ARE Trademark Law Alert:
Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein Trademark Law Alert

Beginning in June 2008, a series of decisions regarding the duty to identify counterfeit sellers on eBay’s auction site began to issue in Courts throughout the World. First, on June 30, 2008, the Commercial Court of Paris in France handed down a decision in favor of LVMH and against e-Bay. Next, on July 14, 2008, […]

ARE Trademark Law Alert: Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein Trademark Law Alert

Beginning in June 2008, a series of decisions regarding the duty to identify counterfeit sellers on eBay’s auction site began to issue in Courts throughout the World. First, on June 30, 2008, the Commercial Court of Paris in France handed down a decision in favor of LVMH and against e-Bay. Next, on July 14, 2008, […]

eBay: A Tale of Two Defenses

Friday, August 22, 2008 — To paraphrase Charles Dickens: it was the best of defenses; it was the worst of defenses. There was a retailer of luxury items, which many consumers coveted and desired at less than full price, headquartered in France; there was a retailer of luxury items, which many consumers coveted and desired […]