eBay Not Sounding Quite As Contentious For The Moment
It seems like the bluster and bravado have calmed down. Possibly because of the current news…
The French Court of Appeals today denied eBay’s petition to stay an injunction issued June 30 by a Parisian court that requires eBay to halt all sales of four LVMH perfumes over any site worldwide that is accessible from France, according to an eBay spokesperson.
An eBay spokesman says the company “will comply as technically and humanly possible” with the injunction while it continues to pursue its appeal of the ruling.
In a statement, LVMH says that today’s denial of the stay “confirms the seriousness of the faults committed by eBay’s sites . . . and confirms the significance of the legal precedent set by the Paris Commercial Court’s Judgment on June 30, 2008.”
The change in the link policy has been put on hold. And neutral feedback won’t be counted as negative feedback. That’s quite a change in tune. Then again, $63 Million ain’t chickenfeed either. It ought to be enough to alter your tone, at least temporarily.
One might also suppose that this constitutes a series of losses which might also adjust the “volume” …
