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e-bay - Trademark brand protection
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Here is my little story ...
Was surfing e-bay last week and noticed that people were selling Christies Moorcroft Pottery Auction catalogues.
Well I have a whole pile of them in my office dating from 1999. I used to go to Christies Auctions in London.
The auction catalogues cost �8 each at the time.
So seeing what they were fetching ...I photgraphed a couple of them (Year 2000 March and October auctions) and listed them on e-bay ...taking as many e-bay defaults as possible.
With 2 days to go on both auctions ...I notice they have been removed ?
Check my e-amil and e-bay they have been removed to a complaint from Moorcroft PLC ???
Contacted Moorcroft and spoke to someone ....
What have I done ?
It turns I listed them under the Moorcroft Pottery catagory in e-bay ...and because they are not a Moorcroft product (Christies auction house Catalogue) , I'm breaking their copyright rules.
So can i not sell them I ask ...
Yes , but only if you list them under another catagory.
I said sorry for my mistake and said goodbye on very friendly terms. She was very nice and helpfull.
So I called e-bay and asked if they could relist them under a different catagory. They now say you need consent from Moorcroft to list any product that bears their name. What about the 600+ items on e-bay already ?
The e-bay person just started repeating the above statment.
Weird old state of affairs .....
Not that I'm bothered about selling them now.
I will just keep them and sell some other clutter.
I dont know ...its so easy to break these unwritten rules.
Was surfing e-bay last week and noticed that people were selling Christies Moorcroft Pottery Auction catalogues.
Well I have a whole pile of them in my office dating from 1999. I used to go to Christies Auctions in London.
The auction catalogues cost �8 each at the time.
So seeing what they were fetching ...I photgraphed a couple of them (Year 2000 March and October auctions) and listed them on e-bay ...taking as many e-bay defaults as possible.
With 2 days to go on both auctions ...I notice they have been removed ?
Check my e-amil and e-bay they have been removed to a complaint from Moorcroft PLC ???
Contacted Moorcroft and spoke to someone ....
What have I done ?
It turns I listed them under the Moorcroft Pottery catagory in e-bay ...and because they are not a Moorcroft product (Christies auction house Catalogue) , I'm breaking their copyright rules.
So can i not sell them I ask ...
Yes , but only if you list them under another catagory.
I said sorry for my mistake and said goodbye on very friendly terms. She was very nice and helpfull.
So I called e-bay and asked if they could relist them under a different catagory. They now say you need consent from Moorcroft to list any product that bears their name. What about the 600+ items on e-bay already ?
The e-bay person just started repeating the above statment.
Weird old state of affairs .....
Not that I'm bothered about selling them now.
I will just keep them and sell some other clutter.
I dont know ...its so easy to break these unwritten rules.
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