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Tiffany's Takes eBay to Court.
The Associated Press reports today that Tiffany's is accusing eBay of allowing the sale of tens of thousands of pieces of counterfeit Tiffany jewelry on its website.
Lawyers for the San Jose-based eBay responded by saying Tiffany's not doing its share to protect customers.
The arguments in the Manhattan federal court came at the start of a trial to decide whether eBay can be blamed for the sales of silver Tiffany knockoffs on its Internet site since 2003.
Tiffany officials randomly bought 325 items being sold as genuine Tiffany jewelry on eBay's website. They say 75 percent turned out to be fake.
The jewelry company says there was no evidence that eBay did anything to stop the false sales after it reported its findings.
But the Internet auction site says it's suspended hundreds of thousands of sellers who broke its rules.
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I think any company that sells new items with another companies name on it should be held responsible unless the item is used or previously owned which should come right after the Company name. If the item is new unless there is an agreement with the parent company the name use should be forbidden. Why can't we sell replica music CD's? Try to sell replica Aerosmith CD's that look the exact same as the originals and see if that's okay. Why should there be a difference with Jewelry companies? If a singer comes out with a hit song should it be okay for anyone to resell that song as there own replica or genuine? The companies not Ebay selling this way should have to give a percent of any sell using Tiffany's name to Tiffany. If not Tiffany should have the right to pursue action.
Posted by: bill on November 18, 2007 11:48 PM