Well this incident is udderly ridiculous....
On Sep 25, 2010, at 4:28 PM, David Lieberman wrote: > > I thought this was pretty funny. Ebay removed this listing of ours. We've had > it listed with this description in our ebay store for about 4 years. It is > only the second time this has happened. The first one was Tarantula - Mara > Corday. > > > MC019 eBay Listing Removed: Trademark Violation - Unauthorized Listing > Content (417465015) > > > > > > Dear cinemasterpieces([email protected]), > > You recently listed the following listing: > > 170405540581 - TEENAGE MILKMAID * 1SH ORIG MOVIE POSTER GOT MILK ADULT > > The listing was removed because it violated eBay policy. > > The rights owner or an agent authorized to act on behalf of the rights owner, > California Milk Processor Board, notified eBay that this listing violates > intellectual property rights. When eBay receives a report of this type of > violation, we remove the listing to comply with the law. > > Your item was removed because of a request we received from VeRO participant, > California Milk Processor Board, asking us to remove the item for: > > - Listing(s) contains unlawful comparison to trademark owner?s brand name. > > For more information on why your item was removed, you should: > - Contact the VeRO participant directly at [email protected] with your > questions or concerns. > - Wait 7 days for the VeRO participant to reply to you. Although most VeRO > participants are willing to respond to polite email, please know that they > aren?t obligated to reply. > - If after 7 days you haven?t received a response from the VeRO participant, > please contact eBay by simply replying to this email. > > Your listing was reported for using a brand name without the right's owner's > permission. > > It's against the law to use someone else's trademark -- the unique sign, > name, word, phrase, logo, or symbol used to identify a product or service -- > without their okay. It can also confuse buyers about the source of your item > or your relationship with the trademark owner. > > You can use a company's brand name or logo in your listing description only > if the item you're selling was made or authorized by that company. > > Here are our guidelines for creating legally compliant listings: > http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/compliant-listings.html > > Learn more about trademarks here: > http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/trademark.html > > If you have additional questions in regard to contacting the VeRO Member or > if you need additional information on how to contact the VeRO Member, you can > chat with one of our policy experts. > > You can reach them from 6:00AM to 11:00 PM MST. Get started by clicking the > link below. > http://contact.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ContactUsNextGen&Format=1&pid=827 > > You may need to take a tutorial. The next time you sell, you may be asked to > take the tutorial, if it's required. Once you've completed the tutorial > successfully, please review your account status for any other possible > concerns. If there are no other issues, you should be able to sell again. > > To take the intellectual property tutorial, please visit: > > http://pages.ebay.com/help/tutorial/verotutorial/intro.html > > Please be aware that any additional violations of this policy may result in > the suspension of your account. eBay understands that you may be concerned > about this situation.We encourage you to contact California Milk Processor > Board directly if you have any questions. > > > You can send an email to: [email protected] > > For more information on how eBay protects Intellectual Property, or for > additional information if you believe that your listing has been removed as a > result of an error or misidentification, please visit the following Help > page: > > http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/programs-vero-ov.html > > Thank you for your understanding. > > Sincerely, > > eBay Trust & Safety team > > H5303 > > > David Lieberman > CineMasterpieces.com | 15721 N. Greenway Hayden Loop, Suite 105 -- > Scottsdale, Az 85260 > Vintage Original Movie Posters | 602 309 0500 | Office/Gallery Open By Appt. > Only. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
