eBay, VeRO and the Scientologists
Last February Scott Pilutik, an aggressively anti-religion blogger and lawyer, posted this excellent piece about the abuse by the Scientology cult of eBay’s VeRO program,... Read more
Tag: Secondary Liability
No one blinks
Reuters reports that the Tiffany trademark suit against eBay is really going to trial. Really! I am sure no one expected this. I certainly didn’t.... Read more
The Lanham Act’s surprising penumbras
Here I thought I understood something about the Lanham Act. But wait, there’s more! Did you know this?: The purpose of the Lanham Act is to... Read more
Jane Coleman’s “Secondary Trademark Infringement”: Update for 2011-12
It’s here! Jane Coleman on Secondary Trademark Infringement, the free (for now) online (for now) treatise has been updated for the coming year. Whereas last... Read more
But, of course
Shoes are dropping all over Europe: L’Oreal, the world’s largest cosmetics group, has launched legal action against eBay, alleging the online auctioneer does not do... Read more
Secondary Trademark Infringement treatise updated for 2010-11
From the Overview to the update of Secondary Trademark Infringement by Jane Coleman, which is now complete: Of all the contexts in which secondary liability has... Read more
EFF backs eBay in Tiffany spat
See, we don’t agree with Public Citizen all the time! Read on, via the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF): [EFF] along with Public Citizen and Public... Read more
Best of 2010: Forget breakfast — eBay eats Tiffany’s lunch
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
Best of 2013: The Lanham Act’s surprising penumbras
First published on July 15, 2013. Here I thought I understood something about the Lanham Act. But wait, there’s more! Did you know this?: The purpose... Read more
GEICO Isn’t Good News for Google
Remember the GEICO v. Google case? My former law partner and long-time spouse Jane Coleman does. She’s writing a chapter on secondary trademark infringement liability for... Read more
Secondary liability conference Stanford thing
What if they called a conference on secondary liability on the Internet and no one told … well, me? It happens. I mean, that people... Read more
Ninth Circuit: eBay not a portal to jurisdiction
We spill a lot of pixels here blogging about the question of just how transparent, nay ethereal, eBay is as, say, a facilitator of transactions... Read more