IIRC eBay's terms require you to be legally allowed to sell whatever it is you're selling - patent infringement is specificall mentioned: UNder "6.2 Restricted Activities. Your Information (or any items listed) and your activities on the site shall not: " is "(c) infringe any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy; " I only remembered there was something like that cos I've only recently registered as a seller on eBay meself. And it is still up, btw :) - > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu > [mailto:owner-photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu]On Behalf Of andrew > fildes > Sent: 13 June 2002 23:37 > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students > Subject: Evilbay > > > Friend of mine is bidding to become the smallest camera manufacturer > on earth so, if you're interested in a very small 4x5 field camera - > take a look if it is still there - > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1359871725 > It's a neat idea. > > However, the page may be short lived - he informs me that ebay has > thrown him off on the grounds that he may have infringed a patent > held by someone in the US. This sounds strange to me on several > grounds. Surely, any dispute (and the guy may not even have a world > wide patent, and may not even be kosher) is between the patent holder > and my friend? Isn't it incumbent on the patent holder to seek an > injunction? I would have thought that ebay are on very shaky ground > in simply banning his advertisement. > AndrewF
