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Counterfeiting & Piracy

Best of 2011: Poor eBay!

Ron Coleman Mar 20, 2015 0 Comments

First posted April 27, 2011. 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…

Fashion Law

Best of 2014: Lady calls me up…

Ron Coleman Dec 24, 2014 0 Comments

Originally posted on February 27, 2014. Did you ever wonder what happened in the Val Colbert declaratory judgment action against Chanel? Yeah, I forgot about it too, and evidently I…

Fashion Law

Lady calls me up…

Ron Coleman Feb 27, 2014 3 Comments

Did you ever wonder what happened in the Val Colbert declaratory judgment action against Chanel? Yeah, I forgot about it too, and evidently I was not alone. Because something did…

Counterfeiting & Piracy

Best of 2011: Poor eBay!

Ron Coleman Dec 23, 2011 2 Comments

First posted April 27, 2011.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…

Counterfeiting & Piracy

Poor eBay!

Ron Coleman Apr 27, 2011 8 Comments

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 $2.5 billion, an…

Counterfeiting & Piracy Fashion Law Internet Law

Best of 2010: Forget breakfast — eBay eats Tiffany’s lunch

Ron Coleman Dec 23, 2010 2 Comments

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 contributory trademark infrintgement in the…

Secondary Liability

Forget breakfast — eBay eats Tiffany’s lunch

Ron Coleman Apr 1, 2010 7 Comments

Something about a judge loves a fence, I guess--and not only fences like eBay.

Secondary Liability

eBay appeal: The gang’$ all here

Ron Coleman Dec 9, 2008 6 Comments

Eric Krangel reports that Amazon and Google join in on the Tiffany v. eBay appeal: It’s not hard to see where the interest is coming from: A ruling against eBay…

Counterfeiting & Piracy Trademarks and trademark law

eBay wins Tiffany case

Ron Coleman Jul 14, 2008 3 Comments

Reuters reports that Tiffany’s gamble has not paid off: EBay Inc scored a major legal victory on Monday, when a federal judge ruled that Tiffany & Co failed to prove…

Counterfeiting & Piracy

Home cookin’ a la mode, with a most undeserving dessert

Ron Coleman Jul 1, 2008 0 Comments

From the WSJ Law Blog: A French court today cracked down on counterfeits — and an outlet that sells them — ordering eBay to pay Louis Vuitton and other luxury…

Internet Law Trademarks and trademark law

“Just taking orders” doesn’t cut it for eBay in Germany

Ron Coleman Jul 27, 2007 1 Comments

eBay evidently got rocked by Rolex* in its German litigation this year, and we may never have heard about it if not for a securities filing by the online auctioneer.…

Free Expression

eBay beats the gripe rap

Ron Coleman Aug 10, 2006 2 Comments

Eric Goldman reports on a California case that holds eBay not liable for bum feedback: This risk of liability is the dark side of the “Web 2.0” and the emphasis…

Patents

SCOTUS to hear landmark eBay patent case

Ron Coleman Mar 28, 2006 0 Comments

From Reuters: The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear arguments in a patent case involving online auctioneer eBay Inc. that is part of a wider struggle between the software…

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