March 18th, 2009

Who Should Monitor Online Counterfeiters?

By Alison Arden Besunder and Loni J. Sherwin, New York Law Journal

Oral arguments will soon be heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in the highly watched dispute between renowned jeweler Tiffany & Co. and eBay, the popular online auction site, over who bears the burden of "policing" online counterfeit activity...

The Electronic Frontier Foundation reaches even further, arguing that Inwood is entirely inapplicable because eBay does not possess or access the goods and lacks the ability to discern infringements.

Related Cases: Tiffany v. eBay

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