What Is Ebay Vero Program?
VeRO: Intellectual Property Rights
Intellectual property rights are the focus of the VeRO program. Pricing and contract issues are not reported outside of intellectual property issues. The intellectual property owner or its attorney can make a report.
Using Counter-Notice to Attack Wrongful Removal
A counter-notice can be used to fight wrongful removal. The counter-notice allows sellers to request eBay to remove a post. eBay will give a copy of the notice to the VeRO member once a valid counter-notice is received.
If the rights owner doesn't file a court action against the seller within ten days, eBay will re-list the post. The VeRO program seems to be viewed positively by rights holders. It is easy to complete a NOCI.
eBay Rules and Copyrights
If you violate eBay's rules, you are likely to be suspended for a long time, but if you accidentally use copyrighted text in your listing, you could be warned. The listing will be removed in all cases.
The NOCI is not a Claimed Attempt to Disturb the eBay/Sell Agreement
The website is not responsible for the accuracy of the claims made in the NOCI. The DMCA recognizes that eBay has millions of users and billions of listings, so they cannot possibly be an expert on the rights of their site. eBay is one of the companies that responded to the NOCI and took the content down, but it's not their job to resolve any disputes between the other two parties.
The eBay user and the entity that filed the NOCI are at odds. There is no law that prevents eBay from taking down content or from ignoring the NOCI. eBay has an incentive to honor the NOCI because they are exposing themselves to potential liability if they decide not to remove the content.
eBay Trademark Laws and Intellectual Property Rights
eBay has millions of active users. It has no way of knowing if sellers have the right to sell their products because of the huge amount of transactions happening every day. If the owner has previously authorized them, they can include logos in their listing descriptions.
Creating a logo similar to an existing one might result in trademark violation. The misrepresentation of an item's warranty is a violation of trademark laws. Material information about the warranty of a product is something you should never tell the wrong thing about.
If you want to mention the warranty in your listing, you should read the T&Cs and contact the manufacturer. Product re-selling can sometimes break a warranty agreement. If you sell products that are not the case, you would be in violation of the policy.
Authors of creative works such as movies, music, software, photographs, and books, are protected by Copyright. The author's permission is needed for others to use the work. It is against the law to use someone else's image or description without their permission.
Unauthorized copies of media products, software or paintings is a violation of the law. A patent is a set of rights granted to an inventor. Patents give you the right to stop others from using or selling your invention.
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