Tiffany & Co is suing eBay for letting individuals peddle counterfeit jewelery on its site.
The lawsuit alleges that eBay not only facilitated counterfeit sales, but also made profit from them to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The case is expected to go to trial by end 2006.

EBay chief executive Meg Whitman says the company’s expertise in running online auctions will fend off competition from Google.
“We take every competitor very seriously, but we really do have a tremendous position in the marketplace,” Whitman says. “We’re the experts at running marketplaces. We’ve been at this now for 10 years.”
The world’s largest […]

A camel farmer is planning another camel auction in central Queensland later this year after the success of last year’s sale.
Australia’s first camel sale was held at the Gracemere Saleyards near Rockhampton.
The managing director of the Australia Camel Farm, Paddy McHugh, says demand for camel meat is getting stronger in both Australia and overseas.
Mr McHugh […]

One of the biggest collections of rare New Zealand stamps will go on sale at Sothebys auctions in London next month.
Experts are calling the Baillie Collection the most important collection of stamps to be sold for 50 Years.
Leading New Zealand stamp dealer John Mowbray said today the massive collection to go under the hammer at […]

On January 20, ThePirateBay.org (TPB) initiated an eBay auction aimed at selling little more than their personal company. The auction worked, as within 14 hours the bidding was already well over $15,000. Already, TPB’s costly server farm upgrade had been covered. Unfortunately, since TPB had not sold anything tangible, eBay forced the […]