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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Jul. 24, 2008

Piece of Fake

Thanks to a recent federal court decision, protecting intellectual property rights on eBay and similar online auction sites just became much more onerous, writes Dylan Ruga. - Focus Column

FOCUS COLUMN

By Dylan Ruga
This article appears on Page 7

      Protecting intellectual property rights on eBay and similar online auction sites just became much more onerous. In Tiffany Inc. v. eBay, Inc., 04 Civ. 4607 (S.D.N.Y. July 14, 2008), the trial judge ruled that eBay has no affirmative duty to shut down auctions despite its generalized knowledge that individuals are selling counterfeiting Tiffany &...

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