EBay wins Trademark Tangle with Tiffany & Co.

A federal court ruling last week absolved EBay, Inc. of any liability for contributory infringement of Tiffany & Co.’s registered trademarks. The lawsuit, in which Tiffany alleged that most of the supposedly genuine Tiffany jewelry appearing for sale on eBay were in fact fakes, was initiated in 2004. Judge Richard Sullivan, a U.S. District Judge…