EBay Wins Tiffany & Co. Counterfeit Suit

Online auction giant eBay Inc. has won the latest lawsuit in the Tiffany counterfeiting saga.
EBay Wins Tiffany & Co. Counterfeit Suit
A sign is posted outside of the eBay headquarters February 24, 2010 in San Jose, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
4/5/2010
Updated:
10/1/2015
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A sign is posted outside of the eBay headquarters February 24, 2010 in San Jose, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Online auction giant eBay Inc. has won the latest lawsuit in the Tiffany counterfeiting saga.

The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals last week reaffirmed a lower court’s ruling in 2008 that eBay did not engage in wrongdoing.

Jeweler Tiffany & Co. sued eBay six years ago, after the company failed to convince eBay to take additional measures against counterfeit Tiffany-branded jewelry sold on its Web site.

“EBay knew that counterfeit merchandise was being sold on its site—and eBay took no effective steps to stop it,” Tiffany CEO Michael Kowalski said in a statement.

The auction company called the ruling “a critically important victory for online consumers.”