oompaloompa | 03-16-2011 08:18 AM | ebay dont care about proof they take you down and get you to slug it out with perceived owner. How did you check that the item was not branded by the way, as there is no real central database that covers all countries, plus I have come across patents on packaging and concepts, or even small working parts, as opposed to the whole item, and it gets real confusing. I am interested, as I have come up against this a few times, I get the impression they are so vague about ownership sometimes, they know you will give up and go away. Its real frustrating when you have 100+ of these in your storeroom! I recently listed goods bought at a sale in a well-known store and got a takedown, the BS lawyer contacted me with vero issues regarding copyright of just one aspect of goods, and I said why dont you sue the store that sold them, no reply - why they dont want to take on the store, they want to take on the little ebay seller, I contacted ebay with receipts and they did not want to get involved.
Some of these companies do have a legal right to protect stuff, I think others BS their way thru it - I mean sometimes I think the caveman that invented the wheel and fire and wotnot should sue all these companies for the ideas they stole... |