Possible Ebid (c) infringement?

[cvd]

By guess who

Came up on a Google search for something ebid related.

Cheers!

[Billoment]

Yes that is eBay that is doing that since Kijiji is owned by eBay. Looks like good grounds for another law suit against eBay

Bill

[deltadelta48]

Yes I caught another one on google last month, actually was a website with ebid shopping as the name, and had all feebay listings in it. I reported it.

A company owns its name. Lots of sleezy stuff going on with rivals using tags with other company's names to direct to their sites, etc. A local lawfirm, upon threat of lawsuit, dropped the practice even though it is legal. Very embarrassing to have that make the newspapers (and the website crashed as a million people scrambled to see if they could get redirected etc).

ebid should be flattered (and call their US lawyer). Often just takes a letter to get the practice stopped. feebay has been legally slapped before for pushing the envelop.

[astral276]

It's not quite as simple as that. Even if eBid had registered the name and logo as a trademark (and there is no indication that they have) that does not automatically give them exclusive rights to it. A read here may enlighten: http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/co...ctual_property