Bidder's Edge Settles with eBay.(Brief Article)

The U.S. Supreme Court created new hurdles for patent holders seeking to enjoin their competition in a closely watched decision released late last month.

Tiffany & Co. obtained a preliminary injunction to prevent Philadelphia jewelry company Katz Imports Inc. from selling counterfeit "Tiffany" jewelry on eBay under the seller name "Diamondpaige" and through its Web site at www.pennsylvaniadiamondexchange.com. The matter was heard in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, ......

During the past 25 years, the Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit has issued rulings that offer more and more protection to patent holders. Now a series of Supreme Court rulings are leaving attorneys wondering how far in the opposite direction the pendulum will swing, and if the extra ......

Patent trolls have suffered a setback. The US Supreme Court has ruled that judges need not issue injunctions in response to findings of patent infringement. The ruling indicates that judges should weigh factors such as the public interest and a patent's "potential vagueness and suspect validity" when determining whether a ......

Tiffany & Co., the international luxury jeweler and retailer, has obtained federal court injunctions to stop Internet sales of counterfeit Tiffany jewelry allegedly sold by a Philadelphia jewelry company, said Tiffany's attorneys in a Jan. 14 announcement. Attorney J. Scott Kramer of the Philadelphia law firm Duane Morris LLP, one ......

Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch Inc. can't stop another online seller of tickets from entering its Web site to collect basic information about upcoming events, a federal judge ruled. U.S. District Judge Harry Hupp concluded Ticketmaster Online, which is majority owned by Barry Diller's USA Networks Inc., has no right to exclude Tickets.com ......

But contractor plans to go to California Supreme Court The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has prevailed at the appellate court level in a lawsuit challenging its policies on affirmative action in contracting. But plaintiff Michael Cornelius, vice president of operations at Wagner Construction in San Diego, last week ......

Recently the Supreme Court ruled in favor of lifting a long standing ban on minimum pricing agreements. This decision has many implications for eBay selling in particular....