Archive for the ‘Counterfeit’ Category
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
MarkMonitor recently investigated to what extent popular product searches led to websites offering counterfeit and pirated goods via paid search ads. The research examined 20 of the top 1,000 product-related searches in 2008 and focused on paid search ads across the three major search engines – Google, Yahoo! and Bing. ...
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Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
Most brand owners are likely familiar with eBay’s Verified Rights Owner (VeRO) program for requesting de-listings of illegal auction listings and that eBay has a solid track record for removing infringing listings – close to 100%, in fact.
What may be lesser known is that many major online marketplaces – including ...
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
It may not be widely-known but the big 3 search engines – Google, Yahoo! and Bing – have established procedures for removing natural search results on the basis of the DMCA. That’s good news for brand owners: if consumers can’t find infringing websites via the search engines, they’re less likely to ...
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Friday, June 12th, 2009
Google recently made two noteworthy changes to its AdWords trademark policy, easing restrictions both in the U.S. and in 188 other geographies:
In the US: under “certain criteria,” an advertiser can use trademarks in its ad text even if the advertiser doesn’t own that trademark or have explicit approval from the ...
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Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
The prevailing attitude among most consumers is that there is nothing wrong with buying fakes. The goal of a coordinated, global public service ad campaign launching tomorrow is out to change all that.
To coincide with “World Anti Counterfeiting Day” (which is June 11th 2009 for those who may not be ...
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
Last week, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative released a summary of the key elements of the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) which aims to establish international standards for enforcing IP rights to more effectively combat counterfeiting and piracy.
One of the potential chapters of the treaty covers “Intellectual ...
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Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Ebay Wins again!
In the latest round of battles against Ebay by companies suffering from counterfeits, a Belgian court found Ebay not liable to L’Oreal for counterfeits sold on its site.
At least three cases against Ebay in Europe have been litigated seeking to hold Ebay liable for infringing counterfeits, two which ...
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Yesterday, the long awaited decision in Tiffany v Ebay was released by the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York, exonerating Ebay from any liability to Tiffany for infringing auctions on its site. In a sweeping ruling for Ebay, the Court emphasized that, although both Ebay and ...
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