EBay, the most-visited U.S. e-commerce site, is liable for trademark breaches due to its active involvement in the pre- sale, sale and after-sale processes on its online platform, lawyers for L’Oreal told the European Court of Justice today. EBay uses L’Oreal trademarks as sponsored links to lead users to infringing perfumes and other cosmetics, according to L’Oreal.

— From EBay Liable for Leading Users to Fakes, L'Oreal Says at Bloomberg, with thanks to Emily for the link! For more background, see here and here.