July 2014

This is the trademark registered by Hamilton Watch Company in 1939: Hamilton Pocket WatcheseBay Sponsored Link Of course, Hamilton used this slogan for thirty years before they filed for trademark protection. It’s always been part of the company’s advertising. Even today and without a trademark, the company uses the railroad slogan.  Hamilton abandoned or canceled […]

by Tom Adelstein Famous Swiss watch companies seem content to remain oblivious to threats from which they cannot recover. While trying to increase profit margins by producing watches with lower labor costs, economies of scale and off-the-shelf parts, the prideful Swiss have nothing to protect them from competition other than their trademarks and denial of

by Tom Adelstein The H68421333 is a popular watch on eBay and one sold by a familiar cast of characters. Take a look at the Google Search of this watch. It’s not in Hamilton’s Catalog and appears to have been a limited edition sold in 2003. Something seems odd about this “new, authentic” watch. Hamilton

Tiffany Inc. v. eBay Inc., 600 F.3d 93, established that trademark owners have the burden of policing for counterfeit items when their products are sold in an online marketplace. United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. eBay and Amazon do not have to police their sellers. The trademark owners must do that through a program known as VeRO