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This is an interesting man-bites-dog case, in which an accused counterfeiter who claims to have sold authentic Coach products on eBay sued Coach under a state consumer protection statute, among other claims, asserting that "Coach is trying to...

Can cheap sunglasses affect your ethical behavior? An important part of a compliance program is monitoring and improving the ethical behavior of your workforce. I'm always intrigued by ethics experiments. Francesca Gino of Chapel Hill, Michael...

Fashion design is finally getting the protection it deserves. In April, the European Union renewed a selective distribution regulation, [1] set to expire in May, which will allow makers of brand name goods to decide how their products are distributed...

eBay took measures to cut down on the sale of counterfeit goods. However, Tiffany felt that the measures did not go far enough and demanded that eBay discontinue all Tiffany auctions on its site. eBay refused. The Second Circuit in Tiffany Inc. v....

The Second Circuit issued its long awaited decision in Tiffany Inc. v. eBay , Inc., 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 6735 (2d Cir. 2010) . The Court held in eBay's favor on the key issue in the case, finding that eBay was not liable for contributory infringement...

600 F.3d 93, *; 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 6735, **; 94 U.S.P.Q.2D (BNA) 1188; 2010-1 Trade Cas. (CCH) P77,013 TIFFANY (NJ) INC. and TIFFANY and COMPANY, Plaintiffs-Appellants, - v. - eBay, Inc., Defendant-Appellee. Docket No. 08-3947...

Situation We learned that counterfeits of our client's goods were in the marketplace. Until then, our client had the erroneous belief that counterfeiting was primarily a problem in the recording, clothing and accessory fields. We needed to determine...

By Ashlee Froese of Gilbert's LLP With the International Chamber of Commerce's recent report stating that the counterfeit goods industry may reach $1.75 trillion (US) by 2012, INTA has decided to step up its game. ( For those of you not in the...

Christian Louboutin filed suit on Monday in the Southern District of New York, claiming federal trademark infringement, trademark counterfeiting, trademark dilution, unfair competition and false designation of origin. The shoe company has also raised...

FEDERAL COURT UPDATE: how eBay avoided liability for sales of counterfeit goods on its site. You might think that eBay had much to fear when it was sued in federal court by Tiffany & Company, famed purveyor of luxury jewelry. After all, eBay...

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION COACH, INC. and COACH SERVICES, INC., Plaintiffs, Case No. v. MONTANA CHARLIE'S OF ILLINOIS, INC. d/b/a MONTANA CHARLIE'S...

The Second Circuit's April 1, 2010 opinion in Tiffany v. eBay , both affirmed and remanded portions of the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York that addressed whether the online marketplace site eBay may be...

Recently, the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, awarded $164 million in damages to clothing designer Tory Burch. Tory Burch's lawsuit, filed December 2010, involved hundreds of rogue websites selling counterfeit versions of Tory...

The long-running litigation between Tiffany & Co, and eBay, in which Tiffany sought to hold eBay liable for counterfeit Tiffany goods sold on eBay's Internet auction site appears finally to have come to a close, not with a bang, but with a...

By Ashlee Froese of Gilbert's LLP With the International Chamber of Commerce's recent report stating that the counterfeit goods industry may reach $1.75 trillion (US) by 2012, INTA has decided to step up its game. ( For those of you not in...