Score one for the Web. A judge’s decision in favor of electronic commerce giant eBay on July 14 is being heralded as a victory for companies across the Web that rely on advertising or the buying and selling of goods.

Luxury retailer Tiffany & Co. had sued eBay, accusing the site of not doing suitable to thwart sales of counterfeit items. A loss would have hampered eBay’s ability to offer name-brand goods on its bargain shopping site, but it

plus could have shaped the outcome of other court cases pitting the owners of trademarks and copyrighted material against the Web sites that in the past decade and a half have become crucial distributors of that substance.

The case is indicative of other lawsuits that are trying to put more onus on Net companies to police their pages and ensure they’re not being used as a conduit for copyrighted substance and […]

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