EBay Inc. won an appeals court ruling this week protecting the online auctioneer from "trademark dilution" by e-commerce rivals with similar-sounding names. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld a lower court's ruling against Perfumebay.com and Perfume-bay.com. EBay had argued that the names confused customers, who might think they were on an official eBay site.
November 07, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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EBay Inc. won an appeals court ruling this week protecting the online auctioneer from “trademark dilution” by e-commerce rivals with similar-sounding names.
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld a lower court’s ruling against Perfumebay.com and Perfume-bay.com. EBay had argued that the names confused customers, who might think they were on an official eBay site.
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