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Nov. 7, 2007

Another 'Bay' Goes Down to eBay's Trademark Punch

An Orange County perfume seller will have to find a new Web site following a federal appeals court's Monday ruling that its name is too similar to eBay, its much larger competitor.

By Joe Mullin
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      An Orange County perfume seller will have to find a new Web site following a federal appeals court's Monday ruling that its name is too similar to eBay, its much larger competitor.
      The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's ruling that the Web sites perfumebay.com and perfume-b...

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