Pixel 6
Premium Member
So I got a few emails today I am going to share with you, and let you guys determine what this means.
Basically, about 40 of my listings I've had active for the last few years just got removed from eBay, siting a trademark from Seven Towns.
Essentially the summed up version, is that from the USA via eBay, I can not sell any cube in the EU Market.
Here's the emails, and I will delete personal information as needed:
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Your listing has been removed: Trademark Violation - Unauthorized Item
Actions
Hello lubixcube,
After reviewing your eBay account, we've taken the following action:
- Listings have been removed. A list of items that were removed can be viewed at the bottom of this message.
- We have credited all associated fees except for the final value fee for your listing(s).
Your listing was removed after the rights owner reported it as counterfeit. We urge you to contact the rights owner directly for more information about why they requested the removal of your listing and whether you can relist the item.
For more information on our VeRO program, please visit:
http://pages.ebay.com/vero/infoforusers.html
If you have more questions, contact our policy experts:
http://ocsnext.ebay.com/ocs/cusr?query=1337&=PTB1211
Please be sure your current and future listings follow these guidelines, keeping in mind that additional violations could result in the suspension of your account.
The rights owner or an agent authorized to act on behalf of the rights owner, Seven Towns Limited, 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.
We encourage you to contact Seven Towns Limited 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
Here are the listings that were removed:
121036706204 - Lubix GuHong (V2) - Dayan 3x3 Cube - BLACK
121046950713 - Lubix ZhanChi - Dayan 3x3 Cube - BLACK
111168484164 - Lubix FangShi 54.6mm 3x3 Cube - BLACK
111168486793 - Lubix FangShi 54.6mm 3x3 Cube - WHITE + BLACK
111168497006 - Lubix MoYu WeiLong 3x3 Cube - BLACK
111168519733 - Lubix ShengShou Aurora 3x3 Cube - BLACK
111168520421 - Lubix ShengShou Aurora 3x3 Cube - WHITE
111168526867 - Lubix Illusion 3x3 Cube - BLACK + WHITE
111168561088 - Lubix MoYu HuanYing 3x3 Cube - BLACK
111210023025 - Lubix Illusion 3x3 Cube - BLUE + WHITE
111210023361 - Lubix Illusion 3x3 Cube - GREEN + WHITE
111210023750 - Lubix Illusion 3x3 Cube - RED + WHITE
111282857745 - Lubix MoYu WeiLong (V2) 3x3 Cube - BLACK
111282871247 - Lubix Gans III (V2) 3x3 Cube (+Free Tool) - BLACK
111402550120 - Lubix MoYu AoLong 54.6mm 3x3 Cube - BLACK
111585400014 - Lubix MoYu AoLong (V2) 3x3 Cube - WHITE
120919057948 - Lubix GuHong (V1) - Dayan 3x3 Cube - BLACK
120919059581 - Lubix LingYun (V2) - Dayan 3x3 Cube - BLACK
120958391401 - Lubix Fusion - Modified Dayan GuHong (V1) 3x3 Cube - BLACK
121052345189 - Lubix GuHong (V1) - Dayan 3x3 Cube - WHITE
121052347623 - Lubix GuHong (V1) - Dayan 3x3 Cube - STICKERLESS
121052349824 - Lubix GuHong (V2) - Dayan 3x3 Cube - WHITE
121052350205 - Lubix GuHong (V2) - Dayan 3x3 Cube - STICKERLESS
121052355938 - Lubix Fusion - Modified Dayan GuHong (V1) 3x3 Cube - STICKERLESS
121052364035 - Lubix ZhanChi - Dayan 3x3 Cube - WHITE
121052385492 - Lubix ZhanChi - Dayan 3x3 Cube - STICKERLESS
121052387819 - Lubix LingYun (V2) - Dayan 3x3 Cube - WHITE
121052389104 - Lubix LingYun (V2) - Dayan 3x3 Cube - STICKERLESS
121052402147 - Lubix 55mm "Mini" ZhanChi - Dayan 3x3 Cube - BLACK
121052402815 - Lubix 55mm "Mini" ZhanChi - Dayan 3x3 Cube - WHITE
121052404783 - Lubix 50mm "Mini" ZhanChi - Dayan 3x3 Cube - BLACK
121052407624 - Lubix 42mm "Mini" ZhanChi - Dayan 3x3 Cube - STICKERLESS
121052413290 - Lubix LunHui - Dayan 3x3 Cube - BLACK
121052413638 - Lubix LunHui - Dayan 3x3 Cube - WHITE
121052414009 - Lubix LunHui - Dayan 3x3 Cube - STICKERLESS
121175246803 - Lubix FangShi 57mm 3x3 Cube - BLACK
121175249670 - Lubix FangShi 57mm 3x3 Cube - WHITE
121175260389 - Lubix FangShi 54.6mm 3x3 Cube - WHITE
121175262506 - Lubix FangShi 54.6mm 3x3 Cube - BLACK + WHITE
121175263152 - Lubix FangShi 54.6mm 3x3 Cube - OFF WHITE + BLACK
121175269772 - Lubix MoYu WeiLong 3x3 Cube - WHITE
121175308088 - Lubix PanShi 3x3 Cube - BLACK
121175308493 - Lubix PanShi 3x3 Cube - WHITE
121175310769 - Lubix MoYu HuanYing 3x3 Cube - WHITE
121210246439 - Lubix Illusion 3x3 Cube - ORANGE + WHITE
121240547933 - Lubix 55mm "Mini" ZhanChi - Dayan 3x3 Cube - STICKERLESS
121278641169 - Lubix MoYu WeiLong (V2) 3x3 Cube - WHITE
121278642870 - Lubix MoYu WeiLong (V2) 3x3 Cube - STICKERLESS
121278653320 - Lubix Gans III (V2) 3x3 Cube (+Free Tool) - WHITE
We appreciate your cooperation.
Thanks,
eBay
Please don't reply to this message. It was sent from an address that doesn't accept incoming email.
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After calling them, I was sent the following email:
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Hello,
Thank you for speaking with me today.
Below is the information included with the report we recieved from Seven Town Limited:
Unlawful replica of a product made by the
trademark owner. *
*The* *RUBIK’S CUBE®* *in its three dimensional form and any graphic or
photographic representation of it, in any configuration, coloured or
uncoloured, whether or not it carries the **RUBIK’S CUBE®* *name or logo, **is
protected by intellectual property laws throughout the world**.*
*The following applies to all 3x3x3 cubes that are not branded Rubik's
Cubes:*
- *Sales and shipping of all 3x3x3 cubes to all EU countries
is prohibited.*
- *Online sales of 3x3x3 cubes within the EU is prohibited.*
- *European Custom Officers are aware of this Court decision and
accordingly will seize and destroy shipments of illegal cubes at point of entry into the EU.*
Also, here is the trademark registration:
US TM 3 x 3 Rubik's Cubes (Design Only) 2285794
EU trademark reg.#: 009975681, 005696232, 004170858, 009308255
Thank you again for speaking with me today.
eBay VeRO Team
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And Finally, a list of the countries effected, and a link to the EU Trademark information:
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Hello,
Thank you again for speaking with me today.
Attached is your listing information.
Here is the direct link to Seven Towns Limited European trademark:
https://oami.europa.eu/eSearch/#details/trademarks/000162784
Here are the European countries that eBay has sites in that would be excluded in the shipping options:
United Kingdom
Austria
BelgiumBe
France
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Romania
Slovakia
Spain
Switzerland
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Sweden
Ukraine
I hope all this information is helpful please let us know if you have any other questions or concerns.
eBay VeRO Team
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So in closing, have any other stores experienced this same issue? It looks like eBay is in the process of doing a full sweep, and every 3x3 not branded as a Rubik's, is subject to Seven Towns broad club of justice.
- Pixel -
Basically, about 40 of my listings I've had active for the last few years just got removed from eBay, siting a trademark from Seven Towns.
Essentially the summed up version, is that from the USA via eBay, I can not sell any cube in the EU Market.
Here's the emails, and I will delete personal information as needed:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Your listing has been removed: Trademark Violation - Unauthorized Item
Actions
Hello lubixcube,
After reviewing your eBay account, we've taken the following action:
- Listings have been removed. A list of items that were removed can be viewed at the bottom of this message.
- We have credited all associated fees except for the final value fee for your listing(s).
Your listing was removed after the rights owner reported it as counterfeit. We urge you to contact the rights owner directly for more information about why they requested the removal of your listing and whether you can relist the item.
For more information on our VeRO program, please visit:
http://pages.ebay.com/vero/infoforusers.html
If you have more questions, contact our policy experts:
http://ocsnext.ebay.com/ocs/cusr?query=1337&=PTB1211
Please be sure your current and future listings follow these guidelines, keeping in mind that additional violations could result in the suspension of your account.
The rights owner or an agent authorized to act on behalf of the rights owner, Seven Towns Limited, 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.
We encourage you to contact Seven Towns Limited 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
Here are the listings that were removed:
121036706204 - Lubix GuHong (V2) - Dayan 3x3 Cube - BLACK
121046950713 - Lubix ZhanChi - Dayan 3x3 Cube - BLACK
111168484164 - Lubix FangShi 54.6mm 3x3 Cube - BLACK
111168486793 - Lubix FangShi 54.6mm 3x3 Cube - WHITE + BLACK
111168497006 - Lubix MoYu WeiLong 3x3 Cube - BLACK
111168519733 - Lubix ShengShou Aurora 3x3 Cube - BLACK
111168520421 - Lubix ShengShou Aurora 3x3 Cube - WHITE
111168526867 - Lubix Illusion 3x3 Cube - BLACK + WHITE
111168561088 - Lubix MoYu HuanYing 3x3 Cube - BLACK
111210023025 - Lubix Illusion 3x3 Cube - BLUE + WHITE
111210023361 - Lubix Illusion 3x3 Cube - GREEN + WHITE
111210023750 - Lubix Illusion 3x3 Cube - RED + WHITE
111282857745 - Lubix MoYu WeiLong (V2) 3x3 Cube - BLACK
111282871247 - Lubix Gans III (V2) 3x3 Cube (+Free Tool) - BLACK
111402550120 - Lubix MoYu AoLong 54.6mm 3x3 Cube - BLACK
111585400014 - Lubix MoYu AoLong (V2) 3x3 Cube - WHITE
120919057948 - Lubix GuHong (V1) - Dayan 3x3 Cube - BLACK
120919059581 - Lubix LingYun (V2) - Dayan 3x3 Cube - BLACK
120958391401 - Lubix Fusion - Modified Dayan GuHong (V1) 3x3 Cube - BLACK
121052345189 - Lubix GuHong (V1) - Dayan 3x3 Cube - WHITE
121052347623 - Lubix GuHong (V1) - Dayan 3x3 Cube - STICKERLESS
121052349824 - Lubix GuHong (V2) - Dayan 3x3 Cube - WHITE
121052350205 - Lubix GuHong (V2) - Dayan 3x3 Cube - STICKERLESS
121052355938 - Lubix Fusion - Modified Dayan GuHong (V1) 3x3 Cube - STICKERLESS
121052364035 - Lubix ZhanChi - Dayan 3x3 Cube - WHITE
121052385492 - Lubix ZhanChi - Dayan 3x3 Cube - STICKERLESS
121052387819 - Lubix LingYun (V2) - Dayan 3x3 Cube - WHITE
121052389104 - Lubix LingYun (V2) - Dayan 3x3 Cube - STICKERLESS
121052402147 - Lubix 55mm "Mini" ZhanChi - Dayan 3x3 Cube - BLACK
121052402815 - Lubix 55mm "Mini" ZhanChi - Dayan 3x3 Cube - WHITE
121052404783 - Lubix 50mm "Mini" ZhanChi - Dayan 3x3 Cube - BLACK
121052407624 - Lubix 42mm "Mini" ZhanChi - Dayan 3x3 Cube - STICKERLESS
121052413290 - Lubix LunHui - Dayan 3x3 Cube - BLACK
121052413638 - Lubix LunHui - Dayan 3x3 Cube - WHITE
121052414009 - Lubix LunHui - Dayan 3x3 Cube - STICKERLESS
121175246803 - Lubix FangShi 57mm 3x3 Cube - BLACK
121175249670 - Lubix FangShi 57mm 3x3 Cube - WHITE
121175260389 - Lubix FangShi 54.6mm 3x3 Cube - WHITE
121175262506 - Lubix FangShi 54.6mm 3x3 Cube - BLACK + WHITE
121175263152 - Lubix FangShi 54.6mm 3x3 Cube - OFF WHITE + BLACK
121175269772 - Lubix MoYu WeiLong 3x3 Cube - WHITE
121175308088 - Lubix PanShi 3x3 Cube - BLACK
121175308493 - Lubix PanShi 3x3 Cube - WHITE
121175310769 - Lubix MoYu HuanYing 3x3 Cube - WHITE
121210246439 - Lubix Illusion 3x3 Cube - ORANGE + WHITE
121240547933 - Lubix 55mm "Mini" ZhanChi - Dayan 3x3 Cube - STICKERLESS
121278641169 - Lubix MoYu WeiLong (V2) 3x3 Cube - WHITE
121278642870 - Lubix MoYu WeiLong (V2) 3x3 Cube - STICKERLESS
121278653320 - Lubix Gans III (V2) 3x3 Cube (+Free Tool) - WHITE
We appreciate your cooperation.
Thanks,
eBay
Please don't reply to this message. It was sent from an address that doesn't accept incoming email.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
After calling them, I was sent the following email:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hello,
Thank you for speaking with me today.
Below is the information included with the report we recieved from Seven Town Limited:
Unlawful replica of a product made by the
trademark owner. *
*The* *RUBIK’S CUBE®* *in its three dimensional form and any graphic or
photographic representation of it, in any configuration, coloured or
uncoloured, whether or not it carries the **RUBIK’S CUBE®* *name or logo, **is
protected by intellectual property laws throughout the world**.*
*The following applies to all 3x3x3 cubes that are not branded Rubik's
Cubes:*
- *Sales and shipping of all 3x3x3 cubes to all EU countries
is prohibited.*
- *Online sales of 3x3x3 cubes within the EU is prohibited.*
- *European Custom Officers are aware of this Court decision and
accordingly will seize and destroy shipments of illegal cubes at point of entry into the EU.*
Also, here is the trademark registration:
US TM 3 x 3 Rubik's Cubes (Design Only) 2285794
EU trademark reg.#: 009975681, 005696232, 004170858, 009308255
Thank you again for speaking with me today.
eBay VeRO Team
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
And Finally, a list of the countries effected, and a link to the EU Trademark information:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hello,
Thank you again for speaking with me today.
Attached is your listing information.
Here is the direct link to Seven Towns Limited European trademark:
https://oami.europa.eu/eSearch/#details/trademarks/000162784
Here are the European countries that eBay has sites in that would be excluded in the shipping options:
United Kingdom
Austria
BelgiumBe
France
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Romania
Slovakia
Spain
Switzerland
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Sweden
Ukraine
I hope all this information is helpful please let us know if you have any other questions or concerns.
eBay VeRO Team
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
So in closing, have any other stores experienced this same issue? It looks like eBay is in the process of doing a full sweep, and every 3x3 not branded as a Rubik's, is subject to Seven Towns broad club of justice.
- Pixel -