06 Nov 2009
| by Staff
NEW YORK - EBay has finally settled a complex, long-running legal battle with the founders...The dispute arose in the wake of eBay's 2005 deal to buy Skype, which was structured so that instead of owning the technology that makes the service work, eBay only licensed it from a company called Joltid - owned by Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis. Last year Joltid accused eBay ...
05 Nov 2009
| by Elizabeth Clifford-Marsh
LONDON - eBay has launched a website written by fashion followers in an attempt to attract more...The Inside Source aims to shift perceptions that eBay only offers second hand goods and last ...
by eBay users to track fashion trends and hot items. Information will be presented in articles, analysis and opinions from journalists and eBay community contributors. Readers will be encouraged to interact through ...
04 Sep 2009
| by Dan Leahul
LONDON - eBay has named digital agency Essence to manage its display and editorial accounts across...Normal 0 Following a competitive pitch, Essence will manage eBay's long-term key ...
. Last year, Essence was appointed to eBay UK's media partnerships and display activity ...
to stretching ROI targets. Torsten Schuppe, marketing director of eBay in Europe, said: "We are delighted ...
31 Jul 2009
| by Elizabeth Clifford-Marsh
LONDON - Ebay has warned the future of its golden acquisition Skype may not be secure if it cannot...eBay is facing a court battle with Joltid, the company owned by Skype's founders which holds the rights to Sykpe's under-lying technology. When eBay bought Skype for 1.4 billion in 2005, Joltid licensed the technology to EBay, but has now revoked that license. In a regulatory filing, eBay said ...
30 Jul 2009
| by Dan Leahul
LONDON - The Tranmere Rovers Football Club is for sale on eBay, for a cool $10 million (£6m), put...that the American owners put the club up for sale on eBay without permission. Bidding ends today. So far ...
08 Jul 2009
| by Gareth Jones
-time eBay auction for a 'perpetual' display ad that will run in every digital comic book the company ever...with us," Darefounder Adam Handy told clickz.com . So far the eBay auction has attracted a single bid ...
ever eventuality, Dare has included a footnote at the bottom of its eBay page, which reads ...
22 May 2009
| by Dan Leahul
LONDON - The UK High Court has ruled in favour of eBay in the trademark infringement case brought...UK authorities said that eBay is not liable for the sale of counterfeit L'Oreal products on its ...
. The French cosmetics company claimed that eBay benefits from the sale of bogus L'Oreal fragrances and creams on its site. UK courts ruled today that eBay did not have to pay damages to L'Oreal and the company had ...
15 Apr 2009
| by Andrew McCormick
LONDON - EBay plans to seperate its Skype subsidiary by holding an initial public offering (IPO...EBay bought Skype for $3.1bn in 2005 but announced today that Skype will be operated as a standalone company while eBay concentrates on its core business of e-commerce and online payments. Announcing the decision, John Donahoe, president and chief executive of eBay said: "It's clear that Skype has ...
04 Jun 2008
| by Gareth Jones
LONDON - Ebay has leapfrogged Yahoo! and MSN to become the UK's second biggest search property...accounting for 1.8% of the sector and Bebo for 0.7%. Ebay, Facebook and Bebo are attracting huge amounts ...
02 Apr 2008
| by Hayley Pinkerfield
LONDON - Ebay has appointed Ad2One as its exclusive digital advertising sales house, following a...on offering advertisers innovative ways to target specific user groups on eBay. EBay s success is based ...
to reach specific segments of the eBay community. The two-year contract is effective from 8 April 2008. EBay was ranked as the third largest web property by comScore in February, with over 21m unique users. ...