Is eBay an IP Pirate or Merely The Unaware Ocean Over Which Such Pirates May Sail?

摘要

In the rush to respond to the UK courts' first judgment considering the potential liability of eBay for trade mark infringement, many commentators have published accounts which may be misleading.rn"eBay Europe do facilitate the infringement of third parties' trade marks, including L'Oreal's Trade Marks, by sellers; they do know that such infringements have occurred and are likely to continue to occur; and they profit from such infringements except where the rights owner makes a YeRO complaint in sufficient time."