on counterfeits — and an outlet that sells them — ordering eBay to pay... Read more
Brandweek: Ersatz goods selling on Canal Street isn’t exactly news in New York, even though Mayor Mike Bloomberg staged an impressive photo op amid a... Read more
It hurts when the fake Chinese electronics sell better than the originals. No, I mean sometimes it really hurts. Originally posted 2011-11-28 14:33:17. Republished by... Read more
In the IP business, when you hear the word “counterfeiting,” you think — you know, fake Louis Vuitton handbags, Rolex “replicas,” that sort of thing.... Read more
Choose the quote that was actually attributed to a leading business magazine: “Ford shoulders too much of the burden, its ability to wring a profit... Read more
A former major leaguer goes from giving up runs to running from the law. From pitch counts to multiple counts. From pitching and hitting to... Read more
Reuters reports that in Perfect 10, Inc. v. Visa Intl. Serv. Assn., 494 F.3d 788, 793 (9th Cir. 2007) the Ninth Circuit has affirmed (opinion here), 2-1, a... Read more
The Denver Post reports a very interesting, and for trademark plaintiffs very troubling, decision that the Supreme Court has refused to review. It has to... Read more
Did you ever wonder just how effective holograms are as an anti-counterfeiting device? When they first came out in the 1980’s, we were all impressed.... Read more