eBay beats Tiffany in court case over trademarks and TripAdvisor and Cruise Critic Employees Honored by ForbesLife Executive Woman

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City of Industry, CA --(www.USEquityNews.com)-- 07/15/2008 - Internet Information Provider industry alert provided by U.S. Equity News. EBay Inc. scored an important victory in court Monday, as a federal judge said companies such as jeweler Tiffany & Co. are responsible for policing their trademarks online, not auction platforms like eBay. Tiffany had sued eBay in 2004, arguing that most items listed for sale as genuine Tiffany products on eBay's sites were fakes. But U.S. District Judge Richard J. Sullivan in New York ruled that eBay can't be held liable for trademark infringement "based solely on their generalized knowledge that trademark infringement might be occurring on their Web sites." The judge said that when Tiffany notified eBay of suspected counterfeit goods, eBay "immediately removed those listings.


Confronted with rising production costs and a higher Yuan, 92 percent of Greater China craft gift suppliers expect to raise prices in the coming months. This is according to Global Sources' (NASDAQ: GSOL) China Sourcing Report: Craft Gifts ( http://www.chinasourcingreports.com/craftgifts ). "While nearly all export industries in Greater China are being affected by higher production costs and a rising Yuan, craft gift suppliers are particularly hard hit because they operate at extremely low margins" said Report Publisher, Spenser Au. "However, due to intense competition for orders, most suppliers have no choice but to limit price increases to less than 10 percent."

TripAdvisor(R) (NASDAQ: EXPE), the world's largest travel community and Cruise Critic(R), a TripAdvisor Media Network company, and the world's leading online resource for consumer-oriented cruise reviews and news, recently announced that Christine Petersen from TripAdvisor and Carolyn Spencer Brown from Cruise Critic were each named to ForbesLife Executive Woman's 25 Most Influential Women in Travel list in the magazine's summer 2008 issue. The list was compiled by polling top industry executives to determine the women in travel who "have significantly shaped-and will continue to define" the travel industry. Petersen can be found within the "Trendsetters & Innovators" category and Spencer Brown is one of "The New Specialists."

SmallCapVoice.com, Inc. announced that a new audio interview featuring, Elysium Internet Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Scott Gallagher of Elysium Internet, Inc. (OTCBB: USBF) is now available at SmallCapVoice.com. The interview can be heard at http://www.smallcapvoice.com/usbf/usbf-6-10-08.php. Elysium Internet CEO Scott Gallagher commented, "In only a few short months since going public we have acquired some of the best Internet real estate in our space. Our first two directories are showing up on page one of the organic listings at Yahoo, MSN.com and Google. The Internet ad space is growing at a record pace. We look forward to the coming launch of Pediatricians.com, Psychiatrists.com and Podiatrists.com to further expand our customer and revenue base and we welcome the opportunity to communicate our business strategy to web sites such as www.SmallCapVoice.com."

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