L'Oreal Looks For Friendlier Locales In Its Suits Against eBay
from the you-can-even-shop-for-jurisdictions-easily-online dept
US courts have generally recognized that eBay isn't liable for the actions of people who use its site to sell counterfeit goods, though a recent decision went the other way. This situation reflects the lack of uniformity around the world in this type of case: for instance, eBay was found liable in France, but was not in Belgium. In the Belgian case, eBay was sued by cosmetics maker L'Oreal, but the company hasn't let the ruling slow it down, as it's now filed a similar suit in the UK. It's also sued eBay in France, Germany and Spain -- which could lead one to believe that it's jurisdiction shopping, simply filing suits in many different countries and seeing what sticks, with the hopes that victory in one place will force eBay to play ball worldwide. The issue of eBay's lack of liability as a platform provider remains an important one, but the problem of international jurisdiction shopping remains a massive one for companies online.
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Filed Under: auctions, jurisdiction shopping, resale, trademark
Companies: ebay, l'oreal
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I remember ads back in the day ...
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What do they make?
No joke. It's some kind of feminine thing or other (panyhose? makeup? I'm blanking here.) Regardless, eBay doesn't seem to be their worst problem.
Oh well, at least the EU is getting a taste of jurisdiction-shopping. Maybe if they do something about it, our courts will look above the crowd, pick out their friends, and find the stones to do something themselves.
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Doesn't that mean they only have to play ball with ebay.fr?
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WHEN WILL PEOPLE WISE UP GRRED BAY IS EVIL
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