EBay scored an important victory in court yesterday, as a federal judge said companies such as the jeweler Tiffany, not auction platforms like eBay, are responsible for policing their trademarks online.Tiffany sued eBay in 2004, arguing that most items listed as genuine Tiffany products on eBay’s sites were fake.
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