Corporate
Dec. 12, 2014
Online marketplace companies bolster in-house trust and safety departments
Both new and veteran online marketplaces may see an uptick in legal complaints from increasingly frustrated counterfeiting victims, especially if a new verdict that could upend current pro-marketplace case law takes hold.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
When big-name online marketplaces like Amazon.com Inc. and eBay Inc. first sprouted up in the mid-'90s, counterfeiters quickly followed, luring in the websites' customers with seemingly authentic product logos, photos and descriptions. To combat such pests, early eBay lawyer Robert Chesnut started a "trust and safety" department at the e-commerce company, and by the time he left in 2008, the d...
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