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Tiffany & Co have appealed over the ruling that eBay do not have to police their auction site for fakes before they are sold to unwitting buyers.

Ebay have won a landmark judgment in the US federal courts, which effectively protects their position as an independent trading platform.

EBAY Australia have decided to drop the case for PayPal exclusivity ahead of a decision on the matter fro the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

EBAY have vowed to fight a new French court ruling that effectively makes them responsible for what is sold on their site. In effect, the ruling could mean them having to vet items before they are offered, rather than removing offending objects once they have been alerted to them.

EBAY’S latest bid to tackle fraud – by insisting UK sellers accept payment via PayPal – has come under attack. Due to come into force on July 9, the online giant says it will help block fraudulent transactions and data theft.

A FRENCH court has ruled for the first time that eBay are directly responsible for what is sold on their website.

In a move that will impact hundreds of auctioneers worldwide, eBay are to discontinue their Live Auctions business by the end of this year.

Clockworx Ltd, best known under one of its former trading names Auctioning4u, were among the first of the eBay drop-off shops.

Sellers can no longer leave comments on buyers while final value fees are hiked

EU ruling may supersede court decision on eBay’s status

Readers are advised to be wary of cut-price Whitefriars Drunken Bricklayer vases – they may be fakes.

IT has already become part of eBay folklore – the $503,300 beer bottle.

Does Rowling have them rattled?

ONLINE auction giant eBay is banning cross-border sales of ivory on all their websites. The company announced that from the end of this month sellers will only be allowed to list ivory items for sale in their own country.

EBay’s global network is encouraging the illegal trade in elephant ivory says an investigative report from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW).

A COURT injunction against eBay is forcing the online giant to vet all Harry Potter titles before they are posted on their Indian site.

Ebay are to pilot a new feedback system in the UK in late February as part of what they say is a more proactive approach to issues of fraud and safety on the site.

American auction houses relying on eBay Live Auctions to bolster bidding via the internet, were left frustrated on Saturday, October 21 when a server supporting the live auction portion of the site failed.

eBay have posted a 31 per cent year on year increase in turnover of $1.449bn for the third quarter of 2006.

EBay (UK) have given permission for members of the British Museum’s Portable Antiquities Scheme to monitor the trade in antiquities on the website.