04-15-2007, 11:31 AM
Quote:Every morning Stacy Papachristos, intellectual property counsel at World Wrestling Entertainment, logs on to the internet to find about 3,500 auctions selling fake WWE T-shirts, DVDs and other accessories.
She then starts notifying auction sites such as Ebay and iOffer, and asking them to put a stop to the sales. Next she searches for contact details of sellers in order to issue a legal warning and a request to hand over the profits.
Sometimes she does claw back some money. But the next day there are 3,500 new auctions to tackle. Ms Papachristos has been doing this for years and has seen no drop in the number of counterfeit goods on offer...
full article: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/f0320bb2-e773-11...10621.html